Cannon family.

The Cannon family of Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware, was prominent in local business and politics for several generations.

William Cannon (1809-1865) was elected state representative for Sussex County (1844-1846) and served as county superintendent of free schools (1847), state treasurer (1853-1856), and governor (1862-1865). He had been a Democrat, but withdrew in 1861 to join the Constitutional Party. His business interests were varied. As a merchant with a general store he also dealt in lumber and grain, owned grist and sawmills and a brickyard. He organized the First National Bank of Seaford in 1865 and encouraged the construction of railroads and peach growing in Delaware, planting 5,000 trees in 1857. He died on March 1, 1865.

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