Cass County, Michigan Ancestors

An American Adventure

Cannady - Moving from Virginia through Ohio, the Henry Cannady family settled in Allen County, Indiana by 1850. Skilled as plasterers, they contributed to the architectural beauty of the city of Fort Wayne, before moving to Cass County, Michigan shortly after 1860.

Henry Cannady, his wife Caroline Bunn, along with brother James and in-laws Jeremiah and Sophia Bunn, relocated to Cass County, Michigan shortly after 1860. Son Augustus' marriage to Mary Grojean took place in Cass County at the home of his grandmother Sophia Bunn in 1862. Charles, Emily, and Ann Eliza, siblings of Augustus, also married in Cass County. After Henry's death in 1882, widow Caroline married Isaac Stewart. Caroline died in Allegan County in 1900. • Cannady Index

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Updated: Tuesday, May 16, 2006