1864 Birth:2655,2642 Birth year of 1864 estimated based on age (6 years) in 1870 census enumeration; birth place of Perry Township, Noble County, Indiana based on father's residence there in the 1860 census enumeration.

1870 U.S. Census:2642 Lincoln H. enumerated in the houseold of his father James Cannady in Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan, as a male, age 6, born in Indiana. Siblings enumerated in the household were William J., age 19; Harrison, age 15; and Mary, age 6. Sister Martha resided as a separate family in the same dwelling with her husband Andrew Bunn2654 and 4 month old daughter. In 1870, brother Alonzo Cannady2657 was newly married and living in Steuben County, Indiana.

1880 U.S. Census:2658 Lincoln enumerated in the household of his brother Alonzo Cannady in the village of Cassiopolis, Cass County, Michigan as a male, age 15, brother, single, works at hotel, born in Michigan, father born in Ohio, mother born in Vermont.