David Cannon
- Title
- David Cannon
- Description
- One of the founding people of Greer.
- birthday
- January 5, 1823
- Birthplace
- Mostella Mills
- Death Date
- July 14, 1916
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Biographical Text
- David Cannon purchased 30 acres from William T. Shumate in 1874. David, with his wife Pertima Angeline Dill Cannon, moved to Greer on February 27, 1875. They were part of the original founding families of Greer. David was a landowner and donated land to a Baptist church that became the original location of the First Baptist Church of Greer and the church's cemetery. The cemetery would become known as Edgewood Cemetery.
- Item sets
- GREER: people
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