The CANADAYS of OHIO & RELATED FAMILIES

 

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INTRODUCTION

 

KENNEDY, or one of its variations (see Appendix at end of document), was the preferred spelling of this family surname in the early years. At least one branch of the family – the Isaac Kennedys - maintained the initial “K,” with the letter “e” the prevailing vowel. Two sons of Isaac Kennedy, Z. B. and Robert, apparently also placed an “a” before the final “y,” as their marriage certificates read “Kenneday.”

 

The 1841 marriage certificate of son James Kennedy (1818-1887), as well as the newspaper announcement of the ceremony, continued the family preference for the initial “K.”  The family Bible, however, records the marriage with the surname Canaday.  Furthermore, the surnames of all the children of James and his wife, Eliza Jane (Scott) Canaday, were inscribed in the Bible as Canaday.

 

The family Bible was printed in Philadelphia in 1839.  James and Eliza Jane undoubtedly bought it in anticipation of the birth of their first child in 1843.  Thus, the spelling of the name changed for this branch of the family between 1841 and 1843.

 

The Bible is the source of both James and Eliza Jane’s parents’ names (figure 1).  In their marriage record, James is said to be the son of James & Elizabeth Canaday, although it is probable that the parents were actually spelling the name “Kennedy.” Eliza Jane’s ancestry is also preserved in the family Bible (figure 2 – printing in “best quality” will lend legibility to this well-worn figure).

 

Regarding the spelling of the surname, in this report any legal documents bearing the family name spelled other than Kennedy or Canaday will be preserved in the original spelling, highlighted in italics.

 

James & Elizabeth Kennedy were unquestionably born in this country.  The exact state, however, remains a mystery.  James Canaday, Jr. stated in the 1880 U.S. census that both his parents were born in Ohio.  Older brother Isaac Kennedy, however, recalled that his father was born in Virginia and his mother in Pennsylvania.  Isaac was said to have been of mixed German and Irish ancestry,[1] implying that his mother Elizabeth had her roots in Germany.

 

1.                  JAMES KENNEDY

 

JAMES KENNEDY was probably born between 1770 and 1775, married ELIZABETH [-?-], died probably between 1834 and 1840 in Licking Co., Ohio.  Elizabeth was probably born between 1775 and 1790, died after 1840. Where James and Elizabeth were born is not clear.  In the 1880 census son Isaac reported that his father was born in Virginia and his mother in Pennsylvania, whereas son James reported that both of his parents were born in Ohio.

 In 1806 a James Canady was a taxpayer in Licking Twp., Fairfield Co.[2]  

Licking Co. was not erected from Fairfield Co. until 1808.  Licking Twp., Fairfield Co., had been organized in 1801.)

 

In the inventory for Mahlon Carter who had died 12 Mar. 1818, a James Canaday bought one-fifth chain for $6.02. [Licking Co. Estate Inventories, 1818-1824]

 

Licking County, Ohio, appears to be the residence of the Kennedy family in the first half of the 19^th century.  The earliest census records for the state of Ohio are 1820.  At that time a James Kannady was listed in Hopewell Twp., Licking Co., Ohio (p. 25A/50) as head of the following household:

 

 

One person was engaged in manufacturing.

 

In 1826 a James Cannada (and a William Canady) were listed in the Tax Duplicates List in Hanover Twp. (p. 16),^[2a] which is immediately north of Hopewell Twp., Licking Co. (figure 3).

 

Positive identification of a son Isaac was made possible through a newspaper obituary for an Isaac Kennedy pinned in the Canaday family Bible.  Circumstantial evidence of such a son may be found in the list of witnesses to an 1834 Deed of Sale by James & Elizabeth Kennedy.

 

Circumstantial evidence for the existence of a son Daniel may be gleaned from the 1830 U.S. census for this same township and county (Hopewell Twp., Licking Co.) where the family of a Daniel Kennedy was listed on the same page as that of James Kennedy. Furthermore, a Daniel Kenady witnessed a Deed of Sale for an Isaac Kennedy.

 

The 1830 census for Hopewell Twp., Licking Co. (p. 422) showed James Kennedy as head of the following household:

 

 

Daniel, as stated above, had his own family by 1830. Three other sons and the three daughters had also left the family nest. 

 

No others of the apparent ten children of James & Elizabeth Kennedy have been identified, nor do we know the parentage of James & Elizabeth.  At this time, all we know after the 1834 sale of their property is that Lizabeth appears in the 1840 census for Hanover Twp.  A fire in the courthouse in the county seat of Newark in 1874 destroyed all county records except for deeds and Court of Common Pleas cases.  It is quite possible that the senior Kennedys died in Licking County but a will, if it existed at all, has been destroyed.

 

James Kennedy owned 37 acres of land in Licking Co.  On 3 Aug. 1832, James Kanady of Licking Co. bought for $70 from Samuel & Sarah Farmer 37 acres taken off the south end of the west one-half of the southeast quarter of Section 3, Township 1, Range 10 of the Zanesville Land District (figure 3). “The aforesaid tract of land is to be laid out in such a manner that by beginning at the SW corner and running North until that by running a line due East the same shall contain 37 acres as aforesaid.”[3] Range 10, Township 1 is Hopewell Twp.  (figure 3)

 

Less than two years later, on 11 Mar. 1834, James & Elizabeth Kennedy of Licking Co., Ohio sold to Jesse German for $70 the 37-acre tract of land in the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 3, Township 1, Range 10 of the District Land offered for sale at Zanesville “beginning at the SW corner of the aforesaid half quarter and running North until that by running a line due East across said half quarter the same shall contain 37 acres being the same tract conveyed to the said grantor by Samuel Holmes and Sarah his wife by deed bearing date 3 Aug. 1832.”  Elizabeth Kennedy signed the deed with her mark.  Witnesses were Robert Wills, Thomas Richards & Isaac Kennedy.^[4] 

 

By the time of the 1840 census for Hopewell Twp., Licking Co., James was dead and his son James was the head of household.  Living with him were his mother and two sisters (see ¶2. below).  Note that there was also a Lizabeth Canady, head of household, in adjacent Hanover Twp., (p. 265):

 

 

On the same page of this census appears the household of Robert Wheelhouse (see ¶vi. below).

 

Based on the above meager information, the children of James & Elizabeth Kennedy are assumed to be:

1. [-?-] KENNEDY (male), born 1795-1802.

2. RACHEL (?) KENNEDY (female), born 1795-1804.  A Rachel Kennedy (Kannady) married JOHN RICKNER 7 Feb. 1822 in Licking Co., Ohio.^[4a]. In the 1830 census for Hanover Twp., Licking Co. (p. 357) John Rickner was head of the following household:

 

 

On 5 Dec. 1836 John & Rachel Rickner sold to Henry Rickner (John's brother ?) 150 acres in Hanover Twp.  This land had been conveyed to them for $7.00 by Mathias & Elizabeth Rickner (John's uncle ?)^[4b].

 

Then in the 1840 census for Perry Twp., Allen Co., Ohio (p. 119), a John Rickner was head of the following household:

 

1 male 5-10
1 male 10-15
1 male 30-40	John ?
1 male 60-70	John's father John ?
3 females <5
1 female 5-10
1 female 10-15
1 female 30-40	wife Rachel ?

Note that this assumes that the father of the subject John was named John. Note also that Daniel & Hanah Shuler appear on the previous census page (see ¶iv. below).

 

Is this the same family?  On 15 Aug. 1975 Agnes H. Wells, president of the Allen Co. Chapter, OGS, wrote the Licking co. Genealogical Society that her John Rickner moved to Allen Co., Ohio, in 1836.  But note that she also wrote that she believed that the name of John's father was Matthias - not John.  In the 1840 census for Hanover Twp., Licking Co. (p. 265) there is a John Rickner, head of the following household:

      This couple is too young (born 1810-1820) to have been married in 1822.  Next door to them in the 1840 census lived Mathias Rickner, age 70-80.  Thus these Rickners are no doubt the Rickners that Agnes Wells was looking for in 1975.  Quite possibly all of the Rickners mentioned above were related.      

3. [-?-] KENNEDY (male), 1802-1804.

4. HANAH (?) KENNEDY (female) 1805-1810).  A Hanah Kenedy married DANIEL SHULER 1 Jan. 1828 in Licking Co., Ohio.^[4c].  There is no Daniel Shuler listed in the 1830-1850 censuses for Licking Co., but in the 1840 census for Perry Twp., Allen Co., Ohio (p.118) a Daniel Shuler was head of the following household:

 

 

Note that John & Rachel Rickner appear on the following census page (see above).

 

And in the 1860 census for Lima Corp., Allen Co., Ohio (p. 282/563), Danl Shuler was head of the following household:

 

 -  Danl Shuler, 55, M, no occupation, value of real estate $4,000, value of personal property $400, born PA

-  H ?, 55, F, born OH [wife Hanah ?]

-  D ?, 19, M, servant, born OH

-  N ?, (W?), 11, M, born OH

-  A. A. Snyder, 19, F, servant, born MD.

5. DANIEL KENNEDY, born ca. 1808, probably in Licking County, Ohio, married (1) first wife (name unknown)  before 1830, married (2) RUTH [-?-] after 1840..  He witnessed Isaac & Elizabeth Kenady’s 1834 Deed of Sale.

 

 In the 1830 census for Hopewell Twp., Licking Co., Ohio (p 422), a Daniel Kennedy was head of the following household:

 

       In the 1840 census for Bowling Green Twp., Licking Co, (p. 236), Daniel Kennedy was head of the following household:

 

 

In the 1850 census for Bowling Green Twp. (p. 272), Daniel Canada was head of the following household:

-  Danl Canada, 42, M, laborer, born OH

-  Ruth Canada, 30, F, born OH

-  Jane Canada, 21, F, born OH

-  Martha Canada, 19, F, born OH

-  Hannah Canada, 16, F, born OH, attended school within year

-  James Canada, 15, M, laborer, born OH, attended school within year

-  William, 13, M, born OH, attended school within year

-  Elizabeth Canada, 9, F, born OH, attended school within year

-  Harvey Canada, 11, M, born OH, attended school within year

-  John Canada, 6, M, born OH

-  Mary Canada, 4, F, born OH.

     (Note that Daniel's first wife presumably died between 1840 and 1850. Thus, the last 2 or 3 children may have been born by Daniel's second wife, Ruth):

1. JANE CANADA, born ca. 1829.

2. MARTHA CANADA, born ca. 1831.

3. HANNAH CANADA, born ca. 1834.

4. JAMES CANADA, born ca. 1835.

5. WILLIAM CANADA, born ca. 1837.

6. HARVEY CANADA, born ca. 1839.  Note that a Harvey Canada, age 12, M, born OH, was also listed in the 1850 census for Hanover Twp., Licking Co. (p. 678) as living with the family of George & Lydia Ann Smith.

7. ELIZABETH CANADA, born ca. 1841.

8. JOHN CANADA, born ca. 1844.

9. MARY CANADA, born ca. 1846.

6. ISAAC KENNEDY, born 5 June 1810 in Licking Co., Ohio, married ELIZABETH (BETSY) WHEELHOUSE 3 Oct. 1833, died 29 Mar. 1883 at his residence in Woodstock Twp., Schuyler Co., Ill.  (figure 4).  Betsy was born 19 Jan. 1815 in Colne, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England,[5] died 16 July 1904 at the home of her daughter Sarah (Kennedy) Black (figure 4a). She was buried in Palm Cemetery, Woodstock Twp.[6] She was born a Baptist. Betsy’s parents were Robert & Hannah (Scott) Wheelhouse.  The family emigrated from England to Ohio between 1825 and 1828.[7]  According to the 1830 census for Muskingum Co. (p. 286), Elizabeth was living with her parents in Zanesville Twp.  Elizabeth's father, Robert Wheelhouse, died 4 Oct. 1857, aged 61 years.  He was buried in the Polk City Cemetery, Polk Co., Iowa.

 

 As noted above, Isaac Kennedy, on 11 Mar. 1834, witnessed his parents' sale to Jesse German of 37  acres in Licking Co.

 

  Isaac Kannady was listed in the 1834 Tax Duplicates List for Hanover Twp. (p. 24).  He did not own any land. His father-in-law, Robert Wheelhouse, was listed on p. 26.

On 6 Oct. 1834 Isaac Kenady & Elizabeth of Licking Co. sold for $110 to Tobias Livingston 40 acres, being the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 24, Township 3, Range 10 of the Military District.  Elizabeth signed the deed with her mark.  Witnesses were Robert Wills, J.P., and Daniel Kenady.[8] Isaac Kennady had purchased this same 40 acres in Perry Twp. for $110 from Tobias & Adah Leviston [Livingstone] on 10 May 1834 (figure 3).[9]  

 

In the 1840 census for Hopewell Twp., Licking Co. (p. 231), Isaac Kennedy was head of the following household:

 

 

Isaac Kennedy joined the Christian church in 1841.  Elizabeth had been a member since childhood.

 

In the 1850 census for Hanover Twp., Licking Co., Ohio, our family (but with the surname Cannard) was found by Kerry Collins of Brisbane, Australia (k.a.collins@gmail.com): (See fig. 4c, line 35.)

 

- Cannard,  Isaac, 43, M, Beating, born Ohio

-  Cannard, Betsey, 33, F, born England

-  Cannard, Martha, A., 14, F, born Ohio

-  Cannard, Jasper, 7, M, born Ohio

-  Cannard, Lorensey, 1, F, born Ohio

-  Cannard, Ziba, 4, F, born Ohio

-  Cannard, Eliza, 37, F, born Ohio

-  Cannard, Ortansey, 1, f, born Ohio.

 

Subsequent data shows that Lorensey and Ziba were sons (not daughters).  Eliza (age 37) may have been a sister of Isaac (see¶1.vii.below).

 

Isaac's occupation as Beating may mean "to make by blows," i.e., "forging." His neighbor, James Allen, was a blacksmith. (See fig. 4c, line 2.)

 

By 1858 Isaac and his family had moved to Woodstock Twp., Schuyler Co., Ill. where Betsy had two brothers.  George Wheelhouse owned a woolen factory. Isaac Kennedy was a farmer in Section 5.

 

In the 1860 census for Woodstock Twp., Schuyler Co. (Reel #M653-228, p. 18), Isaac Yates was head of the following household:

 

-  Yates, Isaac, 51, male, born Ohio

-  Yates, Elizabeth, 48, female, born England

-  Brown, Martha, 24, female, born Ohio

-  Yates, Ziba, 11, female (?), born Ohio

-  Yates, Lorenzo, 10, male, born Ohio

-  Yates, Robert, 4, male, born Ohio

-  Yates, Sarah, 1, female, born Ill.

-  Yates, Hannah, 1, female, born Ill.  [Remarks: same age as Sarah]

 

In spite of the wrong surname, the above is obviously the census entry for Isaac Kennedy and his family.

 

In the 1865 Illinois State Census for Woodstock Twp., Schuyler Co., Isaac Kennedy was head of the following household:

 

 

In the 1870 census for Woodstock Twp., Schuyler Co. (reel M593-276, p. 212B),  Isaac Canada was head of the following household:

 

-  Canada, Isaac, 60, male, white, farmer, born Ohio

-  Canada, Bettie, 55, female, white, keeping house, born England

-  Canada, Zilley, 23, male, white, farm hand, born Ohio

-  Canada, Laruenza, 21, male, white, farm hand, born Ohio

-  Canada, Robert, 14, male, white, born Ohio

-  Canada, Sarah, 11, female, white, born Ill.

-  Canada, Hannah, 11, female, white, born Ill.

 

In the 1880 census for Woodstock Twp., Schuyler Co., Ill., Isaac Kennaday was head of the following household:

-   Isaac Kennaday, white, male, 70, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Va., mother born Penn.

-   Bettie Kennaday, white, female, 67, wife, married, keeping house, born England, parents born England.

-   Lorenzo Kennaday, white, male, 25, son, single, laborer, (maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled), born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born England.

-   Hannah Kennaday, white, 21, female, single, born Ill., father born Ohio, mother born England.

-         Robert Kennaday, white, 23, male, single, farmer, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born England.

 The six children of Isaac & Elizabeth (Wheelhouse) Kennedy were:[10]

1. MARTHA KENNEDY, born ca. 1836 in Ohio, probably married [-?-] BROWN before 1860.

2.  Z. B. (Ziba) (Zilley) KENNEDY, born 29 Apr. 1847 in Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, married NANCY HARRISON 30 Nov. 1870 in Rushville, Schuyler Co., Ill., died 15 Sep. 1934 in Middletown, Mo., buried 19 Sep. in Rushville Cemetery.[11]  Nancy was born ca. 1846 in Kentucky, died in 1910.  Z. B.’s surname was spelled Kenneday on Marriage License #4721.[12]

 

In the 1880 census for Buena Vista Twp., Schuyler Co. (p. 6), Ziba Kenneday was head of the following household:

-       Ziba Kenneday, 33, farmer, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born England

-       Nancy Kenneday, 34, wife, keeping house, born Ky., parents born Ky.

-       James Lotter, 11, ward, works on farm, born Ill., parents born Ill.

 

In 1908 Z. B. Kennedy resided in Littleton Twp., Schuyler Co.

3. LORENZO KENNEDY, born 1849-1855 in Ohio, died unmarried in 1906 or 1908 in Schuyler Co. Ill.  In the 1880 census he was living with his parents and listed as maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled. This injury probably occurred after 1870.

4. ROBERT KENNEDY, born 5 Feb. 1856 in Lima, Allen Co., Ohio, married FLORENCE M. TERRILL 7 Feb. 1882 in Schulyer Co.,[13] died 31 Mar. 1928 in Gary, Lake Co., Ind.  Florence was born in 1859 in Ill.  They resided in Beardstown, Cass Co., Ill. in 1908. Robert’s surname was spelled Kenneday on Marriage License #8262. The children of Robert & Florence (Terrill) Kennedy were:

• MINNIE KENNEDY, born 20 Feb. 1883 in Cass Co., married PATRICK H. LAWLER, died 13 Feb. 1957 at the Culbertson Memorial Hospital, Rushville, funeral services held at the St. Rose Catholic Church.  Patrick survived her.  Minnie was a teacher in Schuyler Co. schools for many years.  Their children were [Schuyler County Obituaries <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilschuyl/Obituaries/Schuyler_obits12.html>]:

-  FLORENCE LAWLER married [-?-] ROBERSON of Houston, Tex.

-  JAMES LAWLER, living in Madera, Calif. in 1957.

-  VERNON LAWLER, living in Rushville in 1957.

• LAWRENCE KENNEDY, living in Mt. Lake, Wash. in 1957.

• RUTH KENNEDY, married LUTHER BRASSELL, living in Arenzville, Cass Co., in 1957.

• CLYDE KENNEDY.

• [-?-] KENNEDY (male), born 25 Feb. 1885 in Buena Vista Twp., Schuyler Co., Ill.

o       HOMER BLACK, born 10 June 1884, died 6 Oct. 1884.

 

o       Dr. GROVER C. BLACK, born 15 Feb. 1887 in Woodstock Twp., Schuyler Co., died 1964. He graduated from the Medical Dept. of Washington University, St. Louis, 28 May 1908, joined the staff of St. Francis Hospital in Macomb, Ill.  In 1947 he was living in Topeka, Kans.

7. [-?-] KENNEDY (male), born 1810-1820.

8. [-?-] KENNEDY (female), born 1810-1820. In the 1850 census for Hanover Twp., Licking Co., Ohio, an Eliza Cannard (Canaday) born about 1813 was living with her daughter Ortansey (born about 1849) in the household of Isaac Kennedy (see ¶1.vi. above).  Was she a sister of Isaac?

9.  JAMES CANADAY (See ¶ 2. below).

10. [-?-] KENNEDY (male), born 1820-1825.

 

2.         JAMES CANADAY

 

JAMES CANADAY, born 22 Aug. 1818 probably in Licking Co., Ohio, married ELIZA JANE SCOTT 16 Aug. 1841 in Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio (by Rev. Samuel J. Cox - figures  1 &  5), died 7 Feb. 1887 in Cumberland, Spencer Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio.  Rev. Cox was a Muskingum Co. State Senator from 1835 to 1838.[19]  A daughter of John & Mariah (McCleary) Scott, Eliza Jane was born 5 Nov. 1821 in Fowler’s, Brooke Co., Va. (now W. Va.), died 31 Mar. 1902 in Cumberland, buried there 2 Apr. 1902 (figure 6). (See my accompanying article "The Family of Francis Scott & Elizabeth (Hunter) Scott, Brooke Co., VA (now WV), Washington Co., PA & Guernsey Co., OH" for Eliza Jane Scott's ancestry.)  Both James & Eliza Jane were buried in Cumberland Cemetery (figure 7). James Canaday was a Civil War veteran.[20]

 

At the time of the 1840 census (p. 231), James was living in Hopewell Twp., Licking Co., adjacent to his brother Isaac (see ¶1.ii. above).  James was head of a household which included perhaps his mother and two sisters. (Note that Elizabeth had not aged in the previous ten years!):

 

 

It is unknown what brought James Canaday and Eliza Jane Scott to the city of Zanesville.  It is possible that James was apprenticing as a chair maker living with his employer.  Eliza Jane may have been a domestic, also living with her employer.  Neither appears in the 1840 census for Zanesville nor did either of their fathers.  When they were married in 1841, James was 23 years old and Eliza Jane, 20.

 

James & Eliza Jane began their married life in Putnam (now a part of Zanesville), Muskingum Co.  Eliza Jane was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church there.

 

On 29 Apr. 1847, Catharinus & Marion A. Buckingham of Knox Co., Ohio, sold to James Canaday of Muskingum Co. for $200 the south half of lot #80 in the Town of Putnam.  This deed was entered 5 Oct. and recorded 8 Oct. 1847.[21]

 

Also on 29 Apr. 1847, James & Eliza Jane arranged a trust for $200 with Charles C. Convers regarding the south half of in-lot #80 in the Town of Putnam “with right of dower of the said Eliza J. Canaday.”  On that date James Canaday gave to C. P. Buckingham three promissory notes binding James to pay to Buckingham $50 with interest on or before the first day of April 1848, 1849 and 1850 for value received.  This document was “considered a deed of trust and not a mortgage.” James signed the document and Eliza Jane signed with her mark.[22]

 

James & Eliza Jane Canaday proceeded on 9 Feb. 1848 to sell the south half of lot #80 in the Town of Putnam to William N. Silverthorn for $365.  The lot was “to be divided in the middle by a line running East and West parallel (?) with the North and South lines of said Lot 80.” James signed the deed and Eliza Jane scratched her mark on the document.[23]

 

In the spring of 1848 James & Eliza moved to Morgan (now Noble) Co., Ohio.  On 26 Apr. 1849 James Canaday bought for $75 from William F. & Rebecca Smith 36.45 perches of land in the southeast quarter of Section 6, Township 6, Range 9 (figure 8).[24]  At that time this property was located in Manchester Twp., Morgan Co.  It is now near the northeast corner of Sharon Twp., Noble Co., northwest of the Town of Sharon (figure  9 – right side of page).[25] The eastern half of Morgan Co. was incorporated into the new county of Noble in 1851.[26]

 

Elisha Stout of Morgan Co. filed a complaint with the Muskingum Co. Chancery Court against Moses Stout of Muskingum Co. and a James Kennedy of Morgan Co.  By Feb. 1849 Elisha Stout had recovered $180.98 and costs from Moses Stout but still unpaid was a James Kennedy’s debt to Elisha Stout in the sum of $45 or more.  It was requested that James Kennedy be directed to pay to the petitioner the amount due the said Elisha Stout.  The request was directed to the sheriff of Morgan Co.[27]

 

In the 1850 census for Olive Twp.,[28] Morgan Co., Ohio (pp. 253-4), James Canada was head of the following household:

-  James Canada, 32, hotel keeper, $500 value of real estate, born Ohio

-  Eliza J. Canada, 28, born Ohio [actually Va.]

-  Hannah A. Canada, 7, born Ohio

-  Thomas E. Canada, 3, born Ohio

-  Alexander A. Groves, 32, merchant, $600, born Ohio

-  Mary Scott, 20, born Va.

-  David Selex, 24, tailor, born Ohio

-  Gene Brasmon, 20, tailor, born Pa.

 

Thus, by 1850, James Canaday had established his hotel business.  Mary Scott was Eliza Jane’s older sister (born 1819 and thus about 30 years old at time of 1850 census). (See Scott family.)

 

On 30 Mar. 1852, Stephen & Lucinda Teidrick sold to James Canaday of the Town of Sharon for $80 part of the southeast quarter of Section 6, Township 6, Range 9 of lands sold at Zanesville, beginning at the south boundary of said Section 6 10.08 poles west of the southeast corner of the section, thence north 4 poles to the grave yard, then east along the fence 17½ feet, thence south 4 poles to the south boundary of Section 6, then west 17½ feet to the place of beginning, containing 4½ square poles.

30 March 1852.                                                           /s/ Stephen Teidrick

     her

/s/ Lucinda X Teidrick

    mark[29]

 

On 11 June 1852 Eliza Jane received $20 from the estate of her grandfather Thomas McCleary (see McCleary family).

 

On 14 May 1855, James & Eliza Jane sold 4½ square poles of land to David R. Hefner for $80 (figure 10).[30] This was the Noble Co. land James bought in 1852.

 

In the 1860 census for Sharon Village, Noble, Co., Ohio (p. 401B), James Canaday was head of the following household:

-   James Canaday, 41, male, chair maker, $700 value of real estate, $450 value of personal

     property, born Ohio

-   Eliza J. Canaday, 39, female, domestic, born Ohio [actually Va.]

-   Hannah A. Canaday, 16, female, at school, born Ohio

-   Thomas I. Canaday, 13, male, at school, born Ohio

-   Arthur W. Canaday, 11, male, at school, born Ohio

-   Eliza E. Canaday, 9, female, at school, born Ohio

-   David Canaday, 7, male, at school, born Ohio

-   Mary E. Canaday, 1, female, born Ohio

-   Samuel E. Jones, 50 male, school teacher, born Wales.

 

From this it would appear that James had cut back on his participation in the hotel operation, concentrating on his chair making and leaving his wife Eliza Jane to run the hotel. The occupation of domestic which she claimed implies that she was cleaning and taking care of an enterprise larger than a private home.  Samuel Jones appears to have been the only boarder at the hotel at the time, however.

 

In the 1863 Registration for the Civil War Draft, 16^th Congressional District of Ohio, enrollment list, James Canaday was recorded as follows:

Ø      Place of birth: Ohio

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