BUTLER COUNTY OHIO ****************************************************************************** Contributed to the Butler Co., OH Biographies Project with permission of the Butler County OHGenWeb coordinator Nancy Sween & the submitter. Butler County OHGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler ****************************************************************************** File contributed to Ohio Biographies Project by: Tina Hursh frog158@juno.com 29 November 2000 ****************************************************************************** A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio, With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers Cincinnati Ohio. Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882. Union Twp Hugh CANNON, the eldest brother of his mother, was killed in St. Clair's expedition, Nov 4, 1791. Another brother of his mother, Thomas CANNON, married Elizabeth SCOTT, a sister of General Winfield SCOTT. They had 1 son and 2 daughters. The son, William Scott CANNON, died in New Orleans in 1834. The oldest daughter, Jane Gray CANNON, married James SWISSHELM, a farmer's son living near McKeesport, and afterward became famous as an editor and political and social writer. The other daughter married Zachary MITCHELL of the same place. The CANNONS and SWISSHELMS were early settlers of Pittsburg and that part of the state. Mrs. SWISSHELM was born and reared in the city of Pittsburg