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Born in North Carolina in 1783, Clement Cannon, Sr., was a veteran of the War of 1812, an early Bedford County manufacturer, and a Whig political leader. In 1810 he provided 100 acres of land for the site of the Town of Shelbyville, and in 1817 he donated 5 acres to Dickson Academy and a lot to a local church. He died in 1860 and is buried in the Cannon Cemetery 400 feet southwest.
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