SON of David M. Cannon (Aug 20, 1796-Jan 23, 1863) and Eve Margaret Hartman Cannon (Oct 28, 1812-Oct 18, 1882)

CSA Veteran. He enlisted for service in the Confederate States Army on April 14, 1861, joining in the Dutch Fork section of South Carolina, for a period of 12 months. He reported for duty with Company H, 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, under the command of Capt. Drury Nunamaker on June 6, 1861. On May 13, 1862, he reenlisted at Lexington, South Carolina, by W. D. Rutherford, for two years service. He served in several battles during this time, and on December 13, 1862, he was "wounded seriously " in the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and sent to the hospital for treatment". In January, 1863, he was back, present for duty and served throughout the next several months. On July 2, 1864, he was wounded in action and left in a hospital at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He was included on a register of sick and wounded Confederates in the hospitals in and about Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, after the battle of July 1, 2 and 3, 1863, with "Complaint: Thigh (flesh)" and sent to Gen. Hospital on July 20, 1863. Jacob was listed on a Roll or Prisoners of War at the hospitals in and about Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, captured July 1, 2 and 3, 1865, and was transferred to the Provost Marshal on July 20, 1863. His name also appears on a list of wounded Confederates sent to the Provost Marshal, New York, on the forenoon of July 21, 1863, from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He later was one of a group a "Rebel Sick and Wounded Prisoners of War received at DeCamp General Hospital, Davids Island, New York Harbor, July 17,19, 22, 23, 24, 1863." He was one 528 (five hundred twenty eight) Confederate Prisoners of War paroled at De Camp General Hospital Davids Island, New York Harbor, and delivered to City Point, Virginia, on September 16, 1863. He then was admitted to Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, Virginia, with a gunshot wound in the left thigh, on September 15, 1863. He was issued clothing at S.C. Hospital, Petersburg, Virginia, after he was released and was furloughed on September 24, 1863. He was back on duty November, 1863, and served for the remainder of the war, during which time this company served in the battles of the Wilderness, VA; Cold Harbor, VA; Petersburg, VA; Spotsylvania, VA; Salkahatchie, SC; Bentonville, NC, and others. When he died on Christmas Day, 1908, he still had the Yankee bullet in his hip that he received in the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. Both he and his brother, Henry David Cannon, served in the Confederate Army.

Other siblings:
Anna Cannon Lindler, Mary Elizabeth Cannon Lake, James Calvin Cannon, Daniel S. Cannon, Thomas Franklin Cannon,
and half siblings; John Adam Cannon, Margaret Eve Cannon Alewine, Martha Ann Caroline Cannon Rish,
George Martin Cannon, Rachel Cannon, Sarah Elizabeth Cannon,
Noah Eli Adam Cannon, & William H. Cannon