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CANADAY, RACHEL, far., Sec 5; P. O. Lowell; daughter of Andrew and Lydia Sutherland, natives of Tennessee; she was born in Jefferson Co., Tenn., Feb. 8, 1798; her father died when she was but three weeks of age, her mother only outliving him three weeks, leaving her to be cared for by her grandparents, Amos and Phoebe Williams; by them she was raised, and when 17 years of age, removed to Wayne Co., Ind., where, at the age of 23, she married Wm. Canaday, who was born in Jefferson Co., Tenn., 1799; her grandmother Williams died in Indiana, at the age of 78; her grandfather lived to the extreme old age of 103 years; in 1839, Mr. and Mrs. Canaday became pioneers of Lee Co., settling where she now resides, the farm containing 160 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; Feb. 15, 1877, Mr. Canaday died, leaving a family of five children, all born in Indiana — Lena C., was born Nov. 22, 1821, the wife of Linly Kellem, of Warren, Ill.; Joel, born Aug. 20, 1823, died December, 1839; Polly, born March 14, 1826, married Abel Wilson, of Missouri, deceased; Margaret, born Oct. 14, 1831, the wife of Thomas Cunningham, of Texas; Eliza, born Nov. 22, 1833, wife of John Harvey, this county, and Oliver, born Feb. 6, 1836, and in March, 1858, was married to Miss Jane Box, who was born in Henry Co., Iowa, March, 1837; her parents, James and Elizabeth Box, were among the first settlers of that county; they have seven children — Wm. T., born December, 1858; Addie P., May 10, 1862; Eddie A., April 10, 1865; Alphia C., Feb. 28, 1868; Jessie C., Oct. 19, 1870; Rachel E., Dec. 9, 1872, and T., Feb. 24, 1878. Oliver lives upon and cultivates the home farm; Mrs. Canaday, though in the 82d year of her age, is still hale and hearty and still continues each year to attend the Lee Co. Fair, a privilege she has enjoyed every year, except one, for a quarter of a century; when in her 81st year, she manufactured with her own hands a piece of linen, which she exhibited at the fair the same year and received the first prize.