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John M. Canada (Hopkins County, KY farmer and corporal 17th Ky Inf Reg.)

b. 1829?

Hopkins County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Elizabeth Canada. Father of William Canada, John Canada, and Andrew Canada. Laborer in Jefferson, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal from January 1, 1862, to January 23, 1865. Reported as a deserter in June 1863. Restored to duty on May 5, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, Jefferson, p. 175B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 589-90.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 952-53.

Citation

Canada, John M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214797 (November 12, 2026).

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