Lakewood, Ohio

VerifiedFounding families and early settlers

Named for James Cannon, a many-careered man from the Isle of Man: language lover, Esperanto advocate, minister, shipbuilder.

He studied abroad, traveled Europe on foot, became secretary of the United States Esperanto Society and was a Disciple Church minister. Lakewood records show him on the Board of Education in 1874; his family taught at West School 1877-81. Visitors recalled his ship models.

Named for

James Cannon (school board 1874). Isle of Man-born shipbuilder, minister and Esperanto secretary.

Homestead: Large home on Cannon Avenue

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See Cannon Avenue on the map →