K-P Cemetery - Peck Section 3Tombstone reads: EMMA J. BAKER CANNON Wife of Ibzan Cannon January 22, 1812 July 4, 1886 Emma was the oldest child of George Lloyd Baker and Elizabeth Josephine Warne Baker. She was married to Ibzan Cannon in Lexington, North Carolina, at the house of Dr. Pendleton by Reverend W. W. Pharr on January 23, 1855. Our family has a small travel diary which was written by Emma as she traveled from Virginia to Arkansas and on to Texas in 1884-1885. In Arkansas she visited the three children of her deceased sister, Anna Virginia Baker Pendleton. In Rock-wall County, Texas, she visited her sister, Ellen Baker Peck and her brother-in-law, Joseph Addison Peck and her their children who were her nieces and nephews. Her last entry is December 1, 1885. Her burial in the KP cemetery seems to indicate that she never returned to Virginia. A partial copy of the diary reads: "Douglas, Lincoln County, Arkansas, January 18, 1885 ...Arrived here [home of her niece, May Eliza Pendleton Weeks] on the morning of the 22nd December from the boat from Memphis. Min had gone to Memphis to meet me, but I had not seen her letter and so we missed each other. They are all as sweet & good & thoughtful as they can be. We all dined at Pleas' [her nephew, Dr. Pleasant Pendleton] - a merry, happy meeting Xmas time, and a fine dinner ... It was so pleasant and cheerful ... This is a refined and intelligent neighborhood & all the comforts of home abound ... They seem to have very little preaching - and only Methodist ... What a blessing it is to be of good family, and know and be able to visit so many of them ... They are nicely fixed and have a pleasant home. This is a pleasant neighborhood and I think I shall always be glad I made this visit. I never enjoyed a visit more. March 2nd...I am beginning to think and talk a little of my homeward journey. We had preaching yesterday, a good congregation and a good many guests. It is so near and we always have a good many to dinner... We have beautiful weather ...I want to go home in two or three weeks... April 26th...I have been silent so long. I shall never be able to note all I wish to recall and my memory is so poor. I have been roaming so much, or rather moving so much, on my way to Rockwall County, Texas, my dear sister's [Ellenora Lloyd Baker Peck] home, where I have been ever since last Friday week. I am so happy to be with her again for she is a little dearer than anyone else in our scattered family, being the youngest of us all and I have not visited her for years. She has a pleasant home and a nice family. Mr. Peck [her brother-in-law, Joseph Addison Peck] is a cultivated intelligent man ...I took a steam boat ...from [Arkansas] to Terrell, Texas ... My journey was safe and pleasant all the way - no evil befell me nor did plague come near enough to hurt me. I shall hardly ever make this trip again. I found Lee [Robert E. Lee Peck, Ellen and Joseph's youngest son] at Rockwall. He had been there a day and night awaiting me. I expect to be here sometime before I attempt to go elsewhere. My darling Sister Ellen's will be my home, mostly, I think and it is very pleasant. Two of her daughters are only three miles from us with their families. I have never been here before. She [Ellen] has six children, all grown. We took a long walk this Sunday morning. Lee hired a nice carriage for our homeward journey, and most pleasant surroundings. We generally take a walk in the evening. Saturday, May 1st 1885...This seems to be rich luxurious country and seems healthy - and the family and friends nice and cultivated people ... There has been no preaching anywhere in the neighborhood. It is Methodist when there is any... October 21st, 1885... At John Hanby's - a most pleasant family and home in the country. Emma [her niece, Emma Cannon Peck Hanby) is a most kind and nice niece. She has five children, as has her sister, Lizzie, five also and both country homes. The prairies are so rich and level. The children are ... a dear little set as I can know, and healthy. I walked out with them several days... December 1st 1885 A bright, beautiful day.
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