A bit of a random start: piecing together information on John McCann

I started out with a limited amount of disjointed information on my Great Great Grandfather, John McCann.  For the next series of post, I am going to walk through how I came up with what I have on him and conclude with putting it together into a brief biography.  My mother and cousin have done research into him and I will be building upon their efforts.

Here is my starting point:

• Catherine McCann's Massachusetts birth record shows that she was born on January 3rd, 1861 in Lee, MA to John McCann and Mary Clasby
• Catherine's obituary list her parent's as John McCann and ELizabeth Gillespie
• John paritcipated in the Civil War
• John had a brother named George
• John immigrated from Ireland