Family Remembrance:2128 "James A. Cannady's first wife was Tryphena Rich, born Ohio (Ref. IGI Family History Library). Married May 5, 1841 in Putnam County, Ohio. Her parents were Andrew and Polly (Hoyt) Rich. Andrew Rich's probate file E 1841, Putnam/Allen Co., Ohio listed his children as Tryphena, Aartimisia, Liberty, Andrew Jackson, Lyman, Alonzo, Isabel and Richard." IGI extracted marriage records for Putnam County give marriage date as 5 May 1842.

1842 Marriage:2129 James Canida and Triphena Rich married on 5 May 1842 in Putnam County, Ohio.

1850 U.S. Census:1770 Tryphena enumerated in the household of her husband James A. Cannady in Perry Township, Noble County, Indiana as a female, age 29, born in Indiana. Children residing in the household were Frances M., a male age 5; Martha Jane, age 3; and Alonzo, age 1. Also residing in the household were Liberty Rich, age 16, the brother of Tryphena, and Eli G. Casper, age 20, a carpenter.

Death Between 1854 and 1860: Tryphena is presumed to have died between the birth of Henry about 1854 and the 1860 census enumeration of the James Cannady household.

Death Presumed Prior to 1860:2655 Tryphena was not enumerated in the household of James Cannady in Perry Township, Noble County, Indiana. Household residents enumerated included Nancy, a 25 year old female and perhaps a second wife; Frances, a male aged 15; Martha, age 13; Alonzo, age 10; William, age 9; Anila, age 7; Henry, age 6; as well as Frederick Wert, age 21, as a carpenter's apprentice and his mother Caroline Wert, age 64.