Eighth Iowa Infantry. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee, and with his command Mr. Canady participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, the Siege of Vicksburg, Champion Hill, Grand Gulf and Memphis, being in Memphis in 1864 when General Forest made his raid. The Eighth Iowa saved the city on that occasion. Afterward Mr. Canady took part in the battle of Spanish Fort and was in all in sixteen important engagements. He received an honorable discharge on the 20th of April, 1865, and then returned home.
During the period of the war he had attained his majority and on the 6th of February, 1866, Mr. Canady was married to Miss Loretta Tamer, who was born in Dewitt, Clinton county, Iowa, October 14, 1847, and is a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Shinn) Tamer, the father a native of New Brunswick and the mother of Illinois. Her death occurred in her native state while Mr. Tamer passed away at Wall Lake, Iowa. Following his marriage Mr. Canady engaged in farming in Clinton county for a brief period but in December, 1866, came to Story county and located near the present site of the Iowa State College. He aided in building the first central building of that institution. He also went to Zenorsville, Boone county, where he worked in the coal mines for twenty years, and in 1902 he came to Gilbert, where he followed carpentering. The past five years, however, have been spent in the conduct of a wagon shop. He learned the trade of carpentering in 1872 and followed it in Des Moines, Boone and other cities. He possesses natural mechanical ability which training and experience have augmented and he is now numbered among the capable artisans of Gilbert, where he has won a liberal patronage in the conduct of his wagon shop during the past five years.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Canady have been born ten children : Carter N., now living in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Eddie M., who died in infancy; Etta M., the deceased wife of Clifford Zenor; Murt, living in Greene county, Iowa; Sadie J., the wife of George Black, of Dawson, Iowa; Leonard J., at home; Lilly, the wife of Frank Reynolds, of Boone; Arthur, of Pittsburg ; and Thomas E. and Ethel, both at home. Two of the sons, Carter and Arthur, are graduates of the civil engineering department of the Iowa State College, the former having completed his course in 1888 and the latter in 1908. Carter Canady now has charge of the highway department for the American Bridge Company at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Arthur is working there for him. He has also spent eight months at work on the Panama canal.
In his political views Mr. Canady has long been a republican, believing that the principles of that party contain the best elements of good government. While living in 'Boone county he served as justice of the peace for ten years and his decisions were based upon a comprehensive knowledge of the law as well as of the equity of the case. He has also been justice of the peace of Gilbert for two years and was the second mayor of this city. He takes an active part in the public life of the community and his worth is