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| birt: 23 AUG 1854 plac: Saint Augustine, Florida deat: 6 NOV 1948 plac: Green Cove Springs, Florida marr: 3 APR 1883 plac: Mandarin, Florida birt: 22 MAY 1860 deat: 14 AUG 1953 |   | ||||
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His daughter Belle reflected, "Back then priests were not able to come down to sermon each day. So the community would ring my father's bell. He would read scriptures to the folks and report to the priest."
Philip purchased the Clay County Crescent newspaper, and his two sons Phil and Frank helped their father.
At one point, his sons ran the Canova Printing Company in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Francis J. Canova was the manager, and operated it with his brother Philip J. Canova, Jr. They did business through mail orders, and did engraving and binding as well as printing.