Show PRESIDENT GEO CEO Q CANNON DEAD churell leader succumbs to bronchitis and heart trouble Tro lible his 1111 long and eventful career george Q cannon senior apostle of the N mormon formon ell church u reb f first con counselor n belor to president lorenzo Lorenz snow and for many years a conspicuous figure in the commercial merc lal financial antl ami political affairs of utah died at monterey california at an early hour friday morning april 12 the end camu came peacefully at a in lie ho was seized with sinking spell his family physician dr clift was with him but strong stimulants failed to revive him and ile ho fell into a deep sleep which halt half an hour later ended in death there was no suffering during the last hours of his life and he was conscious until he be fell into the bleep bleed from which w aich he never wakened the body was taken to san francisco where it wis was prepared for shipment to salt sail lake Pre president cannon s death was not unexpected for months lie he has bas been in ill health and tor for a month his condition has been critical dr clift his physician in speaking of the cause of 0 apostle cannons death said apostle cannons death was due to bronchitis and enlargement of the heart the latter being super induced by coughing ile he was also in a very weak state and really was not net far from nervous prostration ue lie has been lingering in about the same state for two weeks but since his big last attack he has never had a chance of recovery until the very end when lie he dropped oft off to sleep he be was conscious the news did not reach salt lake until 6 in the mor morning as the telegraph offices at monterey were CIO closed sed the news came to angus anglin M cannon in a message from john Q cannon as follows father left us its this morning at death came peacefully please join with family in consulting about funeral 11 in an hour the news had bad spread from one end of the city to the other and on upper main street where the church institutions are located there was a veritable profusion of 0 half masted mailed flags this mark of respect was displayed most prominently from the bee hive house bouse the residence of president snow the deseret news office zions savings bank trust company Z C M L I 1 coop co op wagon machine company and utah light power company crepe was in evi evidence Jence for half balf a block down main street from the news office every door bearing of white and black president cannon left salt lake for california march 13 in hopes of regaining his health lie he had bad been alling ailing since his return from honolulu several months since about the first of march he had an attack of grip which left him much e enfeebled in fee bled and he lett for the coast as soon as he was able to travel ilis dis condition showed allowed much improvement for a few days but this was followed by a decline which terminated in death ills his demise was hourly expected tor for several days yet it nevertheless produced a shock wherever he was known in high church circles his loss is deeply deplored 0 around all the church offices there was a funeral air for nearly the entire afternoon president snow wa was a closeted with prominent members of the church and other visitors and when he went to his private residence at 4 he be gave orders that he was not to be disturbed as lie he did not care to discuss the sad event in his big present state of mind it was said by a member of 0 the family however that the aged president has taken the death of one of his principal advisers very much to heart and regrets probably more than anyone else outside of the family of president the batters latt lat erB call to another apostle lurid lund in commenting oo on the event said to speak of 0 george Q cannon is to talk of the history of the church and that is a rather exhaustive subject some noen men live longer than others and do much less if 11 a mans lle life is to be measured by the work ho be has done then it must be said that george Q cannon was a methuselah that he will be missed as allro astir ding beman man in the councils and conduct of tile the church there cannot be any doubt biographical george Qui quayle tylin cannon was born on january 11 ika 17 in liverpool lind iud nis III 9 parents r ailts were george cannon and ann qu a and were natives of 0 the isle of 0 man blin the lannon cannon or caanan family early decoi its show that the name dams was spelled the latter way at atone one time came originally from tho the borders of england and scotland but tied fled to the me of man tor for on account of political or religious religions troubles and the name of 0 the place to abich they went and which la is still in the family was called choll in the manx language means hilling pi we quayle cannon N w as the olaer of 0 his big ago father af 8 family s m fly and ho he in connection with other members 0 of f his family became converts to the mormon faith in Li liverpool serpool where they were baptized june IS 18 1940 ia by b ewer elder john lor who afterward became president of tile the mormon morman church coming to america in auguet 1841 mr cannon entered the employ of 0 mr Taylor who was the editor of times and sessions and the nauvoo neighbor from that date until october 1819 he was vias a member of 0 john taylors family and was wag ordained an elder by president taylor rebr february uary 9 1811 and a few days later became a seventy when the cormons mormons were driven out of nau TOO in 1816 president cannon then a b boy 0 Y of 19 went out with the main body to winter r quarters 1 aho I he next year he crossed tho the pla inand arrived in salt lake october 3 1817 being ono one of f t the he p 1 0 n eld rs T two w 0 ye years a r s 1 later a te r h he 0 w was a s c called al 1 e d no to C california li t 0 r n a on a T mission is ti 0 n f for 0 r his h i s ch church u r e h f and i n d while there v was as selected belec ted with others to go on a mission to the sandwich islands and landed in honolulu on the I 1 alth ith of december 1850 president cannon remained in the sandwich islands for three and a half years vears and in that time Is said to have mado made over 4 00 converts mostly natives in this work president cannon took the lead he was the first to learn the hawaiian langu language ave aud and uter later translated the hook book of ct mormon into that tongue he returned to california in IHM issa and for or it time assisted apostle parley P pratt on his autobiography and then came on to salt lake on his arrival he was made one of the presidents dents of the thirtieth quo roll of seventies anil and soon afterwards was ordered to prepare tor for a second mission to the sandwich islands Is but befoul before president resident cannon started on this mission ml be was called to california to assist in the publication of a paper there lie ile departed from salt sail lake la in lay ilay I 1855 and upon his arrival in california vi was as chosen to have charge ot at the mission work in that state and oregon this work he be performed in connection with the P publication 11 1 of the western vestern standard the church abr cat paper boc ot I 1 the coast and the publication of the bouk of ot mormon in the hawaiian lan 9 buace when news was received that job johnsons inson a army was as moving toward utah ulan president cannon star started t ed at once for homo home and arrived it in salt lake in january W IBM lie he was lit at once made adjutant general of the army being organized by bv brigham young to resist invasion and soon after was sent to fillmore utah to publish ill the deseret news new wb when e n salt alt lake vias mas abandoned closed lie he kept ai at ill this s work until september 13 when he be was vi as sen ent t u aion on a mission ml slon to tho the eastern states the c coll a 11 reached him at payson when a ben he vi was as on his way to salt lake and in three quarters ot of an hour he bo was ready to start the work antho in the astern held field was of a very delicate nature requiring the highest type at 0 diplomacy because of the extreme bitterness that existed among the cople people against the mor mons on ace account 0 ot of po ga ait bv means ot of letters of lo 10 introduction tro from do governor vernor thomas L kane president cannon succeeded in reaching many men high in authority and in laying before them the true state of affairs in boutah utah lie he had charte charge of the eastern mission during the years tears awo apro and IW and was also the slat agent tor for the church in that territory during that time while on this mission to in october 1850 he was wail chosen an apostle to nil all the vacancy y made by the death ot of tarley leY P pratt and on his return home ton ten months month liter later was ordained to that was aug 26 imo when he be was bu tl years tears of ago age lie bad been an pestle the therefore for or orly forty ono one Y years e ars last august augua bis big ordination president cannon boon after was soon ordered upon a mission to great britain and reached liverpool before the tha year was out but before he left salt lake ho established the church printing office in this city on his big return in may 1 2 ho he was sent to washington Wl lington wil i having with hon hen william am 11 hooper the two been chosen united states senators whon when lae be attempt a as mode made to have utah ulan admitted as a tale state ho he was then but 85 years tears ot of ag aco after iter in july president cannon 90 congress a gress adjourned r returned burned to europe anti and preAl presided ded over the slon sion there till the autumn arturr kno of f ills journey homo home over the plains it that a t year was filled with the latest gravest peril because no of f tho the indian wars that were mere raging but t the trip was made in safety and president cannons mission work wa as ended ho be having spent fourteen fourte enof of the fit teen prec oeding years in the mission field la in the winter of 1964 5 i president cannon organized the first sunday school in salt lake laka and in january of 0 tho the next year he established tho the juvenile instructor to which journal he contributed the fruits of his pen tor for many years in ia he was IBS made general bugrin superintendent union nion school sunday ten of 0 the a position he continued to hold till tile the end position in samo year liili president cannon take was appointed by brigham balcham young to chargo charge of the deseret news that w A as a thon than pub beekly and semiweekly semi weekly whilo dished as a in n charge of M the publication ho be established the deseret news and conducted ll it tilt till its if was assured later he in company success abe with Bri brichant chana young jr cc conducted ducted the pub tor for a 11 time this in he also wrote what Is by the mormon polo pie 10 to be the t be standard history of jose josepn tf it ind and some other church work at this time in a busl bu sinei nen way the 0 was no other man to in the territory excepting BrIg barn young who with who was connected so was waa so active or many and such diversified interests he as was a with the founding of the Z 0 NI 1 I and was one of the original board of directors lie he was a director ot at the union pacino railroad and was connected with a number nuni berof of banks in this city as well tell as other mercantile institutions many of 0 which ho he helped to establish in 1 mr bir cannon ws was elected delegate to congress serving in that capacity until 1881 when ho he was because he was a poleg amert brigham young died in 1877 1977 and by his will president cannon brigham young jr and albert were e r e made executors executors of that document m the e gocsta estate t C was w i much m uc h complicated c 0 empl lc a t e d doell because u ot the large lareo number or ot of h heirs e tr q 1 in a IMS i b 7 g suit was brought by some of ortho tho dissatisfied and judge 3 S boren boreman ian who was then on OIL tho the territorial bench issued isau c d an order that tho the bonds of at the executors be inc increased reaRed they refused to furnish the increased bond and were sent to he be penitentiary tor for contempt of court I 1 A few weeks later chief justice hunter BUC t PRESIDENT GEORGE Q CANNON aeed judge boreman and he be released the prisoners the work of 0 administering the estate was then continued until the work was parsed over to the brigham young trust camran r when apostle john laylor was electea president ot of the church in IW george Georee Q cannon bod and jo joseph epla ai fsmith smith wore were made his bis counselors and although the first presidency prel dency was suase gently reorganized avi nice lee in when ent died and in abys when president woodruff druff died president cannon and joseph r I 1 smith continued to be the presidents president s counselors through all the changes president cannon leaves a family consisting of 0 file wives and twenty seven children forty ono one grandchildren grand children and one great grand child ills first wile elizabeth H cannon by whom he be had eleven children died in hisa in talt balt lake city seven at 0 tho the children born of this union are also dead anti and these are all ali the deaths that have occurred in the family tho the five mites still living are sarah jane cannon ellza eliza T cannon marthat Martha 1 cannon emily H action and caroline Y cannon they are given in the order of their marriages the tha oun aest Is the daughter of president Preil Pres ilent ideno brigham young and ami Is the une one who was waa with ith him in monterey Mont crey through his bi ric sickness kness and at ab hisil his death cath she bhe Is the ife president cannon continued to live with after the manifesto of the church against polygamy and was known as his legal keal k eal wife the following children survive him john Q cannon miry blary alice cannon emily cannon willey sylvester Q cundon frank J cannon angus adang J cannon hugh J calnon ros anna amnaj J cannon irvine joeph josephj J cannon preston J cannon carl Q cannon william T cannon reed T cannon edwin T cannon bomert nester T cannon amelia T cannon cham chain lewest cannon cannon willard T cannon grace T cannon rad pad cliffs Q cannon epi epy y 1 T cannon colllns collins T cannon Claw clawson Rouy Y cannon Wil wlford lordy Y cannon aurelius Y cannon Geor georgius glus C cannon |