| Show N fAMILY TODAY Gathering of Descendants i urge Lar Honor Memory of Late Geo Q a Cannon OF BIRTHDAY r of till r of f ii Tt Who ho Ct Ills UI U Is Ill 11 I to I a Till III l I Jan Jail 11 tho tin posterity p of lit y Cannon ai o celebrating r irge r ary oC 0 his hisil I I I R RC Rh C t v il h Vor or sevel years before Ills His Lj birth ih insularly 1 since that Hint find fun the ocel tret t U 1 of reunion unil entertainment I nm n I j it one ui lilo hla lifetime I being ng to tot to t th rJ him nl the and ai ilo do him himIn Lr o in the festal gathering of Ot Ills hi hio rell dId grandchildren Ien ami to o honor o onis hIs Ills memory ro ie fold and counsels for forS hIS nis S I mutual encouragement of It zt Wen well al at to b lA if t f his hili family as us Sri his hl and und achievements 1 IY before hetor the gr onca who did not Know or ao too remember member him him The custom Is to hold the tho exercises of the several homen homeK which ho hoI hoL t one mm L it I ami and made beautiful on what hat a IL ILm m few years ears Ito ago was nm a 11 desolate thistle patch on tho the banks of O Jordan river southwest of this city ell cit appropriate committees ceo to It ini n tUI uC a suitable program IM Jim arranged refreshments provided and ami amiI ill I members of or tho finally whether nt at tome lome or abroad reminded of or tie the place ud Ed date BO so that those who cannot bo he In person on can bo ho represented tr t r letters the rending reading of which always III wll a nn mill Interesting feature of ot the de exercises c LAnO Vms The number of those who Uy llY rca rea reaIn IM In of 01 descent from President Cannon or r with his descendants are to be present at re ro reunion union reaches the somewhat Imposing of IGI Of course COllO all those are tot nol In attendance sonic some being absent from homo home on business and some seine In foreign lands on missions In III fact It itI l j a n noteworthy incident that at every celebration of ot the tho birthday Mry l In the hoot hist 20 years there thore have hare been brell never louver loss less than three and some sometimes times us its high as LIB seven Ioven of ot the sons lion or grandsons engaged In III tho the ministry abroad Hut But tho the gathering these absences and those duo due duoto to 10 other causes usually exceeds IL a hun hundred dred red In number a II young oung host hOlt of such rapid growth as to suggest that nt at no distant time limo the family will require a it amure ILmore more inure spacious hall halt than loan any nn private residence for tor their celebration or will to some other day In a 11 amore amore more favorable season of tho tIm year and have hare their reunion out of doors BORN 81 SI YEARS AGO And yet It Is only 81 Si years cars since tho the head ot of this family first saw tho the light He Ito vas cas M born bom In Liverpool England ana was the to como come to bless bloss tho the union ol 01 n a worthy Manx couple George Cannon and aud Ann HIs ilia JIt progenitors hOrs for or many generations were oro Inhabitants of ot the tho tight little Isle of ot Man Jinn some lame of or them landholders some sea seafaring se faring folk tolk some prominent In tho the of ot official amid anil ecclesiastical life of tho time Is Island Island land laud Blurt Bluff King ICing Henry Vin VIII of of England Englund dealt dalt harshly with one on of ot them who proved a recalcitrant church man m anti and the records speak of others who assert asserted ed ci I their Independence In lot religious thought at the tha expense of ot their temper temporal al oti comfort conort It Is easy to understand therefore that neither the tho Jeers of or as LIS associates nor nOI the threats of ot employer at af affected feel George Geor e Qs QI parents when whon their Elder John Taylor brought them In 1839 a 11 copy of at the Book ot of Mormon and preached to t them tho restored gospel of ot Jesus Christ Im Ion Impressed pressed with the tho presentiment that It bhe ho took look the Journey across tho sea sou site sho would not live to reach the gathering l Uc of ot the tho saints a warning which the fond fon l father Cather was waH disposed 16 to t heed the tho heroic bernie mother m nevertheless rested not until tho thu fatally family wore on their W Ira to Zion In 1842 they thoy embarked at Liverpool for New Orleans eight weeks reeks wore w re consumed In crossing the tho wu ry waste lIstO In tho the meantime IOu mothers nethers presentiment proved true the he be died noid wits was burled at mit soot sea and the tho stricken family made modo their way first to no r st t Louis then to Nauvoo the future III and mighty preach frond rr writer of ot rIghteousness rl first saw the Prophet Joseph Smith picking Jinn hoot out among hundreds hundred assembled on nit the ilver bunk bank Time Tho father Cather died hloI In III tho lie of r ISM and anh upon George Q at al in Ih age ogo of 17 devolved tho the and cure of at tho orphan family II TO HE BE A n nIn In the office o of ot his uncle Rider r Tay fy lor Jor who ho was editing the Times flutes anti and Sea Sou pens ons ne ho learned the of ot printer and sulLying charing in time tho expulsion of ot tho thu Mints from In IS lw h l moved e ivard reaching Salt Bait Lake LaJo volley In lii tho the fall Call of ot is ISH 1817 in Iii 1849 ho io made mado one otto of Gen Gee C Hicks company In a II III I ini hip hill to California and engaged nl In iii sold gold dIgging with much success but hut nl ai though tills thi wag In overy otlY sense a nils tIri elon ion to which ho lou hud hind boon beon S d lie lle was all greatly featly relieved when the ine following Hummer summer ho Ito was wall appointed to eo IrO to 10 tho the Sandwich Is laMs ii lo to i wn the tho gospel Honolulu on In tho Uth of December 1650 ISSO IS O I P j ti i i ill 4 c k I J I J h J f fr r ti i c i ift ft M 4 W Wt Wi i S I c t 4 S w 5 4 H tp t AS DICKENS SAW GEORGE Q a CANNON nn tnt Old Olti li Taken About bout tho Great NII Ih In lit Ills His Traveler r he soon soomi started out the time natives and having In a 1 few weeks acquired tho the language In ho extraordinary nary lIuone und and ho lie be bean an that marvel mis work of ot which resulted result ell ellIn In hit the conversion of ot thousands AS A JOURNALIST JOOn Ills Ellis experiences In this his hi earliest Important work In the ministry are aro charmingly told In n II later product ot of othis othla his hla pen Ion My 1 First Irina tho volume of or the tho well voIl known tooting seris Tho Thu translation of or tIO Book Doole of ot Mormon Into the tho Hawaiian loot lan language nn guage also occupied hint him during hi four yearl stay BillY upon the tho Islands Island and when after a few months spent I In th the winter of ho was culled called to togo II l go n a aln to California U It was with the tho purpose of ot this world works Ho He had married In December 1864 amid his lois wife accompanied him on on this second mission minion ml lon Hero he III berun boun that career of Journalism in which ho attained such suh eminence H II He established mind and published for tor two years thu the Western tem Standard ably and anti fearlessly expounding the principles of Mormonism and defend defending ing lag Utah and her hor people were lero exciting days in lii San Sail Francisco among other ether Incidents of tho the period was the tho therise rise antI and righteous rule o or of the committee which with Its Us system of lit fair fairand fairand and Immediate trial anti and swift and sum moore punishment tho the lawless and paved d the tho way say for tor the thu restoration of the regular forms of or law and order They were eIo days of ot great poverty too for the tho little of ot Mormons timid Jo Joseph Joseph seph Bull huh for tor many loony years connected with the tho Deseret News who whoa was asso associated dated with Elder Eldor Cannon In III that mis mission lon don was tooth fond l of telling how day after day they knew not at It breakfast where the next meal was tas from nor trout from whiRl what source they the expect meant means to pay l a their or pur chase printing ink anti and paper nut hut their lr dinners and their suppers frugal though tile the fore furo may inn bare havo been beon failed them hoot not neither did their theil bills tot for of ot office lice fice supplies EO 11 unpaid notch and l tho tIme paper wn Will only discontinued when tho tIme broach of army and auth the tho threatened conflict with the th general government prompted thu the calling In of the outposts and the thc breaking up of ot the California mission WITH THE DI SEm FT T NEWS In 1858 Elder I Cannons connection tion with tho the News In hot an capacity though he lieu had written sono for Us its columns In hit tho the earlier years of ot that decode dc do anti and hUll hud worked at lit tho the caso case as 13 a compositor a it short into after nUel his return from Croon the Sandwich In 1854 In the thu spring of ot 1858 occurred that t remarkable Incident known In Utah Ulah history HH otto n time tho move mauve anti ono one feature of ot It wo WOW tho time of ot tro tle press pious and printing materials to Fill mol county whore where from flom April to 10 September tho the publication of ot tho time paper was wall continued Eider Ider Cannon load charge of ot this work worl and It Il wim whilo on un his return north northward ward wamil after efter tho labor lubor completed and thou tho I purpose of ot tin to move no ito that ho Ito furnished n ft elm roe nt tot his hili ii is habitual prompt promptness pt ness and I to authority Ho lie had 1 tile the town lown of and wim Willi his hili tooth team bytho by thie road rond roadside side sid for or noon noun when II n courier from freon Salt SnIt LoPe Lalo City throve drove up and delivered a lot let letter too ter from froth President Young Informing I Cannon Unit that ho lie hUll had boon been loon called Oil on a 1 mission to to tl tho time stolen that time tho company ny with which ho hot liS aa liSto to ross cross time tho was waiting tot for him Us his II asked the tho how haw soon ho Ito would Im bt ready rend to 10 start mart back to tho the city ell Ito tho reply being that ho iou would re return return return turn M out noon II 1004 H ho lift had red fed cot his hll Ill vu bo bi to go goo with you mild 1111 leI leIl l and with no more moore prep preparation than titan that and auth leaving of ot his hili family noah y und mill all Ills his earthly posses Dion In n a 1 by tIme thu roadside iou liu sta a II ju from room which ho Ito II dl J I not i for fill or two yearn years An Atm ull II drive brought t courier and pits pas to Sail Knit I Ialo ilio City next and auth an ns mis Boon us its the Iho Presidents H other was WUK they the called call l to Young warmly lOOI 1111 iii young rys hand handu and u a nil turning I 00 ii g to tol hors In I ii Iho tho I Ito wild I told tit t you u It would ho Ito h too u thu it t IV t I tH U IL so of nt f tills period of his hili that lint tho ho record hint out of or 10 II i ionly yearn only 18 1 2 weH Were 1110 ell at ul homo ill iii 11 Bull BaIt Uiko tIto city Il lLy time tha rout ro 1 spent on Om III In tho the full fall of ot 16 1 60 ho Ito od to 0 HH ns president Ir J of ut till thin Iu 0 1 and a t iii of tot tn Ihl tHaI Blur Ue no ie was wnM 1 lo In home In Iii IHal Ills lois hind boon crowned with L 10 no less UBI butt IHU r ia I sot ii having hon ing boon oh floe tho Unto time of ot his hili presidency AH M HAW HIM 11 of ot i will ro rot call list thul account In Thou The lIlt Traveler of ut u visit to 10 ill 11 to fall with Mor MOI Io 1 auch Illch J r r u recognize Elder Eider Cannon as 11 described In that bitt article will hardly excuse tho time re rePortOrial license Which puts Into his mouth various arlous clipped 1 If Ir not uncouth Tho The great novelist thus titus describes de him at lit that time A com corn handsome In black rather short with rich richi brown hair hall anti and board beard and clear cleal bright eyes cell From rom Ills hl speech I should set net him hint down an nn American probably a Il man mutt who had knocked about tho the world pretty prett much muchA A man maim wits with a it frank trank open manner ann ana unshrinking look withal a II man ot ol great quickness Elder John Nichol Nicholson son Eon who first met him about this time also aio drew draw lIro a II pen picture of t him him It ii which among other things he Jie Ie dwells upon lila his regard for tal neatness his imi hi clearness of ot expression his lois attention It t to detail and his hili grammatical precision POLITICAL LIFE In the tho matter of political office Cannons appearance was In tho the winter of when he served sered the tho legislative 1 assembly as page messenger or watchman Ills His next Was In lii I 1 DJ when an as front from tho the In Inchoate Inchoate choate state of or Deseret he lie returned 11 for fora forn a n short time into from England to Washing Washington ton tori with his hili colleague lion Hon VII Wil William liam H Hooper looper vainly knocked at itt tho doors door of Congress asking for tor time the ter ler or admission to 10 statehood Dur During DurIng ing lag time the period he served a n couple of terms term In the tho legislative coun council cil cli In I n the latter lutter year lie Ito was wan a n prom prominent promInent bent figure In hot the time constitutional con can convention which again sought ad nd admission mission Into tho sisterhood of ot states and und was again chosen one of tho time pros prospective prosPeCtive states senators This proved as ua before beCore a u barren barrett honor but his elec clue election election tion ion that autumn as liS delegate to Con gross Kress furnished him him abundant opportunity opportunity for tor the time exercise of the lie courage coura c tact skill and perseverance ho he wa war to possess From I rom the tho ho Ito was as tho ihm target of ot tho the keenest opposition opposition tion which continued during the consecutive terms for which ho he was elected anti forced him kiln Into u n position of national prominence The Tho passage of the lie l law luw In to ISSi ISS being given glen glenan an nn cx ex post facto Havor anti and Interpretation tion c 0 far ris ns ho lie concerned caus cau caused ed erl the ito house of ot representatives to do d chime claro him butt Ineligible mind his seat sent va vacant vacant cant anti and tl 2 circumstance led to a n protest from frono him hum presented In a tm speech of or fervid anti thrilling eloquence which Is 13 Ii remembered and amid commented upon ullOn by congressional veterans to this timis day WORK IN THE TItE CHURCH His ecclesiastical prominence dates from room 1859 1559 when he lie was waH chosen nn au altos apos apostle tie tle to nil tin time vacancy vuc ncy caused by b tho th death of Parley I 1 P Pratt In lot 1877 ho was chosen first counselor to President John Taylor In ho ito was chosen choson to oc cc occupy copy cupy tho Ito same sumo relationship to President Woodruff In Iii 1598 he imo was call called ed eel to tO servo SeIO In lot the tho capacity In III the First Presidency with President Pro Lo 10 Lorenzo renzo ren o Snow anti occupied tho the position until his hili In 1867 ho was wall as made mado general superintendent of the tho Sunday School union and timid held that bitt position until month his hilt death JUI INSTRUCTOR Of ot dome of lois Ills Journalistic and liter nry ary IL activities mention lies bus been made but hut it 11 was In that brought broU ht him Into Inlo prominence Ho lie founded tho the Juvenile Instructor Jan Jami 1 I 1860 1866 In the tho fall fait of or the thu next year ho Ito took loul time the editorship nod and management of or the tho News Now then n II semiweekly which he lie immediately changed Into Inlo n a 1 dally paper pallor Ills 1113 Life Lito of or a u Dook Hook of ot Mormon theme 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