George Quayle Cannon

11 January 1827 — 12 April 1901

1 Born at Liverpool, Lancashire, England; son of Ann Quayle and George Cannon. 2 Baptized at Liverpool, 1840. 3 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Sidney, 1842. 4 Arrived at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, by April 1843. 5 Apprenticed to his uncle John Taylor at a print shop in Nauvoo. 6 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1847. 7 Served missions to California, the Sandwich Islands, the eastern and midwestern United States, and Europe, 1849–1864. 8 Helped translate the Book of Mormon into Hawaiian. 9 Married Elizabeth Hoagland, 1854; participated in plural marriage. 10 Involved in publishing the Western Standard, Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, Juvenile Instructor, and Deseret News. 11 Ordained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1860. 12 Elected as a territorial delegate to U.S. Congress, 1872; served four terms in the House of Representatives, 1873–1881. 13 Incarcerated in the Utah Territorial Penitentiary on charges of unlawful cohabitation, 1888; served five months. 14 Served as counselor to four presidents of the church, 1873–1901. 15 Died at Monterey, Monterey County, California; buried at Salt Lake City. 16 (See Document 3.2, 3.14, 4.13)

Footnotes

  1. [1] Davis Bitton, George Q. Cannon: A Biography (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 1999), 459–461. “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” database and images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Aug. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate 11097 (1901), George Q. Cannon.

  2. [2] Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901), 1:42. “Ancestral File,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), George Quayle Cannon (45F9-BR).

  3. [3] Bitton, George Q. Cannon, 459. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:44.

  4. [4] “Mormon Migration,” database, 1840–1932, Mormon Migration (http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu, accessed Oct. 2014), George Cannon Jr.; extracted from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Immigration Index CD (2000).

  5. [5] Bitton, George Q. Cannon, 459.

  6. [6] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:44. Lawrence R. Flake, Mighty Men of Zion: General Authorities of the Last Dispensation (Salt Lake City, UT: Karl D. Butler, 1974), 90.

  7. [7] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Apr. 2014), George Quayle Cannon.

  8. [8] Bitton, George Q. Cannon, 459. Beatrice Cannon Evans and Janath Russell Cannon, eds., Cannon Family Historical Treasury, 2nd ed. (1967; repr., Salt Lake City: George Cannon Family Association, 1995), 120–121.

  9. [9] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:44–45.

  10. [10] “Married,” Deseret News [weekly], Dec. 21, 1854, [3]. Bitton, George Q. Cannon, 37, 459, 463.

  11. [11] Bitton, George Q. Cannon, 459.

  12. [12] Bitton, George Q. Cannon, 37, 459. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:47.

  13. [13] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 2005), 780–781.

  14. [14] Bitton, George Q. Cannon, 460.

  15. [15] Ibid., 460–461.

  16. [16] “President George Q. Cannon Is Dead,” Deseret News , Apr. 12, 1901, 1. Utah Division of State History, “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Cemeteries and Burials (http://heritage.utah.gov/history/cemeteries, accessed Apr. 2014), George Q. Cannon. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 29, 2015), George Quayle Cannon KWC8-VG3 .