Cannon, John Q. (John Quayle), 1857-1931

Served an LDS mission to England, worked in Millennial Star Office in Liverpool.

From the description of Diary, 1881. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 145582006

Mormon Church leader, businessman, printer, soldier, and missionary.

From the description of Letter, 1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699619

Lurena Eldredge Warnick was a historian of the Manila Camp Daughters of Utah Pioneers and great-great-granddaughter of Ann Quayle Cannon.

From the guide to the Ann Quayle Cannon biography, circa 1955, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

John Quayle Cannon was born on April 19, 1857, in San Francisco, where his father, George Q. Cannon, was serving on a mission trip. In 1858 the family returned to Salt Lake City. John married Elizabeth Annie Wells in 1880 and served on a European mission from 1881 to 1884. On his return to Utah he went into the newspaper business, and a confrontation with a rival journalist led to assault charges and Cannon's excommunication from the Mormon Church in 1886 (he was rebaptized in 1888). From 1889 to 1892 Cannon served as editor of the Ogden Standard, and was editor-in-chief of the Deseret News from 1892 to 1898. He briefly left the newspaper when he enlisted in the cavalry during the Spanish-American War, but returned to the Deseret News, where he worked until his death on January 14, 1931.

From the description of Diary of John Q. Cannon, 1881. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 777027913

John Quayle Cannon was born on 19 April 1857 to George Q. Cannon and Elizabeth Hoagland. He married Elizabeth Anne Wells on 17 March 1880. They had twelve children. He served in the Swiss and German Mission from 1881-1884. Later, he served as second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric to William B. Preston. He was excommunicated from the LDS Church in 1886, but was later rebaptized in 1888. He served as editor-in-chief of the Deseret News and as a lietenant-colonel of cavalry during the Spanish-American War. He died on 14 January 1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

From the description of Collection, 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82321150

From the guide to the John Q. Cannon collection, 1881, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)