George Quayle Cannon
George Quayle Cannon (1827-1901) was born 11 Jan. 1827 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He was the son of Ann Quayle and George Cannon. He married Elizabeth Hoagland in 1854; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized in 1840 in Liverpool. He met Wilford Woodruff in 1840, worked with him in a print shop in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, and served alongside him as an Apostle and in the First Presidency. He died 12 Apr. 1901 in Monterey, Monterey Co., California.
Footnotes
George Quayle Cannon (KWC8-VG3), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2022). George Quayle Cannon, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/george-quayle-cannon, accessed 8 Feb. 2022). George Quayle Cannon, The First Fifty Years of Relief Society (https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/the-first-fifty-years-of-relief-society/people/george-quayle-cannon?letter=C&lang=eng, accessed 12 Jan. 2022).
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Excerpt:ARRIVE IN LIVERPOOL. Our company consisted of 109 souls, composed of Ameri- cans, English, Scotch, Irish, Welsh and Dutch. We arrived in Liverpool dock on the 11th day of January, 1840, having made the voyage from New York in twenty-three days. CHAPTER XXIII. OUR VISIT TO PRESTON—OUR FIRST COUNCIL IN ENGLAND, IN 1840—WE TAKE DIFFERENT FIELDS OF LABOR—A WOMAN POSSESSED OF THE DEVIL—ATTEMPT TO CAST IT OUT AND FAIL—TURN OUT THE UNBELIEVERS, AND THEN SUCCEED—THE EVIL SPIRIT ...Dates:January 11, 1840 January 13, 1840 -
Excerpt:May 5, 1855 ~ Saturday May 5th I met with the Presidency & 12 in the House of the Lord built upon the Temple Block & we dedicated it before the Lord Broth E. T. Benson opened by prayer & after the usual cerimonies H C Kimball proceded to dedicate the House by prayer He named in his prayer evry room from top to bottom evry wall & material Adobies sand clay stone Lime from the fo[u]ndation to the top prayed ...Dates:May 5, 1855 May 6, 1855 -
Excerpt:Oct 22nd 1865 Continued from 1st volume of red covered Book of W Woodruff Journal October 22, 1865 ~ Sunday Oct 22nd 1865 Sunday Afternoon at the Tabernacle W Woodruff spoke one hour & 15 Minuts Elder Sloan reported the same which is recorded in this Journal under date of [blank] I met with D. H. Wells & several of the Twelve for prayer & attended a meeting in the Evening at the 14th ward school house I spoke to ...Dates:October 27, 1863 November 3, 1863 November 8, 1863 October 22, 1865 October 23, 1865 October 24, 1865 October 25, 1865 October 26, 1865 October 28, 1865 October 29, 1865 October 30, 1865 October 31, 1865 November 1, 1865 November 2, 1865 November 4, 1865 November 5, 1865 November 6, 1865 November 7, 1865 November 9, 1865 -
Excerpt:November 10, 1865 ~ Friday Nov 10 1865 I spent most of the day on the Lake west of Ezra Pettetts we killed 26 fine fat ducks. Brother H. C. Kimball & G Q Cannon spent the day in the Endowment House they gave Endowments to 65. G Q Cannon sealed 30 couple November 11, 1865 ~ Saturday 11. I spent the day in the Endowment House we gaveDates:November 10, 1865 November 11, 1865 November 12, 1865 November 13, 1865 November 14, 1865 November 15, 1865 November 16, 1865 November 17, 1865 November 18, 1865 November 19, 1865 November 20, 1865 November 21, 1865 November 22, 1865 November 23, 1865 November 24, 1865 November 25, 1865 November 26, 1865 -
Excerpt:Nov 26 Cram was Mouth. I spent the fore part of the day in the office [FIGURE] I rote A Letter to Wilford & sent him a Draft on the Liverpool office of £20 Pounds I attended meeting in the Tabernacle in the Afternoon. Joseph Young spoke in the forenoon & G. Q. Cannon in the Afternoon 30 minutes, & D. H. Wells 50 minuts. we met in the prayer ...Dates:November 26, 1865 November 27, 1865 November 28, 1865 November 29, 1865 November 30, 1865 December 1, 1865 -
Excerpt:Dec 1st 1865 & started in the face of the storm for the summit of the mountain which was 4 miles I walked all the way to the top by the side of my team with the snow blowing in my face. I sent my team back & drew up a brother Packs team who was stuck fast in the snow. we then started down the canyon got about half a mile & met a Government train heavily loaded stuck fast on a dug way & we could not pass them ...Dates:December 1, 1865 December 2, 1865 December 3, 1865 December 4, 1865 December 5, 1865 December 6, 1865 -
Excerpt:December 7, 1865 ~Thursday Dec 7, 1865 I packed away about 25 Bushels of Apples to day. sold 7 Bushels of spitzenburgh for $50. Paid A. O. Smoots clerk, toShetler, $100 Borrowed Money. Paid McCKean for U.S. taxes $20 per J. C. Little Borrowed $20 of Mitchel. I spent the Evening reading the Letters of O. Cowdry on the Early history of the Church December 8, 1865 ~ Friday 8. I spent the fore part of the day in ...Dates:December 7, 1865 December 8, 1865 December 9, 1865 December 10, 1865 December 11, 1865 December 12, 1865 December 13, 1865 December 14, 1865 December 15, 1865 -
Excerpt:December 16, 1865 ~ Saturday Dec 16th 1865 I spent the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments to 31. H. C. Kimball sealed 4 couple, G. Q. Cannon 24 couple it is vary cold winter weather it is snowing most of the day December 17, 1865 ~ Sunday 17. We had a large fall of snow last night & it took me nearly all Sunday day to get the snow off my roofs I did not ...Dates:December 16, 1865 December 16, 1865 December 17, 1865 December 18, 1865 December 19, 1865 December 20, 1865 December 21, 1865 December 22, 1865 -
Excerpt:Dec 22nd 1865 Elder Taylor followed & backed up the Testimony of those who had spoke He was followed by Elder Cannon, all the Twelve present spoke & much of the spirit of God rested upon us & we were Blessed & felt it good to be there Elder Taylor Prophesyed that the Twelve should be delivered from the bondage of the poverty under which they had been weltering for years. At the close of the Meeting I went & got my sleigh & ...Dates:December 22, 1865 December 23, 1865 December 24, 1865 December 25, 1865 December 26, 1865 December 27, 1865 -
Excerpt:December 28, 1865 ~ Thursday Dec 28 1865 I spent the Afternoon in the Legislative Council December 29, 1865 ~ Friday 29. I met with the council in the Afternoon December 30, 1865 ~ Saturday 30. I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment house we gave Endowments to 6 persons H. C. Kimball sealed 4 couple W Woodruff 2. December 31, 1865 ~ Sunday 31. Sunday I met in the Tabernacle with ...Dates:December 28, 1865 December 29, 1865 December 30, 1865 December 31, 1865