Abraham Hoagland Cannon

March 12, 1859–July 19, 1896

1 Born at Salt Lake City; son of Elizabeth Hoagland and George Quayle Cannon. 2 Attended Deseret University and practiced architecture. 3 Married Sarah Ann Jenkins, 1878; participated in plural marriage. 4 Served a mission to Europe, 1879–1882. 5 Assumed business control of the Juvenile Instructor and associate publications, 1882. Ordained as a president of the Quorum of the Seventy, 1882; ordained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1889. Became editor and publisher of the Contributor, 1892; became coeditor of the Deseret News, October 1892. 6 Died at Salt Lake City. 7 (See Document 4.28)

Footnotes

  1. [1] Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Apr. 2014), memorial no. 6446668, Abraham Hoagland Cannon; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT. “Abraham Hoagland Cannon,” Deseret News [weekly], July 25, 1896, 168–170. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901), 1:167–168.
  2. [2] “Abraham Hoagland Cannon,” 168–170. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:167–168.
  3. [3] “Abraham Hoagland Cannon,” 169.
  4. [4] “Ancestral File,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Abraham (or Abram) Hoagland Cannon (4W9N-5J) and Sarah Ann Jenkins (1J7H-XQ). “Abraham Hoagland Cannon,” 169.
  5. [5] “Abraham Hoagland Cannon,” 169. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:167.
  6. [6] Ibid.
  7. [7] Find a Grave, memorial no. 6446668. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:168. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 29, 2015), Abraham Hoagland Cannon KWCK-27Q .