Angus Munn Cannon (1834 - 1915)

Born 17 May 1834 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Maria Mousley — married 18 Jul 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Ann Amanda (Mousley) Cannon — married 18 Jul 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Clarissa Cordelia (Moses) Cannon — married 16 Jun 1875 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Martha Maria (Hughes) Cannon — married 6 Oct 1884 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Maria (Bennion) Cannon — married 11 Mar 1886 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Johanna Christina (Danielson) Cannon — married 21 Mar 1887 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1915 at age 81 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Biography

Angus Cannon is Notable.

Angus Munn Cannon was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. His Manx parents, George Cannon and Ann Quayle, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1840, being baptized by his uncle John Taylor.^[1]

In 1842, the Cannon family went to Nauvoo, Illinois, United States. By 1849, they were in Utah Territory. Cannon was the younger brother of George Q. Cannon and their lives followed very similar paths up until their arrival in Utah.

Cannon was the mayor of St. George, Utah Territory in 1861 and 1862. In 1896, after Utah had become a U.S. state, he stood for election as the Republican Party candidate for a state senate seat in Salt Lake County. He was defeated by one of his wives, Martha Hughes Cannon, who was the Democratic Party candidate.

Like many early members of the LDS Church, Cannon practiced plural marriage. Cannon was the appellant in the case of Cannon v. United States, which was decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1885.^[2] Cannon had been convicted under the Edmunds Act of unlawful cohabitation with more than one wife and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a $900 fine.^[3] Cannon appealed his conviction on the grounds that he had immediately ceased having sexual relations with the two wives he was accused of cohabiting with after polygamy was criminalized. The Court rejected Cannon's argument, holding that "compacts for sexual non-intercourse, easily made and easily broken, when the prior marriage relations continue to exist, with the occupation of the same house and table and the keeping up of the same family unity, is not a lawful substitute for the monogamous family which alone the statute tolerates."

Cannon was pardoned in 1894 by U.S. President Grover Cleveland.

Cannon died of "apoplexy" in Salt Lake City, Utah, 07 June 1915 (aged 81), and is buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Plot C_5_14_1_E.

Angus died at the age of 81 on 7 June 1915 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.^[4]

Angus was buried on 11 June 1915 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.^[4]

Research Notes

Notes from external profile

Note: @NI1471@

@NI1471@ NOTE!SOURCE: Beatrice Cannon Evans and Janath Russell Cannon CANNON FAMILY

HISTORICAL TREASURY, 1967,pub by George Cannon Family Assoc. p 378.

 !SEAL TO SPOUSE: RE 1994 IGI for Ann Amanda, Clarissa, Sarah

Martha Maria, Joanna.

 !SEAL TO SPOUSE: To Ann Amanda also listed as POFFI.

 !MARRIAGE LOCATION: RE 1994 IGI.

 !Baptized Sep 1844

 !1860 Census Salt Lake County, Utah, 7th Ward Gt. Salt Lake City, page 95,

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Angus Cannon 26 M Farmer 400 750 Isle of Mann

Sarah M 32 F DEL

Amanda 24 F DEL

Wilhelmina 11/12 F UTAH

From Mormon Immigration Index CD-ROM

CANNON, Agnes Munn <1836> Sidney 1842

Age: 6

Ship: Sidney

Date of Departure: 17 Sep 1842 Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

LDS Immigrants: 180 Church Leader: Levi Richards

Date of Arrival: 11 Nov 1842 Port of Arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana

Source(s): Church Emigration Manuscript of 1842 (HDA); Letter of John Greenhow, Times and Seasons, 4:6 (Feb. 1, 1843), pp. 91-92

Notes: "EMIGRATION. -- Three vessels have been dispatched by us since the 15th of September. The Sidney, containing 180 souls, the Medford, 214, and the Henry, 157. . . ."

<MS, 3:6 (Oct. 1842), p.112>

"FIFTEENTH COMPANY. -- Sydney, 180 souls. On Saturday, September 17th, 1842, the ship Sidney, Captain Cowen, sailed from Liverpool, with one hundred and eighty Saints on board, under the direction of Elder Levi Richards, bound for Nauvoo, via New Orleans. George D. Watt the first man baptized in England, who emigrated with this company, writes from New Orleans, under date of November 13th, 1842, as follows: 'We have had a passage of fifty-six days -- fine weather -- with a kind captain and crew, who allowed us every reasonable privilege. There have been five deaths out of the company, and one sailor who fell from the yard arm and was killed. The dead are: Brother Yates' eldest child, Sister Cannon, (mother of President George Q. Cannon,) Brother Browne's child and two children belonging to a man who is not in the Church. We stuck up on the sand bar at the north of the river (Mississippi) thirty-four hours. About two hours after we got off, the Medford came on the bar, where she stuck thirty hours. We landed here (New Orleans), on the eleventh instant and the Medford arrived today the thirteenth. She lies about ten yards from us. * * * We have taken one of the largest and best steamboats in this port. We pay two dollars and fifty cents per head, and twenty-five cents per one hundred pounds above the weight allowed each person, which is one hundred pounds. We are all going up together; i. e. The Sidney and Medford passengers.' After tarrying three days at New Orleans, the emigrants embarked on the steamer Alexander Scott and made rapid progress till they had passed the mouth of the Ohio River, when they ran aground and remained fast three days. After getting clear again they continued the journey to within ninety miles of St. Louis, where the vessel had to remain three weeks for want of water. When the emigrants finally arrived at St. Louis, it was the dead of winter, and the river being frozen up above that city, it became necessary for the Saints to remain there for a while until communication opened up again with the towns on the upper Mississippi. Without much difficulty houses and provisions were secured, and the remainder of the winter was spent quite comfortably in St. Louis. In April, 1843, the journey was continued to Nauvoo."

<Cont., 12:12 (Oct. 1891), pp.445-46>

"Sat. 17. [Sep 1842] -- The ship Sidney sailed from Liverpool with 180 Saints; it arrived at New Orleans Nov. 11th."

<CC, p.21>

Sources

1. ↑ Cannon, Donald Q., "Angus M. Cannon: Pioneer, President, Patriarch" in Cannon, Donald Q. and David J. Whittaker, ed., Supporting Saints: Life-Stories of 19th Century Mormons. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1985) p. 370
2. ↑ Unied States Reports Vol. 116 U.S. 55
3. ↑ "The Anti-Polygamy Law; Ex-Delegate Cannon's Sentence Affirmed. The Supreme Court Upholds the Decisions of the Territorial Judges; Opinions in Other Cases", The New York Times, 1885-12-15.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Burial: Missing source ID S85. (accessed before 24 September 2022)

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12600346/angus-munn-cannon) : accessed 10 July 2020, memorial page for Angus Munn Cannon (17 May 1834–7 Jun 1915), Find a Grave Memorial no. 12600346, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by The Grouping (contributor 46814675)
• Wikipedia: Angus_M_Cannon
• Wikidata: Item Q4764156, en:Wikipedia
• Ancestral File Number: 1B93-JS.