History of Nauvoo, (Hancock County) Illinois United States of America

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A Short Biography of George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon, Mormon elder, was born in Liverpool, England, Jan. 11, 1827. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who were Mormons, and settled in Nauvoo, Ill., where he was employed as a printer. He removed to Salt Lake city in 1847; was a missionary to the Sandwich Islands in 1850, became an apostle in 1859, and was a delegate to congress to ask that Utah be admitted as a state in 1862. He was president of the European mission, 1862-4, which resulted in the sending of 13,000 converts to Zion; served as a member of the legislative council, 1865-66, and 1869-72, and was sent to congress again in 1872, to urge the admission of Utah as a state. He was a delegate to the 43rd, 44th, 45th and 46th congresses, 1873-81, was appointed first councillor to President John Taylor in 1880; served as regent of Deseret university and as editor of the Deseret News. He died at Monterey, Cal., April 12, 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor