George Q. Cannon
George Quayle Cannon was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints , and served in the First Presidency under four successive presidents of the church Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow. He was the churchs chief political strategist, and was dubbed the Mormon premier and the Mormon Richelieu by the press. He was also a fivetime Territorial Delegate to the US Congress.
Cannon was born in Liverpool, England, to George Cannon and Ann Quayle, the eldest of six children. His mother and father were from Peel on the Isle of Man. His fathers sister, Leonora Cannon, had married future Latter Day Saint apostle John Taylor and was baptized in 1836. News reached the elder George Cannon and four years later, when Taylor came to Liverpool, the entire Cannon family was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints George Q. Cannon wasyears old at the time. Cannons siblings were Mary Alice Cannon , Ann Cannon , Angus M. Cannon, David H. Cannon, and Leonora Cannon . In 1842, the Cannon family set sail for the United States to join with the church in Nauvoo, Illinois. On the voyage over the Atlantic Ocean, Cannons mother died. The motherless family arrived safely in Nauvoo in the spring of 1843. George Sr. married Mary Edwards in 1844 and had another daughter, Elizabeth Cannon .
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