Edwin Q. Cannon

Edwin Quayle Ted Cannon, Jr. was a Utah politician and businessman and was a prominent leader and missionary in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints . Cannon was among the first missionaries in the LDS Church to preach to black people in Africa and was part of the first group missionaries sent to establish official congregations of the LDS Church in West Africa.

Cannon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Edwin Q. Cannon, Sr. and Luella Wareing. He was born at his parents home because of the 1918 influenza pandemic. Cannons paternal grandfather was George Q. Cannon, a Mormon pioneer and prominent leader in the LDS Church. Cannon was raised in Salt Lake City.

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