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John Q. Cannon
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Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
October 5, 1884 (1884-10-05) – September 5, 1886 (1886-09-05)
Called byWilliam B. Preston
End reasonExcommunicated for adultery
Personal details
BornJohn Quayle Cannon
(1857-04-19)April 19, 1857
Elizabeth Wells Cannon
Children12
ParentsGeorge Q. Cannon
Elizabeth Hoagland

John Quayle Cannon (April 19, 1857 – January 14, 1931) was an editor-in-chief of the

excommunicated.[1]

Newspaper editor

From 1889 until 1892, Cannon was the editor of the Ogden Standard. From October 1892 until April 1898, he was the editor in chief of the Deseret News. After the Spanish–American War he returned to work at the Deseret News and served as an executive editor of the newspaper off-and-on until his death. He was much beloved by his co-workers.[2]

Cannon was a member of the Utah Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.[3]

General authority and controversy

Cannon was the oldest son of George Q. Cannon and the one most expected to follow in his prominent father's footsteps in politics, church office, and journalism.

William B. Preston, the Presiding Bishop
of the LDS Church; he served in this position between 1884 and 1886.

In 1884, shortly after Cannon had become a general authority, a sensationalized news story by Joseph Lippman in the

Logan Temple. In fact, there had been no such marriage, though it was later revealed that Cannon and Wells had begun having an affair around this time.[4] Cannon confronted Lippman in downtown Salt Lake City and demanded a retraction of the story. When Lippman refused to apologize or to issue a retraction, Cannon punched Lippman and beat him with a whip. Cannon pleaded guilty to the assault and paid a small fine. Cannon, who was city editor for the Deseret News at the time, almost certainly wrote the article about the confrontation between himself and Lippman.[5]

On September 5, 1886, Cannon was released from the

Stake President Angus M. Cannon. Because Louie Wells was pregnant by Cannon, George Q. Cannon instructed Cannon's wife Annie Wells Cannon to divorce so that he could marry Louie Wells. After the divorce, Cannon and Louie Wells were married by his brother, Abraham H. Cannon
.

However, after Cannon and Wells were married, he was criminally charged with the crimes of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation, largely based on the earlier rumors that had been promoted by Lippman's article.

Emmeline Wells
, was broken-hearted.

Cannon later remarried Annie Wells and they had nine more children. He was readmitted into the church by

Manti Temple in a posthumous, vicarious ordinance, with Annie Wells standing in for her sister.[4]

Military service

During the Spanish–American War, Cannon served as the lieutenant colonel (i.e., second-in-command) of the 2nd United States Volunteer Cavalry.

Cannon was a member of the Sons of the Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution.

Death

Cannon died of myocarditis in Salt Lake City, Utah.[6] He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Notes

  1. ^ Ron Walker "Grant's Watershed: Succession in the Presidency, 1887–1889," BYU Studies 43, no. 1 (2004), 195–229.]
  2. ^ a b Kenneth L. Cannon II, "Wives and Other Women: Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Lives of John Q. Cannon, Frank J. Cannon, and Abraham H. Cannon," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, vol. 43, no. 4 (Winter 2010), pp. 71–130.
  3. ^ National Register of the Sons of the American Revolution. 1901. pg. 961.
  4. ^ a b c d e Kenneth L. Cannon II, "The Tragic Matter of Louie Wells and John Q. Cannon," Journal of Mormon History, vol. 35, no. 2 (Spring 2009), pp. 126–190.
  5. ^ "A Reporter Rawhided," Deseret Evening News, November 10, 1884, p. 3.
  6. ^ State of Utah Death Certificate Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine

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