Sylvester Q. Cannon

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English name = Sylvester Q. Cannon


birth_name=Sylvester Quayle Cannon
birth_date=birth date|1877|06|10
birthplace=Salt Lake City, Utah Territory
death_date=death date and age|1943|05|29|1877|06|10
deathplace=Salt Lake City, Utah
president_who_called=Heber J. Grant
apostledate=death date and age|1938|04|06|1877|06|10
ordination_reason=Heber J. Grant's discretion [When Cannon was ordained an apostle, there were already twelve members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Cannon did not join the Quorum of the Twelve until after the death of Melvin J. Ballard in 1939.]
end_date=death date and age|1943|05|29|1877|06|10
end_reason=Death
reorganization=Spencer W. Kimball and Ezra Taft Benson were ordained after the deaths of Cannon and Rudger Clawson

Sylvester Quayle Cannon (June 10 1877 – May 29 1943) was the sixth presiding bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 1925 and 1938 and a member of church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from October 6, 1939 until his death. He was the son of George Q. Cannon, an apostle and member of the church's First Presidency.

Quayle was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. He studied at the University of Utah and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In 1899, Cannon began a LDS Church mission in Belgium. Cannon then served from 1900 to 1902 as president of the Netherlands–Belgium Mission of the LDS Church. [Jenson, Andrew. "LDS Biographical Encyclopedia". Vol. 4, p. 351] Jenson. "Biographical Encyclopedia". Vol. 4, p. 736] Cannon then served as Francis M. Lyman's secretary on a three-month trip to many nations along the Mediterranean and in the Middle East.

From 1916 to 1925, Cannon served as president of the Pioneer Stake in Salt Lake City. [Jenson, Andrew. "Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941).]

Cannon died in Salt Lake City from encephalomalacia, or softening of the brain. [ [http://images.archives.utah.gov/data/81448/2260561/2260561_0000797.jpgState of Utah Death Certificate] ]

ee also

* Council on the Disposition of the Tithes
* David Asael Smith
* John Wells (Mormon)

Notes

References

*cite book
author=Cannon, Winfield Q.
year=1998
title=Sylvester Quayle Cannon: Tall in character and stature
publisher=Winfield Cannon and Wanda Cannon Trust
id=ISBN B0006S3QZM

External links

* [http://www.gapages.com/cannosq1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Sylvester Q. Cannon]