George Quayle Cannon
Information regarding George Q. Cannon
- Date of birth: January 11, 1827
- Place of birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England
- Apostolic ordination: August 26, 1860
- Age when ordained apostle: 33 years 7 months
- Total apostolic years: 40 years 7 months
- Tenure in the Quorum of the Twelve: 17 years 5 months
- Date of death: April 12, 1901
- Age at death: 74 years 3 months
- Place of death: Monterey, California
- Remarks: Elder Cannon served in three different First Presidencies. He was convicted of unlawful cohabitation and served six months in jail. When the Brigham Young University football team scores a touchdown on their home field, the BYU ROTC cadets fire a cannon named “George Q.” in honor of Elder Cannon.
- Inspirational quote: “Our crime has been: We married women instead of seducing them; we reared children instead of destroying them; we desired to exclude from the land prostitution, bastardy and infanticide. If George Reynolds [the man who was convicted of committing bigamy] is to be punished, let the world know the facts. Let it be published to the four corners of the earth that in this land of liberty, the most blessed and glorious upon which the sun shines, the law is swiftly invoked to punish religion, but justice goes limping and blindfolded in pursuit of crime.”
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