WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
WALTER CANNON
(postmaster, realtor, banker, church leader)
BIOGRAPHY
Walter Cannon was born in Pinto, Utah on July 5, 1888.Leah Sullivan was born in St. George on May 25, 1889.
Walter married Leah on June 9, 1909 in St. George.
Walter was the Postmaster in St. George.
He was also a realtor and banker.
He was the Second Counselor to President Joseph K. Nicholes in the St. George Stake Presidency.
Walter & Leah lived in the following homes:
172 East 300 South, St. George, Phone 113-J; From ???? (1941 or before) to ???? (between 1941 and 1958)
108 S. Main St., St. George, Phone ORchard 3-7308; From ???? (between 1941 and 1958) to 1977.
Walter died in St. George on August 13, 1957 and was buried in Plot B_4_8_1 if the
St. George City Cemetery.
Leah died in St. George on March 17,1977977 and was buried in Plot B_4_8_2_EH if the
St. George City Cemetery.
FAMILY
|
Walter's Parents and Siblings:
David Henry Cannon Rhoda Ann Knell Cannon Evelyn Knell Cannon Robert Knell Cannon Wilford Woodruff Cannon Clarence Cannon Rhoda Knell Cannon Walter Cannon Clara Cannon Vernon Cannon Douglas Cannon Earl CannonEarl Cannon Harold B Cannon |
(4/23/1838-12/24/1924) (married 6/20/1877) (5/7/1858-5/23/1945) (4/10/1878-11/1/1959) (married Joseph Walter Webb and Robert Parker Woodbury) (11/9/1879-2/20/1880) (11/20/1880-9/1/1973) (married Marie Kathryn Anderson) (3/20/1883-11/21/1883) (9/10/1885-3/13/1914) (married Hyrum Alma Bryner) (7/5/1888-8/13/1957) (married Leah Sullivan) (5/30/1891-10/31/1990) (married Milton Burgess) (5/20/1894-8/14/1970) (married Ada Larson) (8/15/1897-10/24/1985) (married Henrietta Amelia Christensen and Esther Lucille Laub) (4/24/1900-4/10/1985) (married Alice Parry) (3/14/1903-3/15/1992) (married Vernessa Fern Jones) |
|
Leah's Parents and Siblings: Joseph John Sullivan Sr Mary Ann Worthen Sullivan Joseph John Sullivan Jr Archibald D Sullivan Charles Richard Sullivan Mary Ann Sullivan Samuel Sullivan Clifford Sullivan Hettie Sullivan Leah Sullivan Gordon Sullivan Victor Sullivan |
(5/2/1853-3/27/1936) (married 12/2/1872) (11/11/1853-4/14/1932) (9/1/1873-3/14/1874) (12/31/1874-1/2/1875) (12/12/1875-6/29/1969) (married Grace Lenzi McAllister and Mable Eudora Short) (11/24/1878-9/30/1928) (married Duncan McArthur) (2/2/1881-11/14/1953 (married May Higgins and Hazel Neil Young) (11/18/1883-10/17/1958) (married Diantha Burgess, Theresa Ann Hardy, Desdemona Walters, and Ida Eliza Andersen) (11/1/1886-5/15/1978) (married William Oscar Bentley Jr) (5/25/1889-3/17/1977) (married Walter Cannon) (1/31/1892-8/6/1974) (married Blanche Beckstrom) (8/11/1894-5/11/1982) (married Clio McArthur and Carol Finlayson) |
|
Walter & Leah's Family: Walter Cannon Leah Sullivan Cannon Howard Walter Cannon Evelyn Cannon Ramona Cannon Ellen Cannon |
(7/5/1888-8/13/1957) (married 6/9/1909) (5/25/1889-3/17/1977) (1/26/1912-3/6/2002) (married Dorothy Pace) (8/26/1917-3/11/2008) (married George M. Jay) (9/4/1920-1/31/1975) (married Don Carlos Schmutz) (12/11/1922-1/1/1923) |
PHOTOS
REFERENCES
Walter Cannon & Leah Sullivan wedding announcement in the Washington County NewsHoward Walter Cannon and Evelyn Cannon Jay have biographies in the Doug Liston book,
"Musicians of Southern Utah", pp. 94-95, 204, 303
Listing in the 1941 telephone book
Listing in the 1958 telephone book
Listing in the 1961 telephone book
Listing in the 1972 telephone book
FamilySearch entry for Walter Cannon
Find-A-Grave entry for Walter Cannon
FamilySearch entry for Leah Sullivan
Funeral service program for Leah Sullivan Cannon
Find-A-Grave entry for Leah Sullivan Cannon