Early Life, Mission, and Family
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. Cannon's paternal grandfather was George Q. Cannon, a Mormon pioneer and prominent leader in the LDS Church. Cannon was raised in Salt Lake City.
In 1937, Cannon went on a mission for the LDS Church to Nazi Germany. He was president of a branch of the church in Berlin in 1939 when the LDS Church evacuated its missionaries from Europe at the beginning of World War II. Cannon finished his mission in eastern Canada and returned to Utah in 1940.
In 1941, Cannon married Janath Russell in the Salt Lake Temple. They had six children together.
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