George Q. Cannon - Death and Descendants

Death and Descendants

Cannon died on April 12, 1901 in Monterey, California at 74 years of age. Had he lived only a few months longer, he would have been the next president of the church: Lorenzo Snow died on October 10 of that year. Cannon was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Cannon fathered 32 children, some of whom are Abraham H. Cannon, John Q. Cannon, and Sylvester Q. Cannon, all of whom became general authorities in LDS Church, Frank J. Cannon, Utah's first U.S. Senator, and Lewis T. Cannon and Georgious Y. Cannon prominent architects in Utah. Some of Cannon's prominent descendants include Howard Cannon, U.S. Senator from Nevada between 1959 and 1983 and Chris Cannon, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2009. His descendant George I. Cannon was a general authority of the LDS Church from 1986 to 1991.