| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME the Deseret Sunday School Union and is now published as The Instructor The first issue of The Deseret News asdaily with George Cannon as editor and publisher was dated November 21 1867 His newspaper work was interrupted from 1873 until 1877 when he again served as Utahdelegate to Congress Upon returning he was editor of The Deseret News from 1877 to 1879 as well as continuing his Congressional service In October 1880 he was selected by John Taylor as first counselor in the First Presidency of the LDS Church Throughout this time he functioned as UtahCongressional delegate but in 1882 was denied his Congressional seat because of the plural marriage controversy Financial burdens caused the LDS Church to lease The Deseret News to the Cannon family in 1892 The eldest son John became editor and another son Abraham was appointed business manager In 1898 The News was returned to the church The Cannon familylegacy of newspapering continued though as John edited The Deseret News in addition to the 1892-98 period from 1918 to 1922 and from 1928 to 1931 Joseph younger son of George was editor from 1931 to 1934 and Theodore son of John has been the paper managing editor and is nowfeature columnist Forperiod of time he was editor-publisher of the Sugar House Bulletin where he was succeeded by his cousin James whose father Sylvester had served as president of the Deseret News Publishing Company Before his death in 1901 George Cannonyears of intensive training asnewspaperman and editor led him into other writing fields as well He wrote and produced the book My First Mission the initial volume of the Faith Promoting Series as well as the ninth volume of that series The Life of Nephi During incarceration in the territorial penitentiary for plural marriage in 1888 he did most of the writing for his book The Life of Joseph Smith considered his crowning literary work Jerreld Newquist in his book Gospel Truth wrote of 443 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
