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Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George Cannon biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314855]
Identifier: MSS SC 1753
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed biography of George Cannon, English convert to the Mormon Church, who emigrated to the United States and settled in Nauvoo. He made coffins for the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), and his brother, Hyrum, and plaster casts of their heads.

Dates: approximately 1955

Tell us some more about your funny family

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489309]
Identifier: MSS 542
Scope and Contents

Mimeographed copy of a typewritten history. Georgius Cannon writes humorous stories about his ancestors, George and George Q. Cannon, and about other members of his family. The item was "written about 1932 and reedited in 1962."

Dates: 1932-1962