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GRAT E. CANNON
An accountant of exceptional
ability, Grat E. Cannon has done meritorious work in
the county auditor’s office and is now in the accounting department of the
Samson Tractor Company. He was born on
the Pixley ranch near Lodi, California, on August 5, 1885. His father, George V. Cannon, was a native of
Tennessee, who came direct to Lodi, California, and was foreman of the Pixley
ranch; later he was in charge of the narrow gauge railroad which was built from
Lodi to Valley Springs. He passed away
when Grat was a boy of fifteen years,
and from that time on, our subject was obliged to earn his own living. As a matter of interest, it may be mentioned
that Uncle Joe Cannon of Illinois is his great-uncle. Removing to Stockton he worked as an
accountant for a number of companies, among them being the Matteson-Williamson
Company, the Stockton Lumber Company, the Milk Producers Company, John Brenner
Furniture Company, and W. P. Fuller Company.
Some thirteen years ago he entered the county recorder’s office as a
deputy, remaining in that position five years; following which he became a
deputy in the county auditor’s office; and on February 9, 1920, entered the
employ of the Samson Tractor Company.
Mr. Cannon is a member of the San Joaquin County Accountants Association,
and is a Republican.
Mr. Cannon’s especial hobby is
commercial illustrating and designing.
He possesses a marked gift along these lines, and during his spare time
devotes himself to this work; he engrosses all the county school diplomas, the
memorials for the American Legion, the honor roll of the Anteros Club members,
working with pen and ink and water colors.
Fraternally he is a member of Charity Lodge, I. O. O. F., the Elks and
the Moose. His marriage united him with
Miss Pearl McCuen, a native of Stockton; her father, a sketch of whom appears
elsewhere in this work, was an employee of the Sperry Flour Company for some
time and later was engaged as a painting contractor in Stockton.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1268. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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