San Joaquin County Biographies


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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, Cal. on August 5, 1885. His father, George V. Cannon, was a native of 
Tennessee, who came direct to Lodi, Cal., 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 
Co., the Milk Producers Company, John Brenner Furniture Company, and W. P. 
Fuller Co. 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 Co. 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.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p     1268     
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.