Collins Telle Cannon, His Life, the Times

Researched and Written by Julie Cannon Markham


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Part One The Times, the Farm, the Young Life of Collins Telle Cannon (p 1-23)

Chapter 1: Federal Marshals (p 1)
Chapter 2: Martha’s Heritage (p 7)
Chapter 3: President Cannon is Released from Prison (p 11)
Chapter 4: The Manifesto (p 20)

Part Two The Farm (p 24-59)

Chapter 5: The History of the Farm and President Cannon’s Wives (p 24)
Chapter 6: Collins Telle’s Childhood (p 40)
Chapter 7: Collins’ Map of the Farm (p 48)
Chapter 8: Home Life on the Farm and the Creation of the Cannon Ward (p 57)

Part Three Collins' Full Siblings (p 60-99)

Chapter 9: Hester Telle Cannon 1870-1936 (p 60)
Chapter 10: Amelia Telle Cannon 1870-1937 (p 62)
Chapter 11: Lewis Telle Cannon 1872-1946 (p 64)
Chapter 12: Brigham Telle Cannon 1874-1954 (p 69)
Chapter 13: Willard Telle Cannon 1877-1937 (p 75)
Chapter 14: Grace Telle Cannon 1880-1945 (p 81)
Chapter 15: Radcliffe Quayle Telle Cannon 1883-1961 (p 87)
Chapter 16: Espey Telle Cannon 1886-1971 (p 90)

Part Four 1900-1910 The Death of President Cannon and Leaving the Farm (p 100-113)

Chapter 17: President Cannon’s Death 1901 (p 100)
Chapter 18: Life on the Farm 1901-1909 (p 102)
Chapter 19: Collins Studies at the University of Utah (p 107)

Part Five Collin's Mission 1910-1913 (p 114-128)

Chapter 20: 1910 -- Collins Serves in the Swiss-German Mission (p 114)

Part Six Ida May Burton, Marriage, Family (p 129-143)

Chapter 21: Ida May Burton (p 129)
Chapter 22: Marriage and the Births of Elizabeth and Ida Mae (p 129)

Part Seven The Logan Years 1918-1929 (p 144-166)

Chapter 23: 1918--Birth of Collins Burton and the Move to Logan (p 144)
Chapter 24: The Island (p 147)
Chapter 25: Logan Society, Business Clubs and Janet’s Birth (p 151)
Chapter 26: The Birth of Joan and a Trip to Yellowstone National Park (p 160)
Chapter 27: The Death and Funeral of Martha Telle Cannon (p 162)
Chapter 28: The Loss of the Mill and the Great Depression (p 164)

Part Eight Ten Years in Salt Lake City--1930-1940 (p 167-182)

Chapter 29: 1930-1934, Recovering from the Depression (p 167)
Chapter 30: The Depression Eases; Collins Acquires Full-time Work (p 171)
Chapter 31: Collins Loses Three Siblings; Utah & Idaho Sugar Company (p 177)
Chapter 32: 1938-1940 Elizabeth Marries (p 180)
Chapter 33: 1939, War, Secret Marriage (p 182)

Part Nine Belle Fourche and WWII 1940-1945 (p 183-203)

Chapter 34: Life in Belle Fourche, Collins Burton Marries Beth Innes (p 183)
Chapter 35: 1941 -- A Grandchild and Another World War (p 186)
Chapter 36: Ida Mae’s Marriage, the War Continues (p 191)
Chapter 37: More Grandchildren, More War (p 193)
Chapter 38: 1945 -- The War Ends (p 202

Part Ten The Last Years 1946-1961 (p 204-225)

Chapter 39: Return from Belle Fourche; Janet and Joan Marry (p 204)
Chapter 40: A New Home, Their Last Home (p 209)
Chapter 41: Moses Lake and Polio (p 215)
Chapter 42: Salt Lake City and the Deaths of Tommy and Barbara (p 217)
Chapter 43: The Last Honeymoon (p 223)


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