San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/23/2009
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 guage 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
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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