Not Coming as a Surprise

Lester Jenkins Cannon

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Why didn’t the news of the death of her son, Elder Lester Jenkins Cannon who was serving a mission to the Netherlands, come as a surprise to Sister Cannon?

a.                   A angel appeared to her previous to his death

b.                   By letters sent from Lester Cannon to his mother indicating he would die because of dreams he received

c.                   Visions she had received

d.                   The Three Nephites appearing to her

Yesterday’s answer:

C   The natives on occasion would camp around his home seeking consultation with him

From the life of Francis Martin Pomeroy:   Bro. Pomeroy was elected one of the directors of the canal, and one of the trustees of the town site of Mesa [Arizona]. He was also made justice of the peace of the community, and because the ‘pacifier’ in the district, not only among the white population but also among the Indians and Spanish people. The Indians called him the ‘Great White Chief,’ and very often their disputes were brought to him for adjudication. It was not an uncommon thing to see several Indian camps around his home, and the Indians in consultation with him. This, no doubt, inspired the authorities to set him apart as an Indian missionary, which they did April 16, 1880. A year later he was set apart as president of the Indian Mission, which position occurred Feb. 29, 1882.

Andrew Jensen, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, (Salt Lake City: Western Epics, 1971), 3: 490.