Biography of Carroll C. Cannon, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Years of specialized training in different fields, but allied with the legal
profession, has proved invaluable to Carroll C. Cannon in building a lucrative
law practice and in the successful operation of the St. Francis County Abstract
Company. Mr. Cannon, since he opened his law practice in Forrest City in 1946,
has acquitted himself with distinction as an able lawyer, well versed in the
principles of jurisprudence and with an energetic nature which prompts him in
the careful preparation of every case. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the
son of Thomas D. and Marguerite (Carroll) Cannon, After his graduation from the
St. Louis University High School, Mr. Cannon attended the Washington University
and then received his L. L. B. degree from the City College of Law in St. Louis
in 1933. Different positions in Title Examination, and Attorney for the Federal
Land Bank of St. Louis from 1933 to 1938, when he opened his law practice which
he continued till 1941. He was appointed as Special Agent for the FBI and served
until 1946. He moved to Forrest City then and joined his brother in law, the
late Fred F. Harrelson, in the practice of law and abstract business. After a
partnership with Fred Harrelson Jr. for several years, he revived the old St.
Francis Abstract Co. and also opened a law office on "Lawyer's Row. " On Nov. 2,
1940, he married Miss Helen Harrelson, daughter of Mrs. Pearl (Crippen)
Harrelson and the late Fred F. Harrelson of Forrest City. Mrs. Cannon's great
grandfather was a pioneer settler in South Arkansas. The Cannons have one son, a
student in the fourth grade. Mr. Cannon has served as President of the Lions
Club in 1951-1952, President of the Arkansas Land & Title Association, 1951-
1952, and a Director of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1937. He
belongs to the St. Francis Catholic Church, and a member of the Arkansas Bar
Association, Missouri Bar Association, American Bar, and St. Francis County Bar,
and the Arkansas Historical Society. In 1885, the St. Francis County Abstract
Company was founded Capt. J. G. Stern, a northern man who located in St. Francis
County and owned extensive real estate east of St. Francis River. The next owner
was N. B. Fizer, lawyer and preacher and father of Mrs. J. G. Sanders. About
1897, Mr. Fizer sold the firm to Mrs. Aliec E. Matthews, a sister of John I.
Jones and Mrs. A. A. French. both still residents of Forrest City. Mrs. Matthews
married S. H. Mann in 1912 and the company was operated by Mr. Mann until his
death in 1938. After his death, the company was purchased by Mr. F. F.
Harrelson, lawyer and owner of the Title Guaranty and Abstract Company, until
1950 they two companies were operated together until 1950-first by Mr. Harrelson
until his death in 1946, and then by F. C. Harrelson and Carroll C. Cannon. In
1950 the firm is owned and operated soley by Mr. Carroll C. Cannon.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas