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DR. ROSS STATLER CANNON
Vol. 5, p 1901-1902

Dr. Ross Statler Cannon is a physician and surgeon of note and
although he has lived at Hydro for only one year to date he has
already gained the faith of his fellow men and is rapidly building up
a splendid patronage. Prior to coming here he was engaged in
professional work at Sterling, Oklahoma, for thirteen years and while
there was deputy health officer of Comanche County.

A son of Thomas M. and Kate Wood (STATLER) Cannon, Doctor Cannon was
born at Neosho, Newton County, Missouri, February 17, 1877. The
father was a native of Indiana, where he was born in 1849, and he was
summoned to the life eternal in 1880, at which time the doctor was
but three years of age. He was a grist and flour miller and removed
from the Hoosier State to Neosho, Missouri, in young manhood. In
politics he was a republican. Mrs. Cannon was born at Bedford,
Pennsylvania, in 1850, and she now maintains her home at Albany,
Oregon.

After being widowed she taught in the Seneca, Shawnee and Wyandotte
Indian Reservation schools and subsequently was superintendent of the
Pottawatomie Indian School, north of Topeka, Kansas; of the Ponca
Indian School, three miles from Ponca City; and of the Lagoona
Schools, at Lagoona, New Mexico. She was engaged in the profession of
teaching for fifteen years and was very popular and successful in
that line. During her work in the various Indian reservations she
collected a remarkable series of Indian photographs which were
unfortunately burned in her trunk in the depot fire at Lagoona in
1903. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cannon: Ross S. is the
subject of this sketch; and Thomas M., Jr. is a resident of Albany,
Oregon, where he is a registered druggist and operates a poultry
ranch.

Doctor Cannon attended the public schools of Neosho, Missouri, and
also those of Cassville and he completed his high-school course in
the City of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1898 he was graduate din the St.
Louis Medical College, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He
entered upon his professional practice at Newkirk, in Kay County,
Oklahoma, and remained there until 1901. He was coroner of Kay County
and also served as medical examiner on the insanity board, and was
county physician. In 1901 he located at Sterling, in Comanche County,
Oklahoma, and remained there until April 1914, which date marks this
advent at Hydro. He was deputy health officer of Comanche County
while a resident of Sterling and there controlled a large and
lucrative practice. His offices at Hydro are in the Opera House
Building on Main Street. He is a staunch republican in politics and
is a member of the Comanche and Kay
County Medical Societies and of the Missouri State Medical Society.

In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1914, Doctor Cannon married Miss Cleo
V. Collier, a daughter of R. S. COLLIER, who is living in retirement
at Hydro. Doctor and Mrs. Cannon are both popular in connection with
the social activities of Hydro and their home is the scene of many
attractive gatherings.

SOURCE: Thoburn, Joseph B., A Standard History of Oklahoma, An
Authentic Narrative of its Development, 5 v. (Chicago, New York: The
American Historical Society, 1916).

Typed for OKGenWeb by Peggy Luce, April 2001.