Son of Lewis Mousely & Lilian Hamlin Cannon.
Victor H. Cannon, Miner, Rancher Leukemia Victim
Victor Hamlin Cannon, 45 of the well known Canyon Ranch lands in Woodstock, owner with his wife of 109 acres along the Hudson River, and one time supervisor of Siberian gold mines, died yesterday in Kingston Hosptial after a long illness. He underwent an operation in 1947 for Leukemia. The funeral will be private and burial will be on his own land overlooking the Hudson.
The Cannon Ranch in Woodstock, which was divided and most of which has been sold recently, was the realization of a life long ambition for Victor Cannon.
He developed the land farmed and raised purebred Aberdeen Angus beef cattle. At one time he also raised llama's.
After his operation in 1947 he retired from farming.
In a brief description of his life, his widow, Eleanor Rixson Cannon, said today.
"Victor Hamlin Cannon was born August 6, 1905, in Victoria, Canada of American parents. His father's name was Lewis and his mother was Lillian Hamlin. He has four brothers and two sisters.
"He studied mining in the School of Mining in Butte, Montana. He was invited by Russian engineers to go to Russia and was in charge of gold mines in the Urals of Siberia.
"In Russia he married Kapa Chesnokova. After several years he left Russia because conditions were so deplorable. He went to the Gold Coast, in Africa and was in charge of gold mines there. While in Africa his Russian wife Kapa remarried.
"In January 1936, I met Victor on a boat coming from Finland and seven days after we met we were married in Woodstock. In Woodstock he realized his life ambition in developing land and raising purebred Aberdeen Angus beef cattle.
"When he had his operation because of leukemia in December 1947, he had to retire from farming. And it was then we bought 109 acres on the Hudson River. Victor died in the Kingston Hospital, Kingston, New York, August 31, 1950."
The divided Cannon Ranch lands, high on Overlook Mountain, with the magnificent views, have been bought as residential sites.
~ The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, New York, Friday Evening, September 1, 1950, page 2
Note: Victor's remains were re-interred on November 30, 1954 in this cemetery.