Editing Joseph Gurney Cannon (section)

==Personal life==
[[Image:Postcard showing Joseph Cannon residence in Danville, Illinois, USA circa 1913.png|thumb|right|Cannon's residence in [[Danville, Illinois]], {{circa|1913}}]]Cannon was one of the charter members of Tuscola's Masonic Lodge No. 332, which was founded on October 2, 1860.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tuscola's Masonic History |url=http://www.tuscolamasons.org/tuscolamasonichistory.html}}</ref>

Cannon married Mary Reed in 1862. They had two daughters. In 1876, Cannon moved his family to [[Danville, Illinois]], where he resided for the rest of his life.

Born a [[Quaker]], he became a [[Methodist]] after leaving Congress.{{Sfn|Bolles|1951|p=42}} However, he may have been effectively a Methodist long before this. After marrying in a Methodist service, a Quaker encouraged him to express regret for this, to which Cannon replied, "If you mean that I am to get up in meeting and say that I am sorry I married Mary, I won't do it. I'm damned if I'm sorry and I'm damned if I will say I am."{{Sfn|Bolles|1951|p=42}}

Cannon died in his residence in Danville on November 12, 1926, while in a deep sleep.<ref>{{cite book
  | title = Greetings from Danville, Ill.: A History in Postcards
  | publisher = Vermilion County Museum Society
  | year = 1997
  | location = Danville, Illinois
  | isbn = 0-9654976-1-5
  | page = 39}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He had a weakened heart and also suffered from the general effects of old age.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title='Joe' Cannon Dies in Danville at 90; 46 Years in House |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/11/13/archives/-joe-cannon-dies-in-danville-at-90-46-years-in-house-exspeakers.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 13, 1926}}</ref> He was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery.