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McCannon Family: Newspaper Article "McCannons of Sugar Grove. 1970.
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Aurora Beacon News, April 4 1970
MCCANNONS OF SUGAR GROVE
by Trudy Morrison
For many people, Sugar Grove is a dot on a map or merely a name. But for the McCannon family, it's been home for several generations.
Dr. Willis McCannon is one of Sugar Grove's best know residents. His grandfather settled on a farm south of town wheren he was a boy. It is the same farm where Dr. McCannon and his father were born. Dr. McCannon graduated from Sugar Grove High School in 1929, one of a class of nine. After graduation, he became interested in 4-H and started raising pure bred hogs. However, they developed a disease that turned his attention from farming to medicine.
Three years after his high school graduation , he entered the University of Illinois. After two years, he transferred to Iowa State University and received his degree from there as a doctor of veterinary medicine in 1938.
He practiced in Aurora for three years. Then he entered the Army as a private, received a commission and retired fiver years later as a major. Since then, he has been a veterinarian, specializing in large animals, in the Sugar Grove area. His practice has had several interesting highlights, among them the fact that he met his wife, Grace, when she called him when her dog was sick. Then her dog had four puppies, each of them needing surgery. She finally told him she couldn't afford to pay him, so she guessed she'd have to marry him.
They have three children and a grandson. Their son, Michael, is married, lives in Sugar Grove and is the father of Matthew Mark McCannon. Their daughter Mrs. Willa Bretthauer, a graduate of the University of Illinois, lives in Hinckley and teaches in the Sandwich school system. Mary is a senior at Southern Illinois University, majoring in social sciences.
Dr. McCannon gained national publicity about 15 years ago for saving a herd of cattle. Recently purchased, they were put into a field surrounded on three sides by corn fields.
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If Ben McCannon Sr., had had his way in 1929, Dr. Willis McCannon would never have been able to read his father's name on the cornerstone of the Sugar Grove Community House. Ben told the bricklayers to turn the engraving, with the board members' names, to the inside.
Aurora Beacon News, April 4 1970
MCCANNONS OF SUGAR GROVE
by Trudy Morrison
For many people, Sugar Grove is a dot on a map or merely a name. But for the McCannon family, it's been home for several generations.
Dr. Willis McCannon is one of Sugar Grove's best know residents. His grandfather settled on a farm south of town wheren he was a boy. It is the same farm where Dr. McCannon and his father were born. Dr. McCannon graduated from Sugar Grove High School in 1929, one of a class of nine. After graduation, he became interested in 4-H and started raising pure bred hogs. However, they developed a disease that turned his attention from farming to medicine.
Three years after his high school graduation , he entered the University of Illinois. After two years, he transferred to Iowa State University and received his degree from there as a doctor of veterinary medicine in 1938.
He practiced in Aurora for three years. Then he entered the Army as a private, received a commission and retired fiver years later as a major. Since then, he has been a veterinarian, specializing in large animals, in the Sugar Grove area. His practice has had several interesting highlights, among them the fact that he met his wife, Grace, when she called him when her dog was sick. Then her dog had four puppies, each of them needing surgery. She finally told him she couldn't afford to pay him, so she guessed she'd have to marry him.
They have three children and a grandson. Their son, Michael, is married, lives in Sugar Grove and is the father of Matthew Mark McCannon. Their daughter Mrs. Willa Bretthauer, a graduate of the University of Illinois, lives in Hinckley and teaches in the Sandwich school system. Mary is a senior at Southern Illinois University, majoring in social sciences.
Dr. McCannon gained national publicity about 15 years ago for saving a herd of cattle. Recently purchased, they were put into a field surrounded on three sides by corn fields.
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If Ben McCannon Sr., had had his way in 1929, Dr. Willis McCannon would never have been able to read his father's name on the cornerstone of the Sugar Grove Community House. Ben told the bricklayers to turn the engraving, with the board members' names, to the inside.
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