Cann, Joseph A

Cann, Joseph A., a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Philadelphia, Jan. 16,1841. He was unusually serious and thoughtful in his early years; experienced conversion at the age of sixteen; became at once a fervent Christian, and in 1866 entered the New Jersey Conference, wherein, with great zeal, genuine fidelity, and large success, he labored until his decease, March 3, 1873. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1873, p. 25.