Charles Albert Cannon (November 29, 1892 – April 2, 1971) was the son of Cannon Mills Company founder

James William Cannon James William Cannon (born Mecklenburg County, North Carolina April 25, 1852 – December 21, 1921) was an American industrialist, and founder of the Cannon Mills Corporation and the City of Kannapolis, North Carolina. He was the maker of the ...

and president of the firm from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was born, lived and died in

Concord, North Carolina Concord ( ) is the most populous city in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 105,240 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Concord is the second-most populous city in the Cha ...

With Cannon Mills

Cannon Mills manufacturing plants were located mainly in and around

and particularly in nearby

Kannapolis, North Carolina Kannapolis () is a city in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Cabarrus and Rowan County, North Carolina, Rowan Counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, northwest of Concord, North Carolina, Concord and northeast of Charlotte, North Carolina, ...

, a company-owned town created and named after the Cannon family. Cannon Mills headquarters was in Concord, and the family mansion in downtown Concord is now part of the First Presbyterian Church complex. There were multiple plants employing thousands of people during this time, running three shifts and producing sheets and towels. His grandson,

Robin Hayes Robert Cannon "Robin" Hayes (born August 14, 1945) is an American politician and businessman from North Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he represented North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives from ...

, was a Republican congressman from North Carolina.

External links

Charles Albert Cannon
at the North Carolina Business History website {{DEFAULTSORT:Cannon, Charles Albert 1892 births 1971 deaths American textile industry businesspeople Businesspeople from North Carolina People from Concord, North Carolina 20th-century American businesspeople