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'''Charles Weldon Cannon''', known as '''Tooter Cannon''' (January 14, 1915 – March 14, 1997) was a widely recognized manufacturer of [[boots]] and [[saddle]]s in [[rural]] Dickens County, [[Texas]].

'''Charles Weldon Cannon''', known as '''Tooter Cannon''' (January 14, 1915 – March 14, 1997) was a widely recognized manufacturer of boots and [[saddle]]s in [[rural]] Dickens County, [[Texas]].

Cannon was the last of nine children born to Charles Ira Cannon (1871–1920) and the former Mattie Cordial Snodgrass (1870–1956)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdicken/spur/c/cannon_charles_mattie.html|title=Dickens County Biographies: Charles and Mattie Cannon|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 15, 2009}}</ref> on a working ranch in Afton in Dickens County in West Texas. He was given his unusual nickname as a child by his father. As a teenager, he learned boot and saddle-making techniques to help the [[cowboy]]s obtain a proper fit on their [[horse]]s. He also worked on other ranches in [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], and [[Nevada]], as well as Texas.<ref name=obit>Charles Cannon Obituary, ''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' March 19, 1997.</ref>ccessdate=April 14, 2009}}</ref>

Cannon was the last of nine children born to Charles Ira Cannon (1871–1920) and the former Mattie Cordial Snodgrass (1870–1956)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdicken/spur/c/cannon_charles_mattie.html|title=Dickens County Biographies: Charles and Mattie Cannon|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 15, 2009}}</ref> on a working ranch in Afton in Dickens County in West Texas. He was given his unusual nickname as a child by his father. As a teenager, he learned boot and saddle-making techniques to help the [[cowboy]]s obtain a proper fit on their [[horse]]s. He also worked on other ranches in [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], and [[Nevada]], as well as Texas.<ref name=obit>Charles Cannon Obituary, ''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' March 19, 1997.</ref>ccessdate=April 14, 2009}}</ref>