Kanner parents Charles and Pauline Kanner and their children, on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary in Sanford, Fla. Front row: Pauline Hershcowitz Kanner (1875-1954) and Charles Kanner (1873-1944). Back row: Stuart judge Abram Otto "A.O." Kanner (1893-1967), Anna Kanner Samuel (b. 1909), Dr. Harry Kanner (1895-1983), Ruth Kanner (b. 1899), and Israel Herman Kanner (1901-1953). A.O. Kanner came to Martin County in 1925. He was state attorney of 21st Judicial Circuit; attorney for the City of Stuart, for Martin County; he served in the Florida Legislature for five terms and state senate for two terms. He then served as a judge until his retirement in 1964.