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Ann Mousley Cannon

Annie

29 September 1869—9 November 1948

Born 29 September 1869 in Salt Lake City.1 Daughter of Angus Munn Cannon and Sarah Maria Mousley.2 Baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 29 September 1877.3 Graduated from the University of Deseret, 1886.4 Held various positions on the general board of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA), 1891–1937.5 Held various positions on the board of the University of Utah Alumni Association, 1893–1905.6 Salt Lake County deputy recorder, 1897–1902.7 Attended the National Council of Women meeting in Washington, DC, with Emmeline B. Wells, February 1899.8 Represented the YLMIA general board as a delegate to the National Council of Women, 1902.9 Editor of the Young Woman’s Journal, 1902–1907.10 Member of the Utah State Press Association, 1908.11 Chaired the committee that established the Bee-Hive Girls program in the YLMIA, 1913–1926.12 Organizer and board member of the Art Barn, 1940.13 Helped to organize and was secretary of the University of Utah Emeritus Club, 1942–1948.14 Died 9 November 1948 in Denver.15

Footnotes

  1. 1 Logan Temple Endowments of the Living, 1884–1957, microfilm 178052, vol. A, p. 267, 1 Oct. 1890, FamilySearch Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City (FamilySearch Library hereafter cited as FSL). 

  2. 2 Logan Temple Endowments of the Living, 1884–1957, microfilm 178052, vol. A, p. 267, 1 Oct. 1890, FSL; Susa Young Gates, History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from November 1869 to June 1910 (Deseret News, 1911), 174.

  3. 3 Logan Temple Endowments of the Living, 1884–1957, microfilm 178052, vol. A, p. 267, 1 Oct. 1890, FSL. 

  4. 4 Gates, History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association, 175; Annual of the University of Deseret, 1886–87 (University of Deseret, 1886), 41.

  5. 5 Jennifer Reeder and Kate Holbrook, eds., At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women (Church Historian’s Press, 2017), 93–96; Marba C. Josephson, History of the YWMIA (Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association, 1955), 44–45, 53.

  6. 6 The Utonian, 1907 (Junior Class of the University of Utah, 1906), 103; “President R. W. Young Appoints Committee,” Salt Lake Telegram, 6 May 1905, 3; “Banquet and Reunion of Alumni of U. of U.,” Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 1905, 3.

  7. 7 “Miss Cannon Remembered,” Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 23 June 1902, 2.

  8. 8 Emmeline B. Wells, Diary, 11–12 Feb. 1899, Diaries of Emmeline B. Wells, Church Historian’s Press, churchhistorianspress.org/emmeline-b-wells; “Triennial National Council,” Woman’s Exponent (Salt Lake City), 1 Feb. 1899, 100.

  9. 9 Reeder and Holbrook, At the Pulpit, 94, 390n7; Wells, Diary, 5 and 8 Feb. 1902; “Utahns at Woman’s Convention,” Salt Lake Telegram, 20 Feb. 1902, 6.

  10. 10 Ann M. Cannon, “Recollections,” Young Woman’s Journal, Oct. 1914, 621–623, 637.

  11. 11 J. M. Cornwell, UPA . . . A Century Later (Utah Press Association, 1996), 185; “Annual Press Meeting,” Mercur (UT) Miner, 5 Feb. 1908, [4].

  12. 12 Madelyn Stewart Silver, “A Story of Vision and Accomplishment: Ann Mousley Cannon,” Improvement Era, Feb. 1950, 107, 134–135; “Cannon, Ann Mousley,” in Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, vol. 4 (Andrew Jensen Memorial Association, 1936), 256; “Ann M. Cannon Funeral Set for Saturday,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 10 Nov. 1948, B4; Josephson, History of the YWMIA, 12.

  13. 13 “Art Barn Has Election of Officers,” Salt Lake Tribune, 26 June 1940, 14; Silver, “Story of Vision and Accomplishment,” 135.

  14. 14 “Emeritus Club of U of U Slates Meeting,” Salt Lake Telegram, 2 June 1943, second section, 8; Silver, “Story of Vision and Accomplishment,” 135; “Grads for 50 Years or More Gather Monday at U of U,” Salt Lake Tribune, 2 June 1945, 17; “Ann M. Cannon Funeral Set for Saturday,” B-4.

  15. 15 “Cannon, Ann M.,” 9 Nov. 1948, Cemeteries and Burials database, Utah Division of State History, Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement, cce.my.salesforce-sites.com; “Ann M. Cannon Funeral Set for Saturday,” B-4; “Ann Mousley Cannon,” Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Memorial ID 13391358, Find a Grave, accessed 8 Apr. 2017, findagrave.com.