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]
[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] 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] Logan Temple Endowments of the Living, 1884–1957, microfilm 178052, vol. A, p. 267, 1 Oct. 1890, FSL.
[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] 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] 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] “Miss Cannon Remembered,” Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 23 June 1902, 2.
[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] 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] Ann M. Cannon, “Recollections,” Young Woman’s Journal, Oct. 1914, 621–623, 637.
[11] J. M. Cornwell, UPA . . . A Century Later (Utah Press Association, 1996), 185; “Annual Press Meeting,” Mercur (UT) Miner, 5 Feb. 1908, [4].
[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] “Art Barn Has Election of Officers,” Salt Lake Tribune, 26 June 1940, 14; Silver, “Story of Vision and Accomplishment,” 135.
[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] “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.