Anna Seegmiller

31 January 1841–18 September 1931

Born 31 Jan. 1841 at Goderich, Huron Co., Upper Canada.[1] Daughter of Adam Seegmiller and Anna Eva Knechtel.[2] Married first John McCulloch, 18 Apr. 1860, in Stratford, Perth Co., Province of Canada; five children.[3] Migrated to Salt Lake City, arriving 2 Apr. 1872.[4] Baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Thomas Higgs, 6 June 1872, in Salt Lake City.[5] Moved to St. George, Washington Co., Utah Territory, under the direction of Brigham Young, 1872.[6] Divorced, fall 1873.[7] Married second Amos Milton Musser, 30 Jan. 1874, in Salt Lake City; six children.[8] Visited with EBW about women’s affairs and plural marriage, 5 Sept. 1874.[9] Moved to Tooele Co., Utah Territory, ca. 1874–1875.[10] Returned to Salt Lake City, Sept. 1879.[11] Appointed to the board of directors of the Woman’s Cooperative Mercantile and Manufacturing Institution.[12] Served on the board of the Salt Lake Stake Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA), 1896–1903.[13] President of the Salt Lake City First Ward YLMIA, 1898–1899.[14] President of the Liberty Stake Relief Society, 1904–1912.[15] Visited with EBW, 20 Jan. 1909.[16] Died 18 Sept. 1931 in Salt Lake City.[17]

 

[1] Presiding Bishopric, Stake and Mission Census, 1914–1935, Annie S. Musser, microfilm 245329, DGS 8434420, image 3028/3668, FHL. Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, First Ward, part 1, no. 165, Annie S. Musser, CR 375 8 image 302/400 (limited access), CHL. “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. G, 31 Oct. 1868–11 Nov. 1872, p. 325, line 9021, Anna Segmiller, 10 June 1872, microfilm 1239501, DGS 7751472 (restricted access), FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 26 Feb. 2020), Anna Seegmiller (KWJT-59N).

[2] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, First Ward, part 1, no. 165, Annie S. Musser, CR 375 8 image 302/400 (limited access), CHL. “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. G, 31 Oct. 1868–11 Nov. 1872, p. 325, line 9021, Anna Seegmiller, 10 June 1872, microfilm 1239501, DGS 7751472 (restricted access), FHL. Perth Co., Ontario, Registrar General, District Marriage Registers, 1801–1872, vol. 54, p. 56, John McCulloch and Ann Seegmiller, 18 Apr. 1860, microfilm 1030063, DGS 7560096, image 237/637, FHL. 

[3] Perth Co., Ontario, Registrar General, District Marriage Registers, 1801–1872, vol. 54, p. 56, John McCulloch and Ann Seegmiller, 18 Apr. 1860, microfilm 1030063, DGS 7560096, image 237/637, FHL. 1871 Canada Census, Stratford, Perth North, Ontario, p. 11, Annie McCulloch. 1900 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, ED 3, p. 4B, Annie Musser. Frederick S. Musser, “Biographical Sketch of Annie Seegmiller Musser,” p. 2, in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 27 Feb. 2020), Anna Seegmiller Musser (KWJT-59N), Memories. 

[4] Frederick S. Musser, “Biographical Sketch of Annie Seegmiller Musser,” p. 4, in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 27 Feb. 2020), Anna Seegmiller Musser (KWJT-59N), Memories. 

[5]  Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Seventeenth Ward, part 1, 1856–1872 p. 33, line 1277, Annie McCulloch, CR 375 8, image 115/558 (limited access), CHL. “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. G, 31 Oct. 1868–11 Nov. 1872, p. 325, line 9021, Anna Segmiller, 10 June 1872, microfilm 1239501, DGS 7751472 (restricted access), FHL.

[6] Frederick S. Musser, “Biographical Sketch of Annie Seegmiller Musser,” p. 5, in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 27 Feb. 2020), Anna Seegmiller Musser (KWJT-59N), Memories. 

[7] Washington Co., UT, District Court, Probate Records, 1856–1966, vol. B, 1867–1873, pp. 504–505, no. 133A, Annie McCullough, microfilm 484838, DGS 7638490, image 393/577, FHL.

[8] “Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. I, 5 June 1873–2 Sept. 1874, p. 268, line 3268, Amos Milton Musser and Annie Seegmiller, 30 Jan. 1874, microfilm 183399, DGS 5265583 (restricted access), FHL. 1900 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, ED 3, p. 4B, Annie Musser. Frederick S. Musser, “Biographical Sketch of Annie Seegmiller Musser,” pp. 5–6, in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 27 Feb. 2020), Anna Seegmiller Musser (KWJT-59N), Memories. 

[9] EBW, Diary, 5 Sept. 1874.

[10] Frederick S. Musser, “Biographical Sketch of Annie Seegmiller Musser,” pp. 5–6, in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 27 Feb. 2020), Anna Seegmiller Musser (KWJT-59N), Memories. 

[11] Frederick S. Musser, “Biographical Sketch of Annie Seegmiller Musser,” p. 6, in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 27 Feb. 2020), Anna Seegmiller Musser (KWJT-59N), Memories. 

[12] “Merchandising in Deseret,” Our Pioneer Heritage, Mar. 1941, 241.

[13] Frederick S. Musser, “Biographical Sketch of Annie Seegmiller Musser,” p. 8, in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 27 Feb. 2020), Anna Seegmiller Musser (KWJT-59N), Memories.

[14] First Ward Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1849–1983, LR 287102, image 19/198, CHL.

[15] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Liberty Stake Officers and Historical and Statistical Reports, 1904–1955, pp. 269, 415, Annie S. Musser, CR 375 8, images 5, 114/400 (limited access), CHL. “Liberty Stake Fully Organized,” Deseret Evening News, 21 Mar. 1904, 2. “Retiring Officers of Stake to Be Honored,” Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 21 Nov. 1912, 9. EBW, Diary, 5 July 1904 and 1 Dec. 1908.

[16] EBW, Diary, 20 Jan. 1909.

[17] “Utah State Archives Index,” database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov/indexes/data/81448/2259926/2259926_0001002.jpg, accessed 2 Mar. 2020), Utah Department of Health Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death Certificates, series 81448, file no. 1482/260 (1931). Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, First Ward, part 1, no. 165, Annie S. Musser, CR 375 8, image 302/400 (limited access), CHL. “Veteran Church Worker, 90, Dies,” Deseret News, 18 Sept. 1931, 1.