Born 16 October 1867 in Salt Lake City.[1] Daughter of George Q. Cannon and Elizabeth Hoagland.[2] Lived in Washington, DC, with her family while her father was Utah Territory’s delegate to the United States Congress, 1873–1881.[3] Baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 16 October 1875.[4] Served as second counselor in the presidency of the Farmers Ward Primary, 1882–1884.[5] Married Lewis Mousley Cannon, 1 October 1890, in Logan, Cache County, Utah Territory; seven children.[6] Attended the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, September 1893.[7] Treasurer of the Wasatch Society of the State of Utah, Daughters of the Revolution, 16 November 1898.[8] Died 1 March 1909 in Salt Lake City.[9]
[1] Mary Alice H. Cannon entry, Farmers Ward, Salt Lake Stake, p. 16, in McKinley Ward, part 1, Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City (Church History Library hereafter cited as CHL).
[2] Logan Temple Endowments of the Living, 1884–1957, microfilm 178052, vol. A, p. 267, FamilySearch Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City (FamilySearch Library hereafter cited as FSL); Mary Alice H. Cannon entry, Farmers Ward, Salt Lake Stake, p. 16, in McKinley Ward, part 1, Record of Members Collection, CHL.
[3] 1880 U.S. Census, Washington, DC, 79D; Davis Bitton, George Q. Cannon: A Biography (Deseret Book, 1999), 200, 234; A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1774 to 1903 (Government Printing Office, 1903), 439.
[4] Mary Alice H. Cannon entry, Farmers Ward, Salt Lake Stake, p. 16, in McKinley Ward, part 1, Record of Members Collection, CHL.
[5] “Primary Association,” in Farmers Ward, Grant Stake, Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1877–1979, CHL.
[6] Cache Co., UT, Marriage Records, 1887–1966, DGS 4540805, bk. B, p. 396, 1 Oct. 1890, familysearch.org; Logan Temple Sealings of Living Couples, 1884–1957, microfilm 178135, vol. A, p. 245, 1 Oct. 1890, FSL; Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849–1966, DGS 4139830, Death Records, 1890–1894, p. 78, familysearch.org (Lewmar Q. Cannon); “Funeral of Mrs. Cannon,” Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 2 Mar. 1909, 1.
[7] Bitton, George Q. Cannon, 342; George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1, 5, and 6 Sept. 1893, The Journal of George Q. Cannon, Church Historian’s Press, churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon.
[8] L. W. S., “Daughters of the Revolution,” Woman’s Exponent (Salt Lake City), 1 Dec. 1898, 65; Emmeline B. Wells, Diary, 16 Nov. 1898, Diaries of Emmeline B. Wells, Church Historian’s Press, churchhistorianspress.org/emmeline-b-wells.
[9] Utah Death Certificates, 1904–1951, DGS 4120992, file no. 299, 1 Mar. 1909, familysearch.org; “Funeral of Mrs. Cannon,” 1.