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Angus Munn Cannon

A. M.

17 May 1834—7 June 1915

Emmeline B. Wells

Born 17 May 1834 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.1 Son of George Cannon and Ann Quayle.2 Uncle to EBW’s son-in-law John Q. Cannon.3 Immigrated with his family aboard the SS Sidney from Liverpool to New Orleans, arriving 11 Nov. 1842.4 Arrived in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, spring 1843.5 As orphans, he and his siblings migrated to the Salt Lake Valley with the Allen Taylor pioneer company, arriving 10 Oct. 1849.6 Worked as a printer’s apprentice at the Deseret News, 1852.7 Served a mission with John Taylor to the eastern United States, 1854–1858.8 Married Sarah Maria Mousley, 18 July 1858.9 Participated in plural marriage.10 Appointed to help colonize what became southern Utah, helping to establish St. George, Washington Co., Utah Territory; served as the first mayor of St. George, 1861–1867.11 Business manager of the Deseret News, 1867–1874.12 President of the Salt Lake Stake, 1876–1904.13 Served as Salt Lake County recorder, 1876–1884.14 Served as director and vice president of the Deseret News Company, beginning 1880.15 Advised EBW on the viability of the Woman’s Exponent and on issues of local and national interest.16 Died 7 June 1915 in Salt Lake City.17

The First Fifty Years of Relief Society

18 Born at Liverpool, Lancashire, England; son of Ann Quayle and George Cannon. 19 Baptized, 1844. 20 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Sidney, 1842. 21 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1849. 22 Lived at Parowan, Iron County, Utah Territory, 1850–1851. 23 Participated in plural marriage; married both Sarah Maria Mousley and Ann Amanda Mousley on July 18, 1858. 24 Settled at St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory, 1861–1867; elected first mayor of St. George. 25 Appointed president of the Salt Lake Stake, 1876; served for twenty-eight years. 26 Died at Salt Lake City. 27 (See Document 4.4, 4.5, 4.11, 4.28)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Church of England, St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, Parish Registers for St. Peter’s Church, 1704–1919, p. 71, no. 566, Angus Munn Cannon, microfilm 93880, DGS 7567759, image 585/762, FHL. “Angus Munn Cannon,” Go Ye into All the World, 1830–1930: Missionary Database (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/missionary, accessed 1 Nov. 2017). “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 1 Nov. 2017), Angus Munn Cannon (KWC6-FCS).

  2. 2 Church of England, St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, Parish Registers for St. Peter’s Church, 1704–1919, p. 71, no. 566, Angus Munn Cannon, microfilm 93880, DGS 7567759, image 585/762, FHL. “Angus Munn Cannon,” Go Ye into All the World, 1830–1930: Missionary Database (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/missionary, accessed 1 Nov. 2017).

  3. 3 Carol Cornwall Madsen, Emmeline B. Wells: An Intimate History (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2017), 233.

  4. 4 “Angus Cannon,” Saints by Sea (https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu/mii/passenger/66949, accessed 28 Oct. 2019).

  5. 5 Salt Lake Stake, The Story of Salt Lake Stake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 150 Years of History, 1847–1997 (Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Stake, 1997), 180.

  6. 6 “Angus Munn Cannon,” Pioneer Database (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/21212/angus-munn-cannon, accessed 28 Oct. 2019).

  7. 7 Salt Lake Stake, The Story of Salt Lake Stake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 150 Years of History, 1847–1997 (Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Stake, 1997), 181. 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 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901), 1:293.

  8. 8 “Angus Munn Cannon,” Go Ye into All the World, 1830–1930: Missionary Database (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/missionary, accessed 1 Nov. 2017). 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 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901), 1:293.

  9. 9 “Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, vol. C, pp. 316–317, no. 2115, Angus Munn Cannon and Sarah Maria Mousley, 18 July 1858, microfilm 1149514 (restricted access), FHL.

  10. 10 “Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, vol. C, pp. 316–317, no. 2115, Angus Munn Cannon and Sarah Maria Mousley, 18 July 1858, microfilm 1149514 (restricted access), FHL. 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 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901), 1:294.

  11. 11 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 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901), 1:293–294.

  12. 12 “Salutatory,” Deseret News, 20 Nov. 1867, 4. 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 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901), 1:294. 1870 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City Ward 16, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, Angus Cannon, p. 20.

  13. 13 Salt Lake Stake, The Story of Salt Lake Stake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 150 Years of History, 1847–1997 (Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Stake, 1997), 178. “Forty-Sixth Annual Conference,” Salt Lake Daily Herald, 9 Apr. 1876, 3. “Retiring Presidency of the Salt Lake Stake of Zion,” Deseret Evening News, 2 Apr. 1904, 30.

  14. 14 1880 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City Ward 14, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, ED 45, p. 23, Angus Cannon. “The Complete County Vote,” Deseret News, 16 Aug. 1876, 8. 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 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901), 1:294.

  15. 15 “The Deseret News Company,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1880, 8.

  16. 16 EBW, Diary, 25 Jan. and 30 Mar. 1892; 19 Mar. 1894; 22 Apr. 1896; 1 Sept. 1901.

  17. 17 “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed 1 Nov. 2017); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 825/550 (1915), Angus Munn Cannon.

  18. 18 “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Oct. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 825/550 (1915), Angus Munn Cannon.

  19. 19 Utah death certificate, file no. 825/550. JoAnn A. Petersen, Life History of Angus Munn Cannon, typescript, 1985–1987, p. 1, CHL.

  20. 20 “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Oct. 2014), Angus Munn Cannon KWC6-FCS.

  21. 21 “Mormon Migration,” database, 1840–1932, Mormon Migration (https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu, accessed Oct. 2014), Angus Cannon; extracted from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Immigration Index CD (2000).

  22. 22 “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.ChurchofJesusChrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Oct. 2014), Angus Munn Cannon.

  23. 23 Donald Q. Cannon and David J. Whittaker, eds., Supporting Saints: Life Stories of Nineteenth-Century Mormons (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center, 1985), 369–401. “Angus M. Cannon Is Dead; Was a Pioneer,” Salt Lake Telegram, June 7, 1915, 3.

  24. 24 Petersen, Life History of Angus Munn Cannon, 14. “Angus M. Cannon Is Dead,” 3.

  25. 25 Petersen, Life History of Angus Munn Cannon, 13–14. “Angus M. Cannon Is Dead,” 3.

  26. 26 Petersen, Life History of Angus Munn Cannon, 14. “Angus M. Cannon Is Dead,” 3.

  27. 27 Utah death certificate, file no. 825/550.