Cannon, Winnifred Morrell, 1888-1974

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1888 - 1974

Biographical History

Winnifred Morrell Cannon (1888-1974) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wife and mother from Logan, Utah.

Winnifred Morrell Cannon was born February 7, 1888, in Logan, Cache County, Utah. She married Clawson Y. Cannon on September 11, 1913, in the Logan Utah Temple. She died after a short battle with illness on March 12, 1974. Mrs. Cannon was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving frequently as an organist and as both a youth organization and Relief Society Ward president and as Relief Society president of the Iowa District for many years. She served as president of the Brigham Young University Women from 1929 to 1930, and was a member of the Nelke Reading Club and Thursday Club. She resided in Provo for eighteen years while her husband was a faculty member of Brigham Young University. In 1965, Mrs. Cannon with her husband were awarded the Joseph F. Smith Family Living Award by Brigham Young University. Winnifred passed away in 1974.

Citation:

NewspaperARCHIVE, obituary from the Provo Daily Herald (1974 March 13), accessed July 3, 2012 (occupations, name, birth and death dates, hobbies, clubs). http://access.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=121982853&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=0&currentPage=0&fpo=False

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Clawson Y. Cannon papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 7793

Scope and Contents Contains the papers accumulated by Clawson Y. Cannon during his life and career. Those papers include family histories, photographs, letters, official correspondence, missionary accounts, personal journals, patriarchal blessings, and Cannon's publications and research. The majority of the papers come from his work as an animal husbandry professor at Brigham Young University, as a government worker in Lebanon, and as a husband and father. Many relate to his wife, Winnifred Clawson. The papers...

Dates: 1859-2001

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Clawson Y. Cannon papers

Clawson Y. Cannon papers from Brigham Young University, 1957-1976

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 7793 Series 5

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence and papers generated during Clawson Y. Cannon's professorship at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Some of the materials that are included in the series are the following: official publications, research notes, interdepartmental correspondence, Social Security certificates, financial records, minutes from meetings of the Dairy Committee Meeting, letters of recommendation, and a list of publications generated by Cannon himself. The papers were created between...

Dates: 1957-1976

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7793, Clawson Y. Cannon papers

Clawson Y. Cannon papers from Lebanon, 1950-1956

Series — Carton 3: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232479920], Folder: 14-18

Identifier: MSS 7793 Series 4

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, papers, and notes that were created during the time that Clawson Y. Cannon resided and worked in Beirut, Lebanon, for the United States government. They date between January 29, 1950, and November 21, 1956. The materials come from several sources, including his various applications that he needed to enter Lebanon and life insurance payments. Some items of interest include correspondence with Ezra Taft Benson, David O. McKay, and Ernest Wilkinson.

Dates: 1950-1956