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Cannon, Elizabeth Hoagland, 1835-1882

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1835 - 1882

Biographical History

Elizabeth Hoagland Cannon (1835-1882) was a wife, mother, and missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah.

Elizabeth Hoagland was born on November 7, 1835 in Royal Oak, Michigan to Abraham Lucas Hoagland and Margaret Quick. In 1847, Elizabeth traveled with her parents and siblings to Utah. While in Utah, Elizabeth married George Quayle Cannon on December 11, 1854 in Salt Lake City. In 1855, Elizabeth accompanied George on a mission to California. Although, two years later Elizabeth and George returned to Utah. In 1860, Elizabeth accompanied George on a second mission to England. Throughout the years, Elizabeth and George had twelve children together--Rosina Matthews Cannon Lambert (1852-1939), George Quayle Jr. Cannon (1856-1856), John Quayle Cannon (1857-1931), Abraham Hoagland Cannon (1859-1896), Georgianna Hoagland Cannon (1861-1863), George Hoagland Cannon (1863-1863), Elizabeth Hoagland Cannon (1865-1867), Mary Alice Hoagland Cannon Cannon (1867-1909), Lilian Ann Hoagland Cannon (1869-1870), David Hoagland Cannon (1871-1892), Emily Hoagland Cannnon Willey (1874-1955), and Sylvester Quayle Cannon (1877-1943). Elizabeth Hoagland Cannon passed away on January 25, 1882 in Salt Lake City, Utah and is buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Citation:
Findagrave, via WWW, January 13, 2016 (born November 7, 1835 in Royal Oak, Michigan, daughter of Abraham Lucas Hoagland and Margaret Quick, Married George Quayle Cannon on December 11, 1854 in Salt Lake City, Utah, together they had 12 children--Rosina Matthews Cannon Lambert (1852-1939), George Quayle Jr. Cannon (1856-1856), John Quayle Cannon (1857-1931), Abraham Hoagland Cannon (1859-1896), Georgianna Hoagland Cannon (1861-1863), George Hoagland Cannon (1863-1863), Elizabeth Hoagland Cannon (1865-1867), Mary Alice Hoagland Cannon Cannon (1867-1909), Lilian Ann Hoagland Cannon (1869-1870), David Hoagland Cannon (1871-1892), Emily Hoagland Cannnon Willey (1874-1955), and Sylvester Quayle Cannon (1877-1943), died January 25, 1882 in Salt Lake City, Utah, buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery)

Pioneer Overland Travel, via WWW, January 14, 2016 (traveled to Utah with parents and siblings in 1847, accompanied George on mission to California in 1855, accompanied George on second mission to England in 1860)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Cannon and Willis families papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2216
Abstract Boxes 1 and 2 being mostly manuscript material and booklets (as well as a few photographs), and boxes 3-5 being diaries and a folder of photocopies from a scrapbook and an autobiography. Most the manuscript material is typescript in form, coming from various persons. Boxes 3, 4, and the first folder of 5 contain all 33 of Lucy Grant Cannon's diaries. Some of her diaries overlap, meaning she apparently kept, sometimes, two or even three diaries at the same time. Her last six diaries, black in...
Dates: 1891-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cannon and Willis families papers

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