Clara C. M. Cannon

Clara C. M. Cannon


Second Councilor in the general presidency of the Primary
June 19, 1880 (1880-06-19) – 1895
Called by	Louie B. Felt
Successor	Josephine R. West

Personal details
Born	Clara Moses April 21, 1839(1839-04-21) Westfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died	August 21, 1926(1926-08-21) (aged 87) Centerville, Utah, United States
Cause of death	throat cancer
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery
Spouse	William H. Mason Angus M. Cannon
Children	5 (2 with Mason, 3 with Cannon)
Parents	Ambrose T. Moses Lydia Ensign

Clarissa Cordelia ("Clara") Moses Cannon (April 21, 1839 – August 21, 1926) was a member of the first-ever general presidency of the Primary organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She was the second counselor to general president Louie B. Felt from 1880 to 1895.

Clara Moses was born in Westfield, Massachusetts. She was a Mormon pioneer and in 1846 took the six-month journey on the ship Brooklyn from New York City to San Francisco via Cape Horn and the Sandwich Islands. Instead of traveling on to Utah Territory, she settled in San Francisco. In 1859, she married William H. Mason. They had two children, and William died in 1868.

Clara moved to Salt Lake City and in 1875 she became a plural wife of Angus M. Cannon. Angus Cannon would later be prosecuted for unlawful cohabitation under the Edmunds Act; the case of Cannon v. United States eventually went to the United States Supreme Court. Clara and Angus Cannon had three children together.

Prior to her service in the general Primary presidency, Clara Cannon was a counselor in the presidencies of the Primary and Relief Society in the Salt Lake Stake of the LDS Church. When Louie B. Felt became the first general presidency of the Primary, Matilda M. Barratt and Cannon were selected as Felt's counselors. Cannon was a counselor until 1895; the next year she was succeeded in the position by Josephine R. West.

Cannon died of throat cancer in Centerville, Utah^[1] and was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Notes

^ State of Utah Death Certificate.

References

Jenson, Andrew (1936). 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. 4. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson Memorial Association (Printed by The Deseret News Press). p. 277. ISBN 1589580265. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/BYUIBooks,5238. Retrieved December 20, 2011.

External links

Clara C. M. Cannon at Find a Grave

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
First	Second Councilor in the general presidency of the Primary 1880 — 1895	Succeeded by Josephine R. West

General presidencies of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presidents	Felt (1880–1925) • Anderson (1925–1939) • Hinckley (1940–1943) • Howells (1943–1951) • Parmley (1951–1974) • Shumway (1974–1980) • Young (1980–1988) • Grassli (1988–1994) • Pinegar (1994–1999) • Menlove (1999–2005) • Lant (2005–2010) • Wixom (2010–)

First Counselors	Barratt (1880–1888) • Freeze (1888–1905) • Anderson (1905–1925) • Pack (1925–1929) • Ross (1929–1939) • Howells (1940–1943) • Parmley (1943–1951) • Hale (1951–1962) • Doxey (1962–1969) • Reading (1970) • Randall (1970–1974) • Paulsen (1974–1977) • Lemmon (1977–1980) • Cannon (1980–1988) • Jepsen (1988–1994) • Wirthlin (1994–1999) • Reynolds (1999–2005) • Lifferth (2005–2010) • Stevens (2010–)

Second Counselors	Cannon (1880–1895) • West (1896–1905) • Beebe (1906–1925) • Ross (1925–1929) • Thomas (1929–1933) • Lambert (1933–1939) • Thompson (1940–1942) • Parmley (1942–1943) • Boyle (1943–1951) • Richards (1951–1953) • Doxey (1953–1962) • Dunyon (1962–1963) • Reading (1963–1970) • Lane (1970–1974) • Lemmon (1974–1977) • Murdock (1977–1980) • Grassli (1980–1988) • Wright (1988–1994) • Warner (1994–1999) • Clegg (1999–2005) • Matsumori (2005–2010) • Esplin (2010–)