Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-11 | Page 7 | Dr. Martha Cannon, First Woman Senate, to be Buried S. L.

Dr Martha Cannon First Woman in Utah Senate to Be Buried in S. S L. L Following funeral services in Los Angeles Tuesday the body of Dr Martha Martha Martha Mar Mar- tha Hughes Cannon 75 who as a Utahn became the first woman senator senator sena sena- tor in the United States will be brought to Salt Lake for tor funeral services services ser ser- vices and and burial in City cemetery She died Sunday in the Pacific coast co st city Dr Cannon who was a pioneer physician of Salt Lake was elected to the first Utah state senate in 1896 and served two terms While in the senate she was vas credited with establishing lishing the Utah state board of health and was the author of at a bill which made this state notable in matters of health and sanitation according to a brother Dr J. J H. H Paul Women suffrage leaders throughout through through- out the world are arc mourning the death of Dr Cannon who was one of their staunch supporters She was one of the suffragettes who spoke at the worlds world's fair in Chicago in the nine nine- ties Dr Cannon also allo was a cam cam- I signer for the silver platform of the late William Jennings Bryan She was a native of Wales and crossed the plains in a covered wagon entering Salt Lake valley in 1860 She studied medicine in the east years later and brought scientific methods back to the pioneering community Dr Cannon was the widow of Angus An gus M. M Cannon president of or the Salt Lake stake of the L L. D. D S. S church She had lived in Los Angeles 12 years She is survived by a n son James H H. Cannon president of the C Cannon Electric Development company and anda a daughter Mrs Elizabeth Cannon Porter both of Los Angeles two brothers Dr J. J H. H Paul and Joseph E. E Paul of or Salt Lake and three sisters Mrs Lotta LoUn P. P Baxt Baxter r and Mi Miss Maud Paul of Salt Lake and Mrs Louis Ballif of Whitney Idaho 1 f t