| Show from thursday dolly jan 1 DEATH OF H CANNON WHICH OCCURRED AT 1055 last NIGHT the of mrs elizabeth cannons Can nona demise will not occasion surprise the fact of her being extremely feeble for nearly two weeke weeks being well known the intelligence will however be received with profound regret by the thousands of people who enjoyed the pleasure of her iter acquaintance and by whom she was held in universal esteem and affection the sympathy feltt feitt aleo for the sorrowing husband abandand and family and other relatives la Is necessarily deep and universal in the community the health of the respected deceased had been failing for over two years and about that time lime since while in washington with her husband hon george Q cannon she became BO so feeble that her recovery at one time was almost despaired of the last attack which carried her onn on saturday the lath dinst she was then stopping at the farm a few miles south of the city andin in order to be closer to a wider range of facil atles in case of an emergency she was removed to the lath ward of this city on the following tuesday the slight hopes were entertained of b her or recovery until yesterday wednesday morning when mrs cannon herself gave up all thoughts of surviving she requested her brother inlaw in law laws president angus 31 cannon to pray to the tile lord fjord to rel rei relieve leveL her from suffering and fake take her to himself ohe oho desired to take leave of those of her childr children on who were at home which she did eo far as she bhe had strength talking taking an affectionate farewell of her eld eid eldest est daughter mary alice she advised her to be good and true and to bo be a guide to the younger ch children idren during this thia time mary blary alice had lem tern herol heroically call eail y suppressing tho the powerful emotions by which clishe bhe she was moved for fear of distressing her mother when she got sufficiently far from the bedside she broke down downe when mrs cannon bade adieu to her youngest child sylvester and blessed him the scene was so strikingly pathetic that every person in the tile broom room was melted to tears of sympathy the deceased niso also took an affectionate farewell of other her hen sister biste emily emliy and her john and spoke of their unvarying kindness to her speaking of her absent husband whom whon she loved with the full strength of womanly devotion she said she had no nob nos pedal message for him aa as ho be understood her feelings which were deeper than words could express she also expressed herself to ta the effect that her B john Q now on a mission in en england g and abram H on a mis bion dion bion sion in switzerland would do w well weil el and requested their uncle angus al cannon to tell ted them thorn not to falter in well doing although there was probably nothing on earth that sister cannon would have more desired than to have had her husband hubband ly by her bedside during her last mo ments she would not suffer her natural feelings to interfere with her strong sense of duty and on monday the thu dinst she dictated the following despatch to him remain at your post god can ralso raise me mc up if it is his will in answer to your prayers there as well aa as if you were here all is be ing done for me that can be done hero here was exhibited a heroic trait that was a key to the noble nobia character of the woman something So of i athe the devotion of brother cannon to the interest interests of the tho people he depre is exhibited in the same connection tion those who are in anyway acquainted with him know the intensity of his affection for his family his great love for his departed wife no personal consideration that could be named could have kept him away from the bedside of his dying wife wire on the he be telegraphed to that effe effi effect act to his bid brother angus 11 ni bud hue stating that his duty to the people required require a his presence in the capital elizabeth hoagland cannon was the daughter of abraham Abra abna llam liam and margaret quick hoagland born nov 3 1835 in the town of royal rosal oak oak land county michigan being aged 46 years 2 months and 22 days her lp parents arents embraced tho the gospel in her childhood and went to N nauvoo nauvoo from which place they e emigrated migrated during the general exo duaT tile the church in 1846 they passed the following winter at winter quarters and reached the salt lake valley with president john company in the month of 1847 1947 mrs cannon was married to the hon george Q cannon on the lith of december 1854 and hi ju the spring of the following beir yea r accompanied her husband on a mission mireion to california while there she buried her oldest child george Q cannon and paben paced through many hardships returning to utah in the fall of 1857 sho she went fouth south at the time of the move and in the fall of 1860 accompanied her husband ou oil a mission to England leaving her hen two sons john Q and abram hcan H cannon at home she remained away until the fall of 1863 on the way home mrs cannon lost her little daughter on the plains and brought the remains to this va vailey valley ilvy iley llvy and boon soon after was bereft of a little boy these two children having been born durin giber absence in england she returned ed from both the missions mentioned without the society of her husband whose duties prevented him accompanying her mrs cannon has a accompanied compa nied her husband to washington three times during his ship she has had bad eleven children six of whom are now living john Q cannon her eldest is now on a mission to england and abram H V on a mission in germany the latter has not been seen his mo mol mot theror herfor nearly three years the tile former left for his hla field of labor in august last tile the date when the funeral will take place has lias not yet been arranged |
