Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon

Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon

Elizabeth Wells Cannon (December 7, 1859 – September 2, 1942), also referred to as Annie Wells Cannon, was a prominent women's suffragist in Utah who served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915 and again in 1921. She was also president of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and a charter member of the Utah Red Cross. Her father was Daniel H. Wells and she was married to John Q. Cannon. She died in Salt Lake City, Utah of Hodgkin's lymphoma. [ [http://images.archives.utah.gov/data/81448/2260558/2260558_0001148.jpgState of Utah Death Certificate] ]

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* The Annie Wells Cannon Papers at the University of Utah [ [http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/mss/accn1240/accn1240.html ANNIE WELLS CANNON PAPERS ] at www.lib.utah.edu]

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