Clara C. M. Cannon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Clara C. M. Cannon

Second Counselor in the general presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mormon pioneer

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1839

Place of Birth: Westfield, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1926

Profession: religious leader

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Clara C. M. Cannon

  • Clarissa Cordelia ("Clara") Moses Cannon (April 21, 1839 – August 21, 1926) was a Mormon pioneer and 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.
  • In 1846 she 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.
  • William Mason died in 1868. Clara moved to Salt Lake City and in 1875 she became a plural wife of Angus M.
  • Cannon, who 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.

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