She and her husband built their Sugarhouse home in in early 1920's. During the depression they rented it out and lived in a small shack built in the next door gully with their then five children. John and Alice had eight children in all. She was a wonderful woman; kind, loving, and without guile. She was 4'10'' and you really felt grown up when you suddenly were taller. At Halloween she would let down her long silver hair (which was always kept in a wound braid), then she would take off the bottom portion of her artificial leg and tell us scary stories. She loved books and would give each of us one every Christmas. We could also check books out of her library. She died the night of her 95th birthday party. A kind, incredible woman with an enormous legacy. Now she is dancing with her husband.
Daughter of Joseph Nelson and Leonora Smith
Married John Bennion Cannon, 17 Sep 1924, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Daughter of Joseph Nelson and Leonora Smith
Married John Bennion Cannon, 17 Sep 1924, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
She and her husband built their Sugarhouse home in in early 1920's. During the depression they rented it out and lived in a small shack built in the next door gully with their then five children. John and Alice had eight children in all. She was a wonderful woman; kind, loving, and without guile. She was 4'10'' and you really felt grown up when you suddenly were taller. At Halloween she would let down her long silver hair (which was always kept in a wound braid), then she would take off the bottom portion of her artificial leg and tell us scary stories. She loved books and would give each of us one every Christmas. We could also check books out of her library. She died the night of her 95th birthday party. A kind, incredible woman with an enormous legacy. Now she is dancing with her husband.
Daughter of Joseph Nelson and Leonora Smith
Married John Bennion Cannon, 17 Sep 1924, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Daughter of Joseph Nelson and Leonora Smith
Married John Bennion Cannon, 17 Sep 1924, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
