There is a cenotaph marker found at Pioneer Children's Memorial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Daughter of George Quayle Cannon and Elizabeth Hoagland

Traveled in the Peter Nebeker Company, Departed between 1863 July 25 – 26, 1863 from Florence, Nebraska. Arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 25, 1863.

From the journal of George Q. Cannon:

Correspondence. {Greeswood Creek, Idaho Territory, Sept 4th 1863.

Dear Brother Cannon: It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the death of your daughter Georgiana. She died on the Platte (last company) on the night of the 2nd at 9 P.M. Immediately I set to in search of something that the body could be conveyed in to Salt Lake & procured two Tin Churns sufficiently large to slip over the body and by cutting the ends of each churn, one slipped over the other, then soldering around in the middle made it quite safe then packed the tin case in a box. I think there will be no difficulty in getting the body through. The particulars of her sickness and death are these[:] She had the measles when at Florence after leaving she took the whooping cough yet we hoped that she would soon be over that as she kept very smart, but on Friday the 28th of August she was taken very ill with fever we anointed her and administered the ordinance and she seemed to get some better but relapsed again. Every thing that could be done was done exercising all the faith we were master of administering to her three and four times each day. On the 1st of Septr we had bright hopes as she appeared so much better but towards noon of the 2nd she was taken very bad and continued so. We camped about noon and laid over. I watched over her, prayed for the Lord to spare her; but found she gradually sank. About an hour before her death she called my name, "Mr Peacock," afterwards said "Ma," and spoke no more, although she suffered through the day the last few hours of her illness was not painful and she died without a struggle. You may be assured that Sister C. is much fatigued and worn down seems to sink under the trial[.] we try to comfort her all we can. Bro's Little and Cluff came up yesterday, bringing two letters from you to her[.] I think they were dated 7th and 24th of July which seemed to cheer her up.

Bro Little takes Sister Cannon, the babe, and Rosa on with him this morning, also the corpse, and will reach Salt Lake in 8 days. We sent a Telegram from Platte Bridge to President Young and one to John Hoagland to come out & meet us so most likely in about four days, Sister C will meet some one from Salt Lake. The babe has the Whooping cough but as yet he seems to stand it well as he looks and grows fine. We have had a great deal of sickness and 16 deaths in our company one sister killed by lightning the deaths were mostly old people and children. Bro Little reports the back companies getting along first rate not much sickness and but few deaths. The season is one of the dryest that had ever been known on the plains dust is very bad as the roads are cut up in a bad manner making the roads rough Bro's Needham & Bigler have not been well since we left Florence, until within a few days the camp duties have mostly fallen upon me which has worn me down considerably having lost about 25 lbs yet I have good health & as the brethren are getting better I hope to ease up a little, aside from the duties after camping I have walked most of the way from Florence the girls Hannah & Eliza are well at present although Eliza has not been very healthy but she will improve as we get into the mountains the girls wish to be kindly remembered to you and the rest of their acquaintances. Bro's Bigler and Needham join me in kind love to you and the boys in the office. Ever praying the Lord to bless you and aid you by his Spirit, I remain. Your Brother in the Gospel. Geo Peacock.}

I was only able to read the first lines. I was completely stunned and overwhelmed by this dreadful news. For a short time it seemed as though I could not comprehend it. After this stupor passed off my feelings overpowered me and my distress was terrible. It seemed as though I had lost all control of myself. I remained for a few hours alone in this condition; but my feelings finally became finally so wrought up that I thought I would lose my senses unless I had relief and something to divert me from the thoughts which oppressed me. I rang for Bro. Shearman who came up, thinking that his society would help me; but I continued to get worse and I then started down stairs to the Office as near crazed as I well could be and retain my senses. I knew not what to do for relief; but bethought me of being administered to. As soon as the laid their hands upon me I felt soothed and by the time they had finished speaking and took their hands off I was quite calm. They had some difficulty in speaking on account of their own emotions, first one and then another starting but breaking down, their voices failing after speaking a few words. My grief was heightened by the fear that Elizabeth's health had probably broken down under the shock of Georgianna's death and that she might not be able to live. I always been aware that grief had a great effect upon me; but I never knew my weakness in this direction so much as I do now. This dear child was so lovely and engaging and had been so from her birth that I loved her with all the strength of my mind. In my eyes she was perfection. Could I have had the power I would not have known any point which I would have altered with the expectation of improving her. She was intelligent far beyond her years and gave promise of being a very superior woman, should she live. I did not think of her dying, though I have tried since the death of my first child — George Quayle — to hold all my family in my affections so that if they any of them should, in the providence of the Almighty, be taken[,] that I might not be entirely unprepared. It will be a very severe blow to Elizabeth, deprived as she is of my society. I would feel far worse than I do, if I did not know that my motive in sending my family away was pure and that I had been led to do so by the promptings of the Spirit. Dictated several letters.