Biography
Wilhelmina Logan Mousley was born 11 October 1840 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States to Titus Mousley (1790-1865) and Ann McMenemy (1799-1882) and died 16 January 1918 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married David Henry Cannon (1838-1924) 15 January 1859 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
St. George Pioneers of 1861-62
This person was is listed on the Encampment Mall Memorial - a list of over 300 LDS Pioneer Families that helped to settle St. George, Utah in 1861. They were part of the "Dixie Cotton Mission" called by President Brigham Young to raise cotton and other southern crops in the warmer climate of Washington County, Utah.
Sego Flower Story
A TV episode of Death Valley Days: "Sego Lilies" (1953) tells the story of Wilhemina and her husband David being called to leave Salt Lake City to settle in the Dixie territory (that would become St. George, UT). She missed the comforts of Salt Lake and grew weary of the barren desert of southern Utah. She told her husband she would be willing to stay if he could find just one beautiful thing in the area. David broke his leg while climbing a hill to gather some Sego Lilies for his wife. The Sego Lily convinced her to stay, and went on to become the Utah state flower. See
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St George Gravestone
- Location: St. George City Cemetery, Washington County, Utah
- PLOT B_8_18_3
- David H. Cannon at Find A Grave