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Show MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER 20 thousands of acres of western land to farming and settlement. The anti-saloon crusade of Carrie Nation was precursor to pas sage of the Prohibition Amendment of 1918 that stopped (or slowed-down) the sale of alcoholic beverages. For young people well as old, Henry Ford's low-priced Model T replaced the and wagon, the buggy, and the horse as means of transportation as even recreation. In Mormondom, the Woodruff Manifesto of 1890, bolstered by the 1904 First Presidency's declaration insisting upon the ces sation of plural marriages, gave a different focus to Latter-day Saint family life. Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet, was sustained as president of the church in the same in year as Madelyn's birth, and the opening of a new mission Japan that same year gave renewed emphasis to the preaching of the Latter-day Saint gospel in all the world. Five children followed the birth of Madelyn. When she was two, a younger sister, Ruth, was born. They became a team they enjoyed being with each other, whether working or play ing. They remained very close as long as Madelyn lived. When Madelyn was five and Ruth was three, a baby brother, Joseph, born. When he was a little more than two, he died. Crushed by this loss, Barnard and Nora took Madelyn, 7, and Ruth, 5, on a trip to San Diego where they played on the beach was and built castles in the sand. They were attracted by the tall palm trees and yards of beautiful calla lilies. A year later, when Madelyn was eight, another brother, William, was born. He lived only nine and a half months. In 1911, when Madelyn was ten, her sister Leonora (called Nora) was born. that her birth was on Flag Day, June 14, prompted Madelyn and Ruth to march around the neighborhood carrying an American flag in celebration of the event. In 1912 Leonora's last child, Byron John (named for Leonora's brother, John M. Cannon) was born. The four living children remained close and even as adults spent time in each other's homes. The Angus and Sarah Cannon home in which Barnard and Nora (and for two years after her birth, Madelyn) lived until 1903 was on the northeast corner of Lake Street and Ashton Avenue. This was in a new development in south Salt Lake City |
