Annie Taylor Hyde

Anna Maria Ballantyne "Annie" Taylor Hyde (October 21, 1849 – March 12, 1909) was the founder and first president of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and was a women's leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Annie Taylor Hyde
First Counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society
November 10, 1901 – March 12, 1909[1]
Called by	Bathsheba W. Smith
Predecessor	Jane S. Richards
Successor	Clarissa S. Williams
1st President of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
In office
April 11, 1901 – April 11, 1903[2]
Predecessor	First
Successor	Alice Merrill Horne
Personal details
Born	Anna Maria Ballantyne Taylor October 21, 1849 Salt Lake City, Provisional State of Deseret, United States
Died	March 12, 1909 (aged 59) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Cause of death	Stomach cancer
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery 40.777°N 111.858°W
Alma mater	University of Deseret
Spouse(s)	Alonzo Eugene Hyde
Children	8
Parents	John Taylor Jane Ballantyne

Anna Maria Ballantyne Taylor was born in a Mormon pioneer wagon shortly after her parents, LDS Church apostle John Taylor and Jane Ballantyne, had arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. Taylor's mother, Jane Ballantyne Taylor, was a sister of Richard Ballantyne, the founder of the LDS Sunday School. Taylor was educated at the University of Deseret. In December 1870, she married Alonzo Eugene Hyde, a son of Orson Hyde, in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.

On April 11, 1901, she invited 54 other women to join her in creating Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, an organization that would "perpetuate the names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers in founding this commonwealth [Utah]". Hyde was elected the first president of the organization, and she held this position until her death.[3]

Later in 1901, Hyde was asked by Bathsheba W. Smith to become her first counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society, the LDS Church organization of women. Hyde also served in this capacity until her death. As a member of the Relief Society general presidency, Hyde represented the Relief Society at meetings of the National Council of Women.

Annie Taylor Hyde and her husband were the parents of eight children. One of their daughters, Annie Laura Hyde, married Joseph F. Merrill, who later became an apostle in the LDS Church.

Annie Taylor Hyde died in Salt Lake City from stomach cancer, aged 59.[4]

See also

• Maria Young Dougall

Notes

1. Ludlow, Daniel H, ed. (1992). "Appendix 1: Biographical Register of General Church Officers". Encyclopedia of Mormonism. New York: Macmillan Publishing. p. 1639. ISBN 0-02-879602-0. OCLC 24502140.
2. "Past Presidents: Presidents of International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers". International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
3. State of Utah Death Certificate Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Research Data". Utah State Archives. Retrieved 2019-05-24.

References

• "The Daughters of Utah Pioneers", in Kate B. Carter (ed.) (1939–1951). Heart Throbs of the West (Salt Lake City, Utah: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers), vol. 11, pp. 329–428
• Jill Mulvay Derr, Janath Russell Cannon, and Maureen Ursenbach Beecher (2002). Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book)
• Richard L. Jensen, "The John Taylor Family," Ensign, February 1980, pp. 50–51

External links

• Annie Taylor Hyde at Find a Grave
• Annie T. Hyde letter, Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library, L. Tom Perry Special Collections