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Called by
  
Alma mater
  
University of Deseret

Cause of death
  
Education
  
University of Utah


Predecessor
  
First

Parents
  
John Taylor

Predecessor
  
Name
  
Annie Hyde

Aunts
  
Agnes Taylor

Annie Taylor Hyde

Full Name
  
Anna Maria Ballantyne Taylor

Born
  
October 21, 1849Salt Lake City, Unorganized territory, United States (
1849-10-21
)

Resting place
  
Salt Lake City Cemetery40°46′37″N 111°51′29″W / 40.777°N 111.858°W / 40.777; -111.858

Died
  
March 12, 1909, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Similar People
  
John Taylor, John W Taylor, Heber J Grant, George Q Cannon, George Albert Smith

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).

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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.

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.

References

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