30 July 1833 – 8 December 1920
Wife of Jean Paul Cardon
Sketch by Lucy Cardon Merrill
On March 16, 1857, Susanna married Paul Cardon, who with his parents, three brothers and two sisters, arrived in 1854. The Cardon family had settled at Bingham’s Fort, Ogden. Upon hearing of the arrival of the handcart company, Paul and his brother Philip went to Salt Lake and brought Susanna and some of the others to Bingham’s Fort where they assisted in building a crude dugout for them to live in. The Cardon family understood how to produce flax and hemp, from which rope and cloth were made. Susanna helped with the weaving, with making thread which was sold in Salt Lake at 25c a knot. The demand soon became so great that she could not supply it.
Six sons and five daughters were born to Susanna and Paul Cardon. When Johnston’s Army came, the Saints moved south and Susanna accompanied them, carrying a small babe in her arms and walking much of the way. In the fall of 1859, Paul Cardon was called by President Young to go and help in the settlement of Cache Valley. Paul returned to Ogden in the spring of 1860, and brought the family with him, and they spent the remainder of their lives in its growth and development.
During the first spring in Logan, they sowed 40 bushels of wheat, but reaped only 7 bushels, on account of the grasshoppers. In 1880, the Cardons built their large, beautiful home, located one-half block west of Main Street on First North. It was used for a hotel and named “The Cache Valley House.” They continued in this for 10 years, making friends with many people who came to Logan.
Susanna was always very attentive in the performance of her Church duties. For many years she was an officer and teacher in the Relief Society, and was the second or third member to join in Logan.
After the death of her husband on February 12, 1915, Susanna spent the remainder of her life living with her daughters, always keeping herself engaged in house-work, knitting, quilting, etc. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah A. Turner, at Logan, December 8, 1920. At the time of her death she had 60 grandchildren, and 45 great-grandchildren to revere her name. Thus she lived and thus she died-one of God’s noblest daughters