Brief Life History of Owen Cannon
When Owen Cannon Bennion was born on 10 April 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Glynn Sharp Bennion, was 30 and his mother, Lucile Morris Cannon, was 31. He married Lenore Wood on 30 August 1949, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1946. He died on 25 January 2008, in Stark City, Newton, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Macedonia Cemetery, Franklin Township, Newton, Missouri, United States.
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- Owen Cannon Bennion, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- 1922 Legacy NFS Source: Owen Cannon Bennion - Published information: birth: 10 April 1922; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
- Utah, Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Einion, ap Eynon ‘son of Einion’ (see Eynon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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“Are there any modern-day, scientific discoveries that prove the existence of a super-intelligent Creator of the universe?” by Owen Cannon Bennion
Answer/Brother Owen C. Bennion I have given much thought to your request for some scientific discoveries that might substantiate the existence of a super-intelligent Creator of the universe. May I be …
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