Owen Cannon Bennion

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 2 daughters. 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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Family Time Line

Owen Cannon Bennion
1922–2008
Lenore Wood
1930–2015
Marriage: 30 August 1949
Matthew Wood Bennion
1951–1951
Eileen Bennion
Eileen Bennion
1960–2018

Sources (49)

  • 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

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · The Last Indian War

The Posey War was to be considered the final Indian War in American history. It was a minor conflict, but it involved a mass exodus of Ute and Paiute from their land around current day Bluff, Utah. The natives were led by a chief named Posey, hence the name, who took his people into the mountains to try and escape his pursuers. The war ended after a skirmish at Comb Ridge. Posey was badly wounded, and his band was taken to a prisoner-of-war camp in Blanding. When Posey's death was confirmed by the authorities, the prisoners were released and given land allotments to farm and raise livestock.

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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Comfort from Beyond the Veil by Owen Cannon Bennion

Through the long hours of the night, I kept a lonely vigil by the nursery window. Inside the nursery, a tiny boy struggled for breath. The day before, we had rushed nearly one hundred miles from our r …

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