Samuel Otis Bennion

Male31 August 1918–27 March 1984

Brief Life History of Samuel Otis

When Samuel Otis Bennion was born on 31 August 1918, in Cokeville, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, his father, Rowland Bennion, was 35 and his mother, Ida Susannah Stock, was 34. He married Verlene Pace on 4 April 1946, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. He lived in Election District 4, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States in 1940 and Cokeville, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States in 2000. He died on 27 March 1984, in Cokeville, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Cokeville, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Otis Bennion
1918–1984
Verlene Pace
1920–2001
Marriage: 4 April 1946

Sources (37)

  • Samuel O Bennion in household of Rowland Bennion, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Samuel O Bennion in entry for Richard Ephriam Bennion, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
  • Samuel Otis Bennion in household of Rowland Bennion, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"

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  • Marriage
    4 April 1946Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

    1920

    Age 2

    Women got to vote first time in the state of Wyoming.

    1937 · The Neutrality Act

    Age 19

    The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    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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