When Israel Bennion was born on 2 June 1860, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Bennion, was 39 and his mother, Esther Ann Birch, was 26. He married Jeanette Sharp on 16 October 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Washington, Utah, United States in 1870 and Vernon, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 2 August 1944, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Vernon, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Einion, ap Eynon ‘son of Einion’ (see Eynon ).
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