Samuel Thomas Bennion

Brief Life History of Samuel Thomas

When Samuel Thomas Bennion was born on 26 November 1881, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Hyrum Bennion, was 34 and his mother, Mary Harriet Karren, was 29. He married Lorilla Horne on 27 June 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1934 and World in 1940. He died on 10 February 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Thomas Bennion
1881–1939
Lorilla Horne
1883–1969
Marriage: 27 June 1907
Allen Horne Bennion
1908–1917
Feramorz Horne Bennion
1910–2001
Samuel Horne Bennion
1914–2005
Thomas Addison "Add" Bennion
1918–2002
Margaret Bennion
1920–2002
William Horne Bennion
1921–1972
Jerald Horne Bennion
1928–2013

Sources (81)

  • Samuel  T Bennion, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Samuel T. Bennion, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Samuel Thomas Bennion, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.

The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1897 · The Utah State Historical Society

The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.

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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Samuel Thomas (Tom) Bennion

By Carol Bennion Quist, granddaughter as dictated about 1960 by Lorilla Horne Bennion Born November 26, 1881, into a polygamous family, Samuel Thomas Bennion was the fourth child and first son of H …

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