When Leo Bennion was born on 29 July 1902, in West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Marcus Bennion, was 36 and his mother, Lucy Evelyn Smith, was 36. He married Elva Billings on 29 January 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1902 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 3 December 1974, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Orem Cemetery, Orem, Utah, Utah, United States.
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A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Einion, ap Eynon ‘son of Einion’ (see Eynon ).
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Possible Related NamesThe final home of my grandparents, Leo & Elva Bennion, was in Orem, Ut. I remember visiting them as often as we could make the drive from Santa Clara, CA to their home. The simple pleasures they unkn …
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