Ira Carrell Behunin

Brief Life History of Ira Carrell

When Ira Carrell Behunin was born on 29 December 1912, in Torrey, Piute, Utah, United States, his father, Ira Mason Behunin, was 24 and his mother, Alice Mabel Carrell, was 16. He married Eunice Munk on 6 June 1934, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1949 and Blythe, Riverside, California, United States in 1950. He died on 18 September 1979, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Carrell Behunin
1912–1979
Eunice Munk
1918–2000
Marriage: 6 June 1934
Patricia Carol Buchanan
1935–2025
Iris Lee Buchanan
1937–1960
Shirley June Buchanan
1939–2022
Michael Carrell Buchanan
1941–1996
Melissa Jane Buchanan
1949–2014
Denise Ann Buchanan
1954–2016

Sources (25)

  • I Carl Buchanan, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Ira Carrell Behunin, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Ira Carl Behunin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1919 · Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple Announced

The Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple was announced on October 3, 1919. Don Carlos Young and Ramm Hansen were chosen to design the temple. The Mesa, Arizona temple was the first temple to be built in Arizona.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

Probably Irish: variant of Bohannon .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Ira Carrell Buchanan (Behunin) Childhood

Now my earliest memories of childhood were taken by the banks of the turbulent, dirty, muddy, Dirty Devil river. In a location where I later learned is at the bottom of the Blue Valley Dugway. Situate …

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