William Oscar Bentley Jr

Brief Life History of William Oscar

When William Oscar Bentley Jr was born on 17 August 1884, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, William Oscar Bentley Sr, was 32 and his mother, Mary Ann Mansfield, was 25. He married Hettie Sullivan on 28 December 1907, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Washington, Washington, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 27 September 1974, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Oscar Bentley Jr
1884–1974
Hettie Sullivan
1886–1978
Marriage: 28 December 1907
Miriam Bentley
1913–1992
Richard Sullivan Bentley
1915–1991
Ronald Wayne Bentley
1917–2005
Maxwell Bentley
1920–1995
Maude Bentley
1923–2013
Leah Bentley
1932–1998

Sources (76)

  • William O, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William Oscar Bentley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • William Oscar Bentley, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places, the chief of which are in Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and East and South Yorkshire. The placename is from Old English beonet ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

In some cases also an Americanized form of South German Bentele or of its Swiss German or South German cognates Bandle and Bandli.

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

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William Oscar Bentley Jr.

Superintendent of St George schools. Involved with Dixie college.

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