Glynn Sharp Bennion

Brief Life History of Glynn Sharp

When Glynn Sharp Bennion was born on 20 March 1892, in Vernon, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Israel Bennion, was 31 and his mother, Jeanette Sharp, was 32. He married Lucile Morris Cannon on 6 June 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1968. He died on 6 June 1972, in Vernon, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Glynn Sharp Bennion
1892–1972
Lucile Morris Cannon
1891–1966
Marriage: 6 June 1917
Glynn Colin Bennion
1918–1986
George Cannon Bennion
1920–2017
Owen Cannon Bennion
1922–2008
Eileen Cannon Bennion
1924–2014
Robert Cannon Bennion
1927–2013

Sources (60)

  • Elynn S Bennion, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Glynn Sharp Bennion, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Glynn Sharp Bennion, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

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

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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“The Valley of the Moon” February 17, 1915

Dear Lucile— Pray pardon this impertinence. (I haven’t have the right to). I wanted to write because the winter is most gone now and the season of work will be upon us in a few days. Then we’ll be so …

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