Brief Life History of Samuel Roberts
When Samuel Roberts Bennion Jr was born on 16 June 1885, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Samuel Roberts Bennion, was 42 and his mother, Agnes Thompson, was 27. He married Blanche Nelson on 4 May 1906, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Vernal Utah Temple, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1906. He died on 22 April 1942, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel R. Bennion Jr. in household of Samuel R. Bennion, "United States Census, 1900"
- Samuel R Bennion, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Samuel Roberts Bennion, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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