Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Benson was born on 13 July 1865, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Ezra Taft Benson, was 54 and his mother, Mary Knight, was 35. He married Sigrid Louisa Larson on 24 September 1890, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 5 June 1941, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Benson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mr. Joseph Benson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Joseph Benson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1866 · Logan is Incorporated as a City
Logan City was recognized as a city in the Territory of Utah, seven years after its founding.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Ben(ne), a pet form of Benedict (see Benn ) + -son.
English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.
Americanized form of any of various Scandinavian patronymics from the personal name Bengt, Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict , e.g. Swedish Bengtsson , Danish Bendtsen, Danish and Norwegian Bentsen . Compare Bensen 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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