Samuel O. Bennion Explained

Samuel O. Bennion
Birth Name:Samuel Otis Bennion
Birth Date:9 June 1874
Birth Place:Taylorsville, Utah Territory, United States
Death Place:Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Resting Place:Taylorsville Memorial Park
Spouse:Charlotte E. Towler
Parents:John R.Bennion
Emma J. Terry
Position Or Quorum1:First Council of the Seventy
Called By1:Heber J. Grant

Samuel Otis Bennion (June 9, 1874 – March 8, 1945[1]) was a member of the First Council of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1933 until his death.

Biography

Bennion was born in Taylorsville, Utah Territory.[2] He became the president of the Central States Mission of the church in 1906. In this capacity, Bennion supervised all the church missionaries and church members in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana. He also supervised the publication of Liahona the Elders Journal and a publishing house.

In 1933, Bennion became a member of the First Council of the Seventy and a general authority of the church. He continued to preside over the Central States Mission until 1935. He died at Salt Lake City of a coronary occlusion.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://images.archives.utah.gov/data/81448/2260786/2260786_0000218.jpg State of Utah Death Certificate
  2. [S. Dilworth Young]