Son of Ezra Taft Benson and Eliza Ann Perry
Married Eveline Lydia Hales, 16 Oct 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sketch of the Life of John P. Benson
John P. Benson, who died Tuesday, January 4th, as a result of a stroke of paralysis, which he suffered the Saturday preceding and from which stroke he never regained consciousness, was born September 24th, 1849, at Sweetwater, Wyo., while his parents, Ezra Taft Benson and Eliza Perry Benson, were en route to the valley.
The family is located in Bountiful where they have always lived.
When but two years old, he went to live with his grandmother Ann Perry, making his home with her until he was married, which was October 16th, 1871. He married Evelina Lydie Hale, who, together with six children survive him. They are, Mrs. Horace S. Egan, Salt Lake City; Mrs. John L. Egan, Big Horn, Wyo.; Mrs. Ephraim Briggs, Blackfoot, Ida.; J. Perry Benson, Woods Cross; Ezra T. Benson, Darlington, Ida.; Mrs. Alvin Briggs, Woods Cross. He has forty-three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The deceased served as a counselor to the late Bishop Richard E. Egan of South Bountiful for twelve years, and was a member of the Bountiful City Council soon after Bountiful was first incorporated.
He filled a mission in Ireland in 1890.
Funeral services were held in the South Bountiful meeting house, on Thursday, January 6th, at 1 p.m. The speakers were Joseph Hogan, President Stearns Hatch, Wilford C. Wood, and Bishop S.C. Howard. The Misses Ida and Gwendolyn Hatch rendered a duet, and Nephi Hepworth a solo. There was a very large attendance and many beautiful floral offerings. Interment in the Bountiful City Cemetery.
Published in the Davis County Clipper on January 14, 1921
Son of Ezra Taft Benson and Eliza Ann Perry
Married Eveline Lydia Hales, 16 Oct 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sketch of the Life of John P. Benson
John P. Benson, who died Tuesday, January 4th, as a result of a stroke of paralysis, which he suffered the Saturday preceding and from which stroke he never regained consciousness, was born September 24th, 1849, at Sweetwater, Wyo., while his parents, Ezra Taft Benson and Eliza Perry Benson, were en route to the valley.
The family is located in Bountiful where they have always lived.
When but two years old, he went to live with his grandmother Ann Perry, making his home with her until he was married, which was October 16th, 1871. He married Evelina Lydie Hale, who, together with six children survive him. They are, Mrs. Horace S. Egan, Salt Lake City; Mrs. John L. Egan, Big Horn, Wyo.; Mrs. Ephraim Briggs, Blackfoot, Ida.; J. Perry Benson, Woods Cross; Ezra T. Benson, Darlington, Ida.; Mrs. Alvin Briggs, Woods Cross. He has forty-three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The deceased served as a counselor to the late Bishop Richard E. Egan of South Bountiful for twelve years, and was a member of the Bountiful City Council soon after Bountiful was first incorporated.
He filled a mission in Ireland in 1890.
Funeral services were held in the South Bountiful meeting house, on Thursday, January 6th, at 1 p.m. The speakers were Joseph Hogan, President Stearns Hatch, Wilford C. Wood, and Bishop S.C. Howard. The Misses Ida and Gwendolyn Hatch rendered a duet, and Nephi Hepworth a solo. There was a very large attendance and many beautiful floral offerings. Interment in the Bountiful City Cemetery.
Published in the Davis County Clipper on January 14, 1921
Family Members
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Alice Eliza Benson Goodwin
1848–1923
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Orrin William Benson
1853–1917
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Malina Adelaide Benson Goodwin
1854–1918
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Carrie Stella Benson Price
1860–1928
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Abbie Della Benson Thatcher
1862–1925
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Grace Ann Benson Card
1867–1924
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Charles Augustus Benson
1832–1833
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Emma Pamelia Benson Roberts
1842–1892
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George Taft Benson
1846–1919
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Isabella A. Benson Goodwin
1846–1922
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Louisa Benson Bruce
1852–1878
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Charlotte "Lottie" Benson Norcross
1852–1918
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Frank Andrus Benson
1853–1937
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Fred Golliaher Benson
1855–1915
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Brigham Young Benson
1858–1938
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Luella Benson Curtis
1860–1881
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Moroni Benson
1861–1934
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William C Benson
1862–1938
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Lorenzo Taft Benson
1863–1950
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Hyrum Smith Benson
1864–1935
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Joseph Taft Benson
1865–1941
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Edith Benson Parkinson
1867–1925
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Ida Mae Benson Lewis
1867–1929
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Walter Benson
1867–1957
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Elizabeth Gollaher "Lizzie" Benson Owen
1869–1946
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Henry Taft Benson
1869–1947
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Don Carlos Benson
1869–1935
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Florence Benson
unknown–1860
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Heber N Benson
unknown–1860
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