American Mormon leader (1874–1945)
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]
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