Samuel O. Bennion
{{Short description|American Mormon leader (1874–1945)}}
{{Infobox LDS biography
| image = Samuel O. Bennion.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Bennion while president of the Central States Mission
| alt = Photo of Samuel O. Bennion
| name = Samuel O. Bennion
| birth_name = Samuel Otis Bennion
| birth_date = {{birth date|1874|06|09}}
| birth_place = Taylorsville, Utah Territory, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|03|08|1874|06|09}}
| death_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
| resting_place = Taylorsville Memorial Park
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|40.6706|-111.9367|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery}}
| spouse = Charlotte E. Towler
| children =
| parents = John R.Bennion
Emma J. Terry
| position_or_quorum1 = First Council of the Seventy
| called_by1 = Heber J. Grant
| start_date1 = {{start date|1933|04|06}}
| end_date1 = {{end date|1945|03|08}}}}
Samuel Otis Bennion (June 9, 1874 – March 8, 1945[http://images.archives.utah.gov/data/81448/2260786/2260786_0000218.jpg State of Utah Death Certificate]) 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.S. Dilworth Young, [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1976/07/the-seventies-a-historical-perspective?lang=eng “The Seventies: A Historical Perspective,”] Ensign, July 1976, p. 14. 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.
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Category:Mission presidents (LDS Church)
Category:American Mormon missionaries in the United States
Category:People from Taylorsville, Utah
Category:20th-century Mormon missionaries