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| Name |
Ezra Taft Benson |
| Birth |
4 Aug 1899 |
Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States  |
| Christening |
1 Oct 1899 |
Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Gender |
Male |
 Census |
1900 |
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Relation | Gender | Race | BirthDate | Age | Status | Years
Married | Children
Born/Living | BirthPlace | BirthPlace
of Father | BirthPlace
of Mother | Immigration
Year | Occupation |
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| 24 | 144 | George T | Benson | Head | Male | White | Jun | 24 | Married | 0 | | | Utah | Iowa | Switzerland | | | | 25 | 144 | Sarah S | Benson | Wife | Female | White | Jun | 26 | Married | 0 | | | Idaho | England | Scotland | | | | 26 | 144 | Ezra | Benson | Son | Male | White | Aug | 3/12 | Single | 0 | | | Idaho | Utah | Idaho | | |
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| Initiatory (LDS) |
14 Jul 1921 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCC-C2X |
| Death |
30 May 1994 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
4 Jun 1994 |
Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Person ID |
I317 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
George Taft Benson, Jr, b. 24 Jun 1875, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 13 Aug 1934, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 59 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Sophia Dunkley, b. 29 Jun 1878, Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 1 Jun 1933, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Oct 1898 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F326 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Flora Smith Amussen, b. 1 Jul 1901, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 14 Aug 1992, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 91 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Sep 1926 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Reed Amussen Benson, b. 2 Jan 1928, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 24 Aug 2016, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 88 years) |
| + | 2. Mark Amussen Benson, b. 2 May 1929, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 29 Jul 2012, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 83 years) |
| + | 3. Barbara Amussen Benson, b. 20 Jun 1934, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States d. 26 Mar 2020, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 4. Beverly Amussen Benson |
| | 5. Bonnie Amussen Benson |
| | 6. Flora Beth Benson |
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| Family ID |
F329 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Jan 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 4 Aug 1899 - Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Christening - 1 Oct 1899 - Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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 | Census - 1900 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 14 Jul 1921 - LOGAN |
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 | Marriage - 10 Sep 1926 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 30 May 1994 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 4 Jun 1994 - Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He was an American farmer, government official, and religious leader w h o served as the 15th United States Secretary of Agriculture during bot h p residential terms of Dwight D. Eisenhower and as the 13th president o f Th e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 198 5 unti l his death in 1994.
Born on a farm in Whitney, Idaho, Benson was the oldest of eleven childr e n. He was the great-grandson of Ezra T. Benson, who was appointed by Br ig ham Young to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1846 . Wh en he was 12 years old, his father was called as a missionary to th e midw estern United States, leaving his expectant mother alone with seve n child ren. Benson took much of the responsibility for running the famil y farm a nd in the words of his sister, "He took the place of father fo r nearly tw o years." Benson began his academic career at Utah State Agri cultural Col lege (USAC, modern Utah State University), where he first me t his futur e wife, Flora Smith Amussen. Benson alternated quarters at US AC and worke d on the family farm.
Benson served an LDS Church mission in Britain from 1921 to 1923. It w a s while serving as a missionary, particularly an experience in Sheffiel d , that caused Benson to realize how central the Book of Mormon was to t h e message of Mormonism and in converting people to it. Due to local ant ag onism and threats of violence, LDS Church leaders sent apostle David O . M cKay to personally oversee the mission. McKay was impressed with Bens on a nd appointed him as president of the Newcastle Conference.
After his mission, Benson studied at Brigham Young University and finish e d his bachelor's degree there in 1926. That year he married Flora Smit h A mussen, shortly after her return from a mission in Hawaii. They had s ix c hildren together. Benson received a master of science degree in agri cultu ral economics in 1927 from Iowa State University. Several years lat er, h e did preliminary work on a doctorate at the University of Californ ia a t Berkeley, but never completed it.
Just after receiving his master's degree, Benson returned to Whitney t o r un the family farm. He later became the county agriculture extensio n agen t for Oneida County, Idaho. He later was promoted to the superviso r of al l county agents and moved to Boise in 1930. Benson encouraged cro p rotati on, improved grains, fertilizers, pest controls, and establishme nt of far mer's cooperatives to market farm commodities.
While in Boise, Benson also worked in the central state extension offi c e connected with the University of Idaho Extension Service. He also fou nd ed a farmers cooperative. Benson was superintendent of the Boise Stak e Yo ung Men's Mutual Improvement Association and later a counselor in th e sta ke presidency. Benson was a critic of national agricultural policie s impl emented in the 1930s under Franklin D. Roosevelt. In particular, h e objec ted to farm subsidies, and efforts by the Agricultural Adjustmen t Adminis tration to raise prices by paying farmers to destroy crops an d kill lives tock.
In 1939, he became president of the Boise Idaho Stake. Later that year , h e moved to Washington, D.C., to become Executive Secretary of the Nat iona l Council of Farmer Cooperatives, overseeing around five thousand fa rm co operatives which represented two million farmers throughout the cou ntry.
Benson became the first president of a new church stake in Washington, D . C.
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