Samuel Heber BENNION

                      BIRTH: Samuel Bennion Family Bible.
MARRIAGE: (1) F.H.L. Film #183,401 EHOUS, p. 35, #399 to Elizabeth Sharp
	(2) F.H.L. Film #183,402 EHOUS, p. 423, no number  to Matilda Hokenson
	(3) F.H.L. Film #178,135 L0GAN, p. 227, #4070  to Isabella Martin Rowberry
DEATH: Death Certificate, Salt Lake County.

BAPTISM: F.H.L. Film #027,402 p. 6.
RE-BAPTIZED: 5 Apr. 1868 Tooele Ward. Bpt & Conf. by John Bennion.
ENDOWMENT: F.H.L. Film #183,407 p. 29, #688.
SEALED TO PARENTS: BIC
SEALED TO SPOUSE:  (1) F.H.L. Film #183,401 EHOUS, p. 35, #399 to Elizabeth Sharp
                (2) F.H.L. Film #183,402 EHOUS, p. 423 no number to Matilda Hokenson
                (3) F.H.L. Film #178,135 LOGAN, p. 227 #4070  to Isabella Martin Rowberry

Obituary:  	S.H. BENNION, TAYLORSVILLE
                               CRUSHED TO DEATH BY WAGON
	Crushed under the wheels of his own wagon, Samuel H. Bennion, age 56 years, was instantly killed shortly after 6:30 oclock Sunday night at the smelters of the American Smelting and Refining Company, in Garfield.  He had been employed as a teamster at the Garfield smelter since its erection, some five years ago.
	During the entire afternoon Bennion had been engaged at moving a large quantity of old lumber. He was driving his last load when a hummock on the railroad crossing pitched a portion of the lumber to the road. He halted his horses and had completed the reloading when a scantling fell forward and landed on the horses.
	Bennion was then directly under the wheels attempting to adjust a set of chains with one hand, while he held the reins in the other. The lurch of the horses threw him prone and before he could recover himself a rear wheel of the wagon passed over his body crushing his ribs. The horses ran away, scattering lumber over the smelter premises.
	Deputy Sheriff Jim Williams witnessed the accident from a distance. He rushed to the assistance of  Bennion, but the driver gave no sign of life and apparently had been killed instantly. A physician arrived a few minutes after the accident. After a brief investigation he pronounced life extinct.
	Undertaker S.M. Taylor was summoned and the body was brought to Salt Lake, where it was         prepared for burial.
	Mr. Bennion was born in Taylorsville and was the son of the late S. Bennion, one of the original pioneers and the earliest settler in Taylorsville.
	While a young man he became interested in the smelters, where he won the reputation of being one of the most trusted employees.
	 He was the uncle of Bishop Lindsay of Taylorsville ward. Mr. Bennion was a member of the local  W.O.W. Mahogany camp and carried a $2,000 insurance with the lodge.
	Those surviving him are a widow and nine children, May, Isa, Amy, Ella, Myrtle, Vera, Harvey,        Andrew and Leone.
	The funeral services were held Wednesday forenoon and the ward house at Taylorsville was filled to its capacity by a large gathering of friends and relatives of the deceased. Counselor Ephraim Gerrard presided in the absence of Bishop Lindsay.  Among those who delivered brief addresses over the body were: Frank Y. Taylor, A. Frame, John C. Sharp, John M. Cannon, Edwin Bennion and M.M. Miller. Some very appropriate music was furnished by a quartet composed of ward people. The floral       tributes were pretty and profuse. The pallbearers were Adam Bennion, Joseph Bennion, Daniel          Bennion, Parley Bennion, Sam Lindsay and John Sharp. Internment took place in the Salt Lake        Cemetery. The American Eagle, Murray City, Utah, Sep 24, 1910.

                  The family of Samuel Heber Bennion, tenth child of eleven, were blessed in having special parents who trained them by good example, always interested in their children's welfare, both materially and spiritually. Great Grandfather sang songs to babies, which gave them security. He was a great business leader, often taking the children on business errands and expecting, no doubt, good conduct of them.  Grandfather was a man of his word and of unquestionable stability of character. Samuel Heber learned much in his growing up years through work with his father. He was educated in the district schools of Salt Lake County. In stature he was on the short side, but being very vigorous, cheerful, friendly, and sympathetic, he made many friends. He was taught to care for their animals and make the sheep and cattle business profitable by hard work.
	 John Bennions diary states for Monday, Dec. 27, 1875, Vol. III,: I attended a wedding supper and dance on the occasion of the wedding of my nephew Samuel Heber Bennion to Miss Elizabeth Sharp. Earlier in the year Samuel Heber had settled in Vernon, Utah. His sister, Rebecca Ann, relates in Vol. 1 of the family history that there was more or less trouble with the Indians, but trouble was averted at the Bennion Ranch by the wise discretion of Father and his brother in that they always gave the Indians kindly consideration and treatment. . .
	Samuel Heber and Elizabeth had four children born to them: Jessie, who married Raymond Cole on April 12, 1900, Ethel, who died at age two, and two children who died at birth. Elizabeth Sharp Bennion died July 27, 1882.
	"On May 3, 1883, Samuel Heber Bennion married Matilda Hokenson, daughter of Andrew Hokenson and Ann (Marna) Pehrson. Of this marriage, four children were born: Amy, who married Thomas E. Towler of Salt Lake City on November 18, 1909, Harvey, of Cokeville, Wyoming, born in Vernon, August 5, 1885 and died October 26, 1967, Mary Ella, who married J. Emil Johnson, November 16, 1910 and died September 21, 1911; and  Andrew Heber Johnson of Murray, Utah, who married Zina Merl Brown, October 16, 1907. Matilde, his second wife, died October 28, 1888.
	On February 20, 1890, Samuel Heber Bennion married Mrs. Isabele Gillespie Martin, widow of William Rowbery, who had died July 3, 1882. Three children were born to this marriage. Myrtle, who married Howard Lee, April 8, 1915, Vera, who married Joseph McCallister June 1, 1916, Leone, who married Eugene W. Robinson, April 30, 1924, all of Salt Lake City, Utah. Aunt Belle, as she was known to everybody, died April 15, 1926.  At the time Mrs. Rowberry married Samuel Heber Bennion, she had two daughters, Isabelle and Mary Anne.  Isabelle, at the time of her death, May 28, 1925, was Mrs. Isabelle R. Cook Wright and Mary Ann is now Mrs. Mary Ann Rowberry Covey  of Salt Lake City.
	Samuel Heber Bennion lived in Vernon for a period of fifteen years. About 1890, he returned to Taylorsville Ward where he purchased a home and began making improvements. His  home was located just a little north of the old Post Office near 4800 South. He owned thirty acres of highly improved land. Most of the improvements he had put on with his own hands. A brick residence was surrounded with orchard, fruit and shade trees. While he gave considerable attention to farming, in his business life he has been identified with the sheep and cattle business, ranging in Wyoming.
	He was a faithful Latter Day Saint, was superintendent of the Sunday School at Vernon and counselor to Bishop John C. Sharp for fifteen years. He moved to Taylorsville, Utah in 1890. His home on Redwood Road became a favorite place for relatives and friends. Both he and his wife were favorite entertainers and their hearthstone was a center of hospitality.  He was killed in a runaway accident at Garfield, Utah, September 18, 1910. The Bennion Family of Utah, Vol. I, p.109-110.