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On August 4, 1899, Sarah Dunkley Benson and George Taft Benson Jr. welcomed their firstborn child to their family. They named him Ezra Taft Benson, after his great-grandfather, Elder Ezra T. Benson, who had served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
When George Taft Benson Jr was born on 24 June 1875, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, George Taft Benson, was 29 and his mother, Louisa Alexandrine Ballif, was 25. He married Sarah Sophia Dunkley on 19 October 1898, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Ezra Taft Benson (August 4, 1899 – May 30, 1994) was an American farmer, government official, and religious leader who served as the 15th United States secretary of agriculture during both presidential terms of Dwight D. Eisenhower and as the 13th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1985 until his ...
The following chronology provides a brief historical framework for the teachings of President Ezra Taft Benson in this book. August 4, 1899 Born near Whitney, Idaho, to George Taft Benson Jr. and Sara Dunkley Benson.
May 1, 2022 · Genealogy for George Taft Benson, Jr. (1875 - 1934) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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May 27, 2011 · President Benson was born August 4, 1899, in the small rural community of Whitney, Idaho, the oldest of eleven children born to George Taft Benson, Jr., and Sarah Dunkley. He was named after his great-grandfather, Ezra T. (Taft) Benson, an apostle, who entered the Salt Lake Valley with the first Mormon pioneer company in July 1847.
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Ezra Taft Benson was born on 4 August 1899 to George Taft Benson Jr. and Sarah Dunkley in Idaho. He married Flora Amussen in 1926 and received his master's degree in Agriculture from Iowa State College in 1927. In 1950, he joined the cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Secretary of Agriculture. He remained in that position until 1958.
