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Bennett, Thomas, president of the 106th quorum of Seventy, also Stake superintendent of the Y. M. M. I. A. of Blackfoot Stake, Idaho, is a resident of Shelly, Idaho, but has previously resided in Beaver, Utah, Provo, Utah, and Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born Sept. 17, 1872, at Connak's Quay, Flintshire, North Wales, and became a member of the Church by baptism at Beaver, Utah, Dec. 4, 1884. His father's name was Edward Bennett, that of his mother Mary Ann Coffack. He holds and has held many Church positions. Thus he was ordained a Deacon in 1886 by Samuel Baker; an Elder Oct. 25, 1896, by Frank Herbert, and a Seventy, Oct. 25, 1896, by Apostle George Teasdale. He has also acted as Stake aid to the Y. M. M. I. A. of Brigham City, superintendent of Eagle Rock Sunday school, superintendent of religion class at the same place, president of Shelly Y. M. M. I. A., and superintendent of same for Blackfoot Stake. He has also been a member of the Shelly town board for three years. Oct. 31, 1896, he left home on a mission to England, laboring in the Liverpool conference, and returned Dec. 4, 1895. He was married to Catherine P. Smith Sept. 17, 1893, and is the father of five children. His first appearance in Utah was at the early age of eleven years and as an orphan, his father having died the same year and the mother seven years previously. He was brought here by his cousin, Benjamin Bennett, with whom he lived until his marriage. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. Salt Lake City 2:57 |
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