Ezra Taft Benson: A BiographyDeseret Book Company, 1987 - 565 Seiten Ezra Taft Benson (1899- ) was born in Whitney, Idaho to George Taft Benson, Jr. and Sarah Sophia Dunkley. He was the great-grandson of LDS Apostle Ezra T. Benson (1811-1869). During his active and impressive career, Benson has been a farmer, businessman, Secretary of Agriculture during the Eisenhower administration as well as a General Authority in the LDS Church. In 1943 Ezra Taft Benson was was called into the Quorum of Twelve Apostles by Heber J. Grant. At the death of Spencer W. Kimball in 1986, Ezra Taft Benson became the thirteenth President of the LDS Church. He and his wife, Flora Smith Amussen (1901-1992) were the parents of six children. |
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... remembered , " and never can I remember her raising her voice , except when she called father in from the field when something urgent had occurred . " George Benson was by nature a happy man . First thing in the morning he shouted ...
... remembered , " and never can I remember her raising her voice , except when she called father in from the field when something urgent had occurred . " George Benson was by nature a happy man . First thing in the morning he shouted ...
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... remembered . As he and Flora prepared to leave , she kissed her mother good - bye tenderly . That impressed him . He knew he was escorting an unusual girl , and he deter- mined to make the most of it . Their courtship proceeded , and ...
... remembered . As he and Flora prepared to leave , she kissed her mother good - bye tenderly . That impressed him . He knew he was escorting an unusual girl , and he deter- mined to make the most of it . Their courtship proceeded , and ...
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... remembered , " There was a lot of praying and fasting for daddy . " J. Willard Marriott wrote , " We have all been talking about you and your family and can't tell you how thrilled we are about your appointment . . . . Allie says you ...
... remembered , " There was a lot of praying and fasting for daddy . " J. Willard Marriott wrote , " We have all been talking about you and your family and can't tell you how thrilled we are about your appointment . . . . Allie says you ...
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Pedigree Chart | 93 |
Calm in the Crucible | 282 |
Respect Comes the Hard | 313 |
Urheberrecht | |
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