Wells–Bennett–Grant family
The Wells–Bennett–Grant Family is the name of a U.S. political family. It is linked by marriage to the Cannon Family, Smith Family and Udall Family.
Members
- Oct 27, 1814 - March 24, 1891
- Mayor of Salt Lake City 1866-73
- He married seven wives: Eliza Rebecca Robison; Louisa Free, former wife of John D. Lee; Martha Givens Harris; Lydia Ann Alley; Susan Hannah Alley, sister of Lydia; Hannah Corrilla Free, sister of Louisa; and Emmeline Blanche Woodward
- Father of Heber Manning Wells (by Martha Givens Harris)
- Father of Rulon Seymour Wells (by Louisa Free)
- Father of Elizabeth Ann Wells (Cannon) (by Emmeline Woodward); Elizabeth married John Q. Cannon, son of George Q. Cannon
- Father of Emily Harris Wells (by Martha Givens Harris); Emily married Heber J. Grant
- Grandfather of Cavendish Wells Cannon
- Great-grandfather of Robert Foster Bennett
- 11 Aug 1859 - 12 Mar 1938
- Governor of Utah 1896-1905
- Son of Daniel Hanmer Wells and Martha Givens Harris
- Brother of Emily Harris Wells, who married Heber J. Grant
- Half-brother of Elizabeth Ann Wells (Cannon)
- Half-brother of Rulon Seymour Wells
- Half-uncle of Cavendish Wells Cannon
- Great-uncle of Robert Foster Bennett
7 Jul 1854 - 7 May 1941
- Utah State Legislature 1901
- Son of Daniel Hanmer Wells and Louisa Free
- Half brother of Heber Manning Wells
- Half brother of Elizabeth Ann Wells (Cannon)
- Half brother of Emily Harris Wells who married Heber J. Grant
- Half uncle of Cavendish Wells Cannon
- Half great uncle of Robert Foster Bennett
- Usually called Annie Wells Cannon
- 7 Dec 1859 - 2 Sep 1942
- Utah State Legislature 1913-15, 1921
- Daughter of Daniel Hanmer Wells and Emmeline Woodard
- Mother of Cavendish Wells Cannon
- Half-sister of Heber Manning Wells
- Half-sister of Rulon Seymour Wells
- Half-sister of Emily Harris Wells, who married Heber J. Grant
- Half-great-aunt of Robert Foster Bennett
- Married John Q. Cannon son of George Q. Cannon
- Usually Called Heber J. Grant
- 22 Nov 1856 - 18 May 1945
- Utah Territorial Legislature 1884
- Son of Jedediah Morgan Grant and Rachel Ivins
- Grandfather of Robert Foster Bennett
- 3rd Cousin of Anthony Woodward Ivin
- Married Emily Harris Wells, daughter of Daniel Hanmer Wells and Martha Givens Harris
- President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1918-1945
- 21 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
- Mayor of Salt Lake City 1851-56
- Father of Heber J. Grant
- Great-grandfather of Wallace Foster Bennett
- Brother of Caroline Amanda Grant and Roxie Ann Grant who both married William B. Smith
- November 13, 1898 - December 19, 1993
- U.S. Senator from Utah, 1951-75.
- Father of Robert Foster Bennett
- Married Frances Marion Grant, daughter of Heber J. Grant
- Born 1933
- U.S. Senator from Utah 1992-2011
- Son of Wallace Foster Bennett
- Grandson of Heber J. Grant
- Great-grandson of Jedediah Morgan Grant
- Great-grandson of Daniel Hanmer Wells
- Great-nephew of Heber Manning Wells
- Half-great-nephew of Elizabeth Ann Wells (Cannon)
- Half-great-nephew of Rulon Seymour Wells
- Half-cousin, once-removed, of Cavendish Wells Cannon