- 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 ofJohn 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 marriedHeber J. Grant
*Grandfather of Cavendish Wells Cannon
*Great-grandfather of Robert Foster BennettHeber Manning Wells *11 Aug 1859 - 12 Mar 1938
*Governor of Utah 1896-1905
*Son of Daniel Hammer 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 BennettRulon Seymour Wells 7 Jul 1854 - 7 May 1941
*Utah State Legislature 1901
*Son of Daniel Hammer 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 BennettElizabeth Ann Wells (Cannon)
*Usually called Annie Wells Cannon
*7 Dec 1859 - 2 Sep 1942
*Utah State Legislature 1913-15, 1921
*Daughter of Daniel Hammer 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
*MarriedJohn Q. Cannon son ofGeorge Q. Cannon *Usually Called Heber J. Grant
*22 Nov 1856 - 18 May 1945
*Utah Territorial Legislature 1884
*Son of Jedidiah Morgan Grant and Rachel Ivins
*Grandfather of Robert Foster Bennett
*3rd Cousin of Anthony Woodward Ivins
*Married Emily Harris Wells daughter of Daniel Hammer Wells and Martha Givens Harris
*President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1918-1945Jedediah Morgan Grant *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. SmithWallace Foster Bennett *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. GrantRobert Foster Bennett *Born 1933
*U.S. Senator from Utah 1992-present(as of 2006)
*Son of Wallace Foster Bennett
*Grandson of Heber J. Grant
*Great-grandson of Jedidiah Morgan Grant
*Great-grandson of Daniel Hammer 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
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