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Orson Pratt/Ezra T. Benson Company

Benson, Ezra Taft

1811 February 22 – 1869 September 3

Bull, Joseph

1832 January 25 – 1904 January 11

Cannon, George Q.

Birth Name: Cannon, George Quayle

1827 January 11 – 1901 April 12

Egan, Howard

1815 June 15 – 1878 March 16

Kay, John Moburn

1817 October 6 – 1864 September 26

McEwan, Henry, II

1830 July 3 – 1894 April 16

Miles, Samuel, Jr.

Alternate Name: Miles, Samuel

1826 April 8 – 1910 May 22

Miller, William

1814 January 8 – 1875 August 6

Pratt, Orson

Birth Name: Pratt, Orson, Sr.

1811 September 19 – 1881 October 3

Scott, John