A Child Born in the Temple During the Dedication: Joseph Temple Bennett

During the Salt Lake Temple dedication services in April 1893, Benjamin F. Bennett and his wife Emma traveled from Provo to attend. The journey hastened an event not expected on that occasion: before Mrs. Bennett could leave the building she gave birth to a son, attended by Mrs. Julina Smith. Once mother and child could be safely moved they were taken to the residence of Andrew J. Smith and given care. On the evening of Saturday, 15 April 1893, the infant was carried back into the temple, to the very room where he had first seen the light of mortal life, and was there blessed by President Joseph F. Smith, who conferred upon him the name Joseph Temple Bennett. To the Saints who learned of it, the birth of a child within the walls of the House of the Lord during the dedication season was a sacred and providential event, a new life beginning under the temple's dedicatory outpouring.

Fuller account of this event (from Brian H. Stuy, "Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the Lord": The Salt Lake Temple Dedication, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 31, no. 3 (Fall 1998): 115–140):

Another unusual event that occurred following the second day's services was the delivery of a baby boy in the font room of the temple. The Contributor described the circumstances of the birth of the child as follows: An unusual incident occurred in the Temple on Friday, April 7, shortly after the close of the evening session. Benjamin F. Bennett and his wife, Emma, had attended the meeting. The journey from Provo had doubtless hastened an event that had not been expected on that particular occasion. Before Mrs. Bennett could leave the building she gave birth to a son. She was attended by Mrs. Julina Smith; and as soon as mother and child could be safely moved they were taken to the residence of Andrew J. Gray and given all necessary care. On the evening of Saturday, April 15, the infant was carried into the Temple, to the room where it first saw light in mortal probation, and was there blessed by President Joseph F. Smith, the name conferred being Joseph Temple Bennett.

The circumstances surrounding the boy's birth provided much discussion for the Saints, many speculating "who that boy could be, born in the Temple."