FamilySearch ID: KWJ4-V73
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Richard Benson

Birth	29 March 1816	Wrightington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Richard Benson (1816-1895), memorial #11515110. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Richard Benson, ID: KWJ4-V73.
Death	2 August 1895	Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Richard Benson (1816-1895), memorial #11515110. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Richard Benson, ID: KWJ4-V73.
Burial	4 August 1895	Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Richard Benson (1816-1895), memorial #11515110. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Richard Benson, ID: KWJ4-V73.

Father	Thomas Benson
Mother	Margaret Marsden

Marriages Label

• Phoebe Forrester

Married

30 June 1844

Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Richard Benson and Phoebe Forrester, ID: KWJ4-V73 and KWJ4-V7Q.

          Children:
               Thomas Benson
               Joseph Benson
               Richard Heber Benson
               Sarah Benson
               Phoebe Madora Benson
               William Forrester Benson
               Elizabeth Ann Benson
               Alvin Benson
               James Albert Benson

Residences Label

• 1845	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1860	Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1860 Population Census	Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	(District No. 7) Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1880 Population Census	Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Company Unknown (1850)		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	1850
Arrival	1850
• Daniel D. McArthur Company		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	14 Aug 1868
Arrival	2 Sept 1868

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

Richard Benson

Crossing the Plains