Nauvoo Community Project

Home Search Project Information Donate About Us
FamilySearch ID: KWJH-CWG
Foundational research has been completed for this person. Additional research will be conducted in the future.

Ezra Taft Benson


Birth22 February 1811Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Birth Citation(s)
     The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), Ezra T. Benson, 15 December 1845.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 35; citing the Nauvoo diary of William Clayton, kept for Heber C. Kimball.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Ezra T. Benson, folder "First 100, schedules, 1847 December-1848" (#60), image 17, line 13.
Death3 September 1869Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Death Citation(s)
     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #17282186.

    United States Census Bureau, 1870 U.S. Census, population schedule (Washington DC: National Archives), Logan, Cache, Utah, p. ? [unreadable].

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), PID:LZ68-9VP.
Burial5 September 1869Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Burial Citation(s)
     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #17282186.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), PID:KWJH-CWG.
FatherJohn Benson
MotherChloe Taft
Marriages Label

   • Pamela Andrus
Married11 December 1831Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Marriage Citation(s)
    FamilySearch, Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), index and images, Ancestry.com, entry for Ezra T Benson and Pamela Andrus (11 December 1831); citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records..
          Children:
               Charles Augustus Benson
               Chloe Jane Benson
               Charles Augustus Benson
               Pamelia Emma Benson
               Adin Parsons Benson
               Jonathan Parsons Benson
               Harvey Andrus Benson
               Isabella Benson
               Charlotte Taft Benson


   • Adeline Brooks Andrus
Married27 April 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Marriage Citation(s)
    International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude (Salt Lake City: International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998), vol. 1, p. 229.
          Children:
               George Taft Benson
               Florence Adeline Benson
               Frank Andrus Benson


   • Desdemona Wadsworth Fullmer
Married26 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Marriage Citation(s)
    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 496, n. 34; citing “Book of Proxey—Wives to Husbands”.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), pg. 181.

   • Lucinda Barton
Married18 March 1847Winter Quarters, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglad, Nebraska, United States)
Citation(s)
Close
Marriage Citation(s)
    Donald Benson Alder, The Benson family: the Ancestry and Descendants of Ezra T. Benson (Logan, UT: Ezra T. Benson Genealogical Society, 1979), p. 224.

   • Eliza Ann Perry
Married4 March 1847Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Marriage Citation(s)
    Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), p. 750.
          Children:
               Alice Eliza Benson
               John Perry Benson
               Malina Adelaide Benson
               Orrin William Benson
               Carrie Stella Benson
               Abbie Della Benson
               Grace Ann Benson


   • Mary Knight
Married12 July 1851Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Marriage Citation(s)
    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Ezra Taft Benson and Mary Knight, ID: LZ68-9VP and ID: KWJH-CWP.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), vol. A, p. 8.
          Children:
               Louisa Benson
               Heber Benson
               Moroni Benson
               Lorenzo Taft Benson
               Joseph Benson
               Ida May Benson
               Don Carlos Benson


   • Elizabeth Gollaher
Married5 June 1852Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Marriage Citation(s)
    Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), p. 750.
          Children:
               Fred Gollaher Benson
               Brigham Young Benson
               Luella Benson
               William C. Benson
               Hyrum Smith Benson
               Edith Benson
               Lizzie Gollaher Benson


   • Mary Larsen
Married15 September 1866Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Citation(s)
Close
Marriage Citation(s)
    Donald Benson Alder, The Benson family: the Ancestry and Descendants of Ezra T. Benson (Logan, UT: Ezra T. Benson Genealogical Society, 1979), p. 312-315.
          Children:
               Walter Benson
               Henry Taft Benson

Residences Label
• 1840Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Cache County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Death & Burial Records Label
• Grave MarkerView Source
Census Records Label
• 1840 Population CensusQuincy Township, Adams, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
Close
1850 Population Census Citation(s)
SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population CensusCache County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Mortality CensusCache County, UtahExtractImage
Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young Vanguard CompanyView Source
Citation(s)
Close
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)
       Departure16 Apr 1847
       Arrival21 Jul 1847
• Ezra T. Benson CompanyView Source
Citation(s)
Close
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)
       Departure15 Jul 1849
       Arrival25-29 Oct 1849
• Orson Pratt/Ezra T. Benson/Ira Eldredge CompanyView Source
Citation(s)
Close
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)
       Departure21-22 Jun 1854
       Arrival3 Oct 1854
• Company Unknown (1857)View Source
Citation(s)
Close
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)
       Departure1857
       Arrival1857
• Orson Pratt/Ezra T. Benson CompanyView Source
Citation(s)
Close
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)
       Departuremid-Dec 1857
       Arrival19 Jan 1858
• John Taylor Independent CompanyView Source
Citation(s)
Close
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)
       Departure1852
       Arrival20 Aug 1852

© 2012- Center for Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University. All Rights Reserved.
Contact

1031 Joseph F. Smith Building
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Phone: (801) 422-1968
Email: NauvooProject@byu.edu

Related Links

Why Family History? Family History Portal Nauvoo Historic Sites Nauvoo: City Beautiful ChurchofJesusChrist.org Church Historical Sites In Nauvoo