FamilySearch ID: KWVS-39W
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Benjamin Covey

Birth	9 March 1792	Frederickstown, Putnam, New York, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 141; 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 Benj Covey, folder "Second 100, schedules, 1848" (#62), image 6, line 28.
Death	13 March 1868	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), Benjamin Covey, 1868.
Burial	March 1868	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #35177502.

Father	Walter Covey
Mother	Sarah Hatch

Marriages Label

• Sarah Vanderhoff

Married

1815

Dutchess County, New York, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Covey and Sarah Vanderhoff, ID: KWVS-39W and ID: 27H5-RZG.

          Children:
               Benjamin Nelson Covey
               Louisa Covey
               Lorena Covey
               Clark Covey
               Adeline Covey

• Almira Mack

Married

23 October 1836

Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Covey and Almira Mack, ID: KWVS-39W and ID: KWVS-3CY.

          Children:
               Enoch Covey
               Joseph Covey
               Andrew Alman Covey
               Hyrum Benjamin Covey

• Dianah Cole

Married

21 January 1846

Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), Benjamin and Diana were sealed 21 January 1846. (Source: The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846. p. 451; citing “Book of Sealings (Living)—Wives to Husbands”)..

Children:
Delia Ann Covey

• Phoebe Cowles

Married

21 January 1846

Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Covey and Phoebe Cowles, ID: KWVS-39W and ID: KWJR-FDZ.

• Elizabeth Shimer

Married

21 January 1846

Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Covey and Elizabeth Shimer, ID: KWVS-39W and ID: KWVP-MV1.

Residences Label

• 1842	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850	Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860	Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

LDS Information Label

Baptism

Death & Burial Records Label

• Death Record	View Source
• Grave Marker	View Source

Census Records Label

• 1842 Population Census	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois	Extract	Image
• 1850 Population Census	Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	12th Ward G't Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young 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	5 Jun 1848
Arrival	20-24 Sept 1848

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

Benjamin Covey

Crossing the Plains