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Benjamin Thomas Mitchell


Birth12 January 1816Munson, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Trotter Mitchell (1816-1880), memorial #7481976.

    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), p. 15.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for B T Michell, folder "First 100, schedules, 1848 July" (#74), image 11, line 1.

    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), p. 395-396, 409-410, 745-746, FHL microfilm 183374.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died", 17 March 1880, p. 16, column 2..
Death9 March 1880Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Trotter Mitchell (1816-1880), memorial #7481976.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Benjm T. Mitchell, 9 March 1880; citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States, certificate 9526; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; FHL microfilm 4,139,664..

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), Deseret News, "Local and Other Matters," 17 March 1880, p. 1, column 1..

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died.", 17 March 1880, p. 16, column 2..
Burial18 March 1880Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Trotter Mitchell (1816-1880), memorial #7481976.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Benjm T. Mitchell, 9 March 1880; citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States, certificate 9526; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; FHL microfilm 4,139,664..

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died.", 17 March 1880, p. 16, column 2..
FatherAbraham Mitchell
MotherAnnie Colpetzer
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   • Sarah Jane Treisbach
Married26 April 1835Portage County, Ohio, United States
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    Ohio County Clerks, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 (Ohio: County courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Benjamin Mitchel and Sarah Treicbach (26 April 1835); citing Portage County, Ohio, Probate Court, “Marriage Licenses 1833‐1841,” image 444, FHL microfilm 4016998..
          Children:
               Benjamin Thomas Mitchell Jr
               Sarah Jane Mitchell
               Emily Mitchell


   • Lovina Buckwalter
Married8 October 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Nauvoo 1st and 2nd Wards (Illinois), Record of members, 1841-1845; church records, 1836-1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Office of the Church Historian, 1966-1967), citing "Marriage record, 1842-1845," p. 18, FHL microfilm 889392.
          Children:
               Joseph Smith Mitchell
               Percis Mitchell
               Hyrum Heber Mitchell
               Jerome Kempton Mitchell
               Martha Ann Mitchell
               Rachel Henderson Mitchell
               Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell
               Mariah Deserett Mitchell


   • Caroline Conrad
Married17 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    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), p. 395-396; FHL IGN 5265582.
          Children:
               Amanda Elizabeth Mitchell
               Zadok Joshua Mitchell


   • Lois Judd
Married1 January 1848Winter Quarters, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    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), p. 745-746, FHL microfilm 183374.
          Children:
               Jannie Rachell Mitchell
               Mary Lois Judd Mitchell
               Ruth Judd Mitchell
               Daniel Judd Mitchell
               Ann Judd Mitchell
               Nathaniel Judd Mitchell
               Fannie Judd Mitchell
               Lucy Content Judd Mitchell
               Byron Teancum Judd Mitchell


   • Lydia Maria Day
Married30 June 1851Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    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&A1 20 Feb 1851-24 Apr 1854," p. 7; FHL IGN 5270317.
          Children:
               Hugh William Mitchell
               Almeda Day Mitchell
               Alonzo Abraham Mitchell
               Franklin Day Mitchell
               John Willard Mitchell
               Jedediah Milton Mitchell
               Lois Lavina Mitchell
               Rosanna May Mitchell
               Rhoda Content Mitchell
               Bernetta Isobel Mitchell
               Marion Hughrene Mitchell


   • Cathrine Frederikke Marcussen Jensen
Married21 December 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Thomas Mitchell and Cathrine Frederikke Marcussen Jensen, ID: LHVT-NF8 and ID: LYCZ-2VC.
          Children:
               Rosanna Mitchell
               Frederick Johnson Mitchell
               Brigham J Mitchell
               Benjamin Parley Mitchell
               Mark Jensen Mitchell
               Annie Margaret Mitchell
               Alice Sophia Mitchell
               Harry Moroni Mitchell
               George Willard Mitchell
               Brady Mitchell


   • Susannah Houston
Married6 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Thomas Mitchell and Susannah Houston, ID: LHVT-NF8 and ID: KWJC-RZR.
          Children:
               Thomas Houston Mitchell
               Edward Hunter Mitchell
               Erastus Snow Mitchell
               Charles James Mitchell
               Nephi Mitchell
               Lehi Houston Mitchell
               Walter Houston Mitchell

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• 1816Munson, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States
• 1840Martin County, Indiana, United States
• 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusMartin County, IndianaExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census15th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census16th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure7 Jun 1848
       Arrival24 Sept 1848
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1 Jun 1854
       Arrival5 Aug 1854

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