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Benjamin Franklin Cummings



Birth3 March 1821Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Cummings (1821-1899), memorial #31443966.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for B. F. Cummings, folder "Daniel Spencer's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#16), image 4, line 9; and entry for B. F. Cumming, folder "First 100, second 50, returns, 1847 June" (#36), image 5, line 43; and entry for B. F. Cummings, folder "First 100, second 50, returns, 1847 June" (#36), image 16, line 11.

    Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, database, FamilySearch.org, entry for Benjamin Franklin Cumings (03 Mar 1821); citing Farmington, Franklin, Maine, Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, “Town and vital records, 1794-1892,” image 125; FHL microfilm 10,865.

Death22 October 1899Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Cummings (1821-1899), memorial #31443966.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch.org, Benjamin F. Cummings, 22 October 1899; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate D9808; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City FHL 004139616.

Burial23 October 1899Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Cummings (1821-1899), memorial #31443966.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch.org, Benjamin F. Cummings, 22 October 1899; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate D9808; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City FHL 004139616.

FatherJames Cummings Jr
MotherSusannah Willard

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   • Catherine Hall
Married19 February 1852Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Franklin Cummings and Catherine Hall, ID: KWVQ-9YS and ID: KWVQ-9YQ.

          Children:
               Charlotte Mehitabel Cummings
               Benjamin Franklin Cummings Jr.
               Horace Hall Cummings
               Imogene Hall Cummings
               William Henry Cummings
               George Hall Cummings


   • Mary Jane Yearsley
Married27 May 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 Franklin Cummings and Mary Jane Yearsley, ID: KWVQ-9YS and ID: KWVQ-9YM.

          Children:
               Anna Elizabeth Cummings
               James Devalson Cummings
               Mary Lavenia Cummings


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• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Weber County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Box Elder County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Sugar House, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusFreedom, Waldo, MaineExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusWeber County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusBox Elder County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSugar House Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake City 12th Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Daniel Spencer/Ira Eldredge CompanyView Source
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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)

       Departure17 Jun 1847
       Arrival19-22 Sept 1847


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