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Benjamin Franklin Knowlton


Birth30 January 1838Bear Creek Twp, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Knowlton, Sr (1838-1901), memorial #40376.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "State News," 28 March 1901, p. 5, column 6..

    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), p. 355; FHL microfilm 183402.
Death27 March 1901Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Knowlton, Sr (1838-1901), memorial #40376.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "State News," 28 March 1901, p. 5, column 6..
Burial29 March 1901Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Knowlton, Sr (1838-1901), memorial #40376.
FatherSidney Algernon Knowlton
MotherHarriet Virginia Burnham
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   • Rhoda Ann Jennetta Richards
Married31 October 1863Great 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), p. 261, entry 6223, FHL 1149514.
          Children:
               Wilhemena Knowlton
               Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Jr
               Jennetta Knowlton
               Harriett Knowlton
               Sidney Richards Knowlton
               William Hooper Knowlton
               Ida Knowlton
               Heber John Knowlton
               George Quincy Knowlton
               Willard Richards Knowlton


   • Minerva Edmeresa Richards
Married14 September 1882Salt Lake City, 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), p. 355, entry 8; FHL microfilm 183402.
          Children:
               Rhoda Knowlton
               Willard Richards Knowlton
               Marcia Knowlton
               Glen Afton Knowlton
               Irene Knowlton
               Alice Knowlton
               George Franklin Knowlton


   • Catherine Aurelia Hinman
Married20 March 1884Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Franklin Knowlton and Catherine Aurelia Hinman, ID: KWC7-G1V and ID: KWZB-9B2.
          Children:
               Lizzie Knowlton
               Edgar Allen Knowlton
               Fannie Knowlton
               Chloe Knowlton
               Henry Hinman Knowlton
               Lewis Burnham Knowlton
               Ralph Ashford Knowlton
               Mary Knowlton

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• Bear Creek, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
• Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census19th Ward Gr't Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census19th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusFarmington Precinct, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusFarmington Precinct, Davis, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer 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)
       Departure28 May 1849
       Arrival22-25 Sept 1849

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