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Benjamin Woodbury Driggs Sr


Birth13 May 1837Fredonia, Licking, Ohio, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Woodbury Driggs, Sr (1837-1913), memorial #31115791.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch, Benjiman Woodbury Driggs (1 October 1913); citing Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, certificate 364, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229566.
Death1 October 1913Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Woodbury Driggs, Sr (1837-1913), memorial #31115791.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch, Benjiman Woodbury Driggs (1 October 1913); citing Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, certificate 364, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229566.

    Ogden Daily Standard, "B. W. Driggs Dies at the Dee Hospital at Age of 76," 2 October 1913, p. 7, column 4.
Burial3 October 1913Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Woodbury Driggs, Sr (1837-1913), memorial #31115791.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch, Benjiman Woodbury Driggs (1 October 1913); citing Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, certificate 364, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229566.
FatherShadrach Ford Driggs
MotherEliza Elizabeth White
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   • Olivia Thankful Pratt
Married16 February 1857Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    Judith Woolstenhulme Hansen, Marriages in Utah Territory, 1850-1884 : from the Deseret News, 1850-1872, and the Elias Smith journals, 1850-1884 (Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States: Utah Genealogical Association, 1998), entry for Mr. Benjamin W. Driggs and Miss Olivia Pratt (16 February 1857); citing Pleasant Grove City, Utah, Utah Territory, United States, v. 134, p. 23.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Married," 4 March 1857, p. 12, column 3.
          Children:
               Benjamin Woodbury Driggs Jr.
               Ella Olivia Driggs
               Luna Belle Driggs
               Don Carlos Driggs
               Parley Shadrach Driggs
               Florence Marion Driggs
               Leland Monroe Driggs
               Beatrice Lillian Driggs
               Grace Edith Driggs
               Alice Vivia Driggs
               Rintha Blanche Driggs
               William King Driggs


   • Rosalia Ellen Cox
Married5 October 1867Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Woodbury Driggs and Rosalia Ellen Cox, ID: KW8R-1VZ and ID: KW8R-1VC.

    Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah, 1888), "Utah Pioneer Woman Dies," 31 March 1924, p. 6, column 3.
          Children:
               Frank Milton Driggs
               Howard Roscoe Driggs
               Ida Leonora Driggs
               Maud Rosalie Driggs
               Clarice Lillia Driggs
               Claire Lucille Driggs
               Geneva Pearl Driggs
               Burton Wells Driggs
               Ralph Emerson Driggs

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• 1840Fredonia, Licking, Ohio, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Battle Creek, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1910Clover, Tooele, Utah, United States
• 1913Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusFredonia, Licking, OhioExtractImage
• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusBattle Creek, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusPleasant Grove, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusWest Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusPleasant Grove, Pleasant Grove Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusPleasant Grove Precinct, Utah, UtahExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusClover Precint, Tooele, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Uriah Curtis 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 Jun 1852
       Arrival29 Sept 1852
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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 Oct 1856
       Arrival15 Dec 1856

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