Benson, Ezra Taft[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
1811 - 1869 (58 years)-
Name Benson, Ezra Taft Born 22 Feb 1811 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 
[11] Gender Male Residence Winter 1839 Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA [12] Residence 1846/1847 Winter Quarters Ward No. 17, Winter Quarters (Florence), Douglas, Nebraska, USA [13] Residence 2 Jul 1848 Blockhouse Branch, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA [14] Residence 1846-1852 Council Point, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Address:
https://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/settlements/kanesville-area#CouncilPointDied 3 Sep 1869 Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Buried 5 Sep 1869 Logan, Cache, Utah, USA [15] FamilySearch Link 4 Feb 2024 Address:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJH-CWGResidence Pottawattamie, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA [16] Person ID I110199 Early Latter-day Saints Last Modified 15 May 2023
Father Benson, John Jr, b. 1 Aug 1749, Mendon, Worchester, Massachusetts, USA , d. 18 May 1818, Mendon, Worchester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years) Mother Taft, Chloe, b. 7 Jul 1785, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA , d. 25 Apr 1826, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 40 years) Married 19 Dec 1805 Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Family ID F21149 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Married 1 Jan 1832 Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Children 1. Benson, Ezra Taft Jr, b. 26 Sep 1832, Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA , d. 14 Oct 1832, Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)2. Benson, Chloe Jane, b. 1835, Holland, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1835, Holland, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)3. Benson, Charles Augustus, b. 9 Jul 1838, Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA 4. Benson, Charles Taft, b. Abt 1840 5. Benson, Adin Parsons, b. Mar 1841, d. Mar 1841 (Age ~ 0 years) 6. Benson, Jonathan, b. Mar 1841, d. Mar 1841 (Age ~ 0 years) 7. Benson, Emma Parsons, b. 28 Feb 1842, , Scott, Illinois, USA , d. 10 Feb 1892, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 49 years)8. Benson, Harvey, b. 26 Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA , d. 26 Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA (Age 0 years)9. Benson, Isabella, b. 9 Mar 1846, Richardson Point, Iowa, USA , d. 10 Feb 1922, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, USA (Age 75 years)10. Benson, Charlotte Taft, b. 4 Jul 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F20700 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Married 27 Apr 1844 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA Children 1. Benson, Samuel 2. Benson, George Taft, b. 1 May 1846, Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, USA , d. 16 May 1919, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 73 years)Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F20701 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Fullmer, Desdimona W, b. 6 Oct 1809, , Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 9 Feb 1886, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 76 years) Married 26 Jan 1846 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F21148 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Perry, Eliza Ann, b. 20 Mar 1828, Castle Frome, Herefordshire, England , d. 30 Apr 1913, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 85 years) Married 4 Mar 1847 Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F21144 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 5 Knight, Olive Mary, b. 24 Jan 1830, Purcell Green, Worcester, England , d. 27 Mar 1905, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 75 years) Married 12 Jul 1851 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F21145 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 6 Gollaher, Elizabeth, b. 30 Dec 1831, DeWitt, Clinton, Illinois, USA , d. 4 May 1904, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 72 years) Married 4 Jun 1853 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F21146 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 7 Larsen, Mary, b. 19 Dec 1843, Rostofte, Sjaelland, Denmark , d. 21 Feb 1926, Mendon, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 82 years) Married 15 Sep 1866 Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F21147 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 8 Andrus, Pamelia, b. 21 Oct 1809, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA , d. 14 Sep 1877, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 67 years) Married 1 Jan 1832 Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Children 1. Benson, Ezra Taft Jr, b. 26 Sep 1832, Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA , d. 14 Oct 1832, Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)2. Benson, Chloe Jane, b. 1835, Holland, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1835, Holland, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)3. Benson, Charles Augustus, b. 9 Jul 1838, Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA 4. Benson, Charles Taft, b. Abt 1840 5. Benson, Adin Parsons, b. Mar 1841, d. Mar 1841 (Age ~ 0 years) 6. Benson, Jonathan 7. Benson, Emma Parsons, b. 28 Feb 1842, , Scott, Illinois, USA , d. 10 Feb 1892, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 49 years)8. Benson, Harvey, b. 26 Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA , d. 26 Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA (Age 0 years)9. Benson, Isabella, b. 9 Mar 1846, Richardson Point, Iowa, USA , d. 10 Feb 1922, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, USA (Age 75 years)10. Benson, Charlotte Taft, b. 4 Jul 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Last Modified 28 May 2015 Family ID F633 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 9 Andrus, Adeline Brooks, b. 18 Mar 1813, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA , d. 20 Apr 1898, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 85 years) Married 27 Apr 1844 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA Children 1. Benson, Samuel 2. Benson, George Taft, b. 1 May 1846, Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, USA , d. 16 May 1919, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 73 years)Family ID F634 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 10 Perry, Eliza Ann, b. 5 Oct 1810 Married 4 Mar 1847 Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Family ID F1355 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 11 Larsen, Mary Family ID F1358 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 12 Fullmer, Desdimona W., b. 6 Oct 1809, , Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 9 Feb 1886 (Age 76 years) Married 26 Jan 1846 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA Family ID F1359 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Residence - Winter 1839 - Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA 
Married - 27 Apr 1844 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA Married - 27 Apr 1844 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA Married - 26 Jan 1846 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA Married - 26 Jan 1846 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA 
Residence - 1846/1847 - Winter Quarters Ward No. 17, Winter Quarters (Florence), Douglas, Nebraska, USA 
Residence - 2 Jul 1848 - Blockhouse Branch, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA 
Married - 12 Jul 1851 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA 
Residence - Address:
https://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/settlements/kanesville-area#CouncilPoint - 1846-1852 - Council Point, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USAMarried - 4 Jun 1853 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - PROPERTY:
Brigham Young: Block 9 Lot 1
Kimball 1st: Block 4, Lot 52 (home: nw corner of Munson & Fulmer Streets
NAUVOO RECORDS:
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register pg 12
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 5, pp 3-11
Record of Baptisms for the Dead, by Black and Black, Vol 1, pp 341-344
HISTORY/HISTORIES
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah : pg 750
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia: pp 100-101
Autobiography
Book of Ezra Taft Benson
Local Historical Records
Tax Records
"Writings" diskette code: BENSE11.A.P., 8 pp
Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Note: Stated in record above, "V. 1 p. 98"
Name transcribed from Winter Quarters Wards Membership Lists 1846 - 1848. Taken from a variety of historical sources. They are not complete, and because of the difficulty reading handwriting, may not be entirely accurate. Most of the lists seem to be from the winter of 1846 - 47, but some are from later. In addition, people often moved to better housing, thus changing wards. Sources for these lists are: bishop's reports, high council meeting minutes, tithing records, and 'census' reports of widow, soldier's wives and other unassigned members of wards. The original records are available at the Historical Department, Archives Division, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City Utah. - Family Group Record by Nauvoo Land and Records
PROPERTY:
Brigham Young: Block 9 Lot 1
Kimball 1st: Block 4, Lot 52 (home: nw corner of Munson & Fulmer Streets)
Nauvoo: Block 52, Lot 3
Nauvoo: Block 52, Lot 4
Nauvoo: Block 119, Lot 3
Property Transactions, Hancock County, Black, Black and Plewe, Vol. 1 Page 378-379
Property Records, Nauvoo Restoration, Inc: 2 pages
Hancock County Land Records 1840+ 1 page
Hancock County Tax Assesment Rolls Page 216
Hancock County Tax Records, page 55
The Residents of the City of Nauvoo as Defined by Tax Records, 1839-1846 by Elaine S. Layton, 1 page
NAUVOO RECORDS:
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Page 12
Early 70’s and High Priest Index, LDS Archives, page 13
High Priest of Nauvoo and SLC, LDS Archives, page 11
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 5, Page 3-11
Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, by Black and Black, Vol 1, Page 341-344
University of the City of Nauvoo, 1841-1845, Black, Black & Allen, Page 60
Early Nauvoo Records, 1st - 4th Civil Wards, Page 5
HISTORIES:
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah : Page 750
Our Pioneer Heritage, DUP, Vol. 1 Page 2, Vol. 2 Page 493-494, Vol. 4 Page 541, Vol. 8 Page 337, Vol. 10 Page 412,
Vol. 17 Page 522
Treasures of Pioneer History, Kate Carter, Vol. 6 Page 175
Comprehensive History of the Church, B H Roberts, Vol 3 page 280
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, Vol. 4 Page 233
Encyclopedia of Mormonism, David Ludlow, Vol. 1 Page 100
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jensen, Vol. 1 Page 99-102
Heartthrobs of the West, DUP, Vol 2 Page 399
BIOGRAPHIES:
Autobiography Pages 1-10
Short Story of Ezra T. Benson Page 17-20
Survey of State and Local Historical Records 5 Pages
Introduction For Commencement Held In Nauvoo Page 2
OTHER SOURCES:
Internet Research:
familysearch.org: 2 Pages
lds.org: Church History, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 6 Pages
findagrave.com: 2 Pages
VARIANTS:
Name: Ezra T. (Taft) Benson, Ezra Taft Benson, E.T. Benson
Birth Date: 23 Feb. 1811
Death Place: Logan, Utah - Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Note: Stated in record above, "V. 1 p. 98"
Name transcribed from Winter Quarters Wards Membership Lists 1846 - 1848. Taken from a variety of historical sources. They are not complete, and because of the difficulty reading handwriting, may not be entirely accurate. Most of the lists seem to be from the winter of 1846 - 47, but some are from later. In addition, people often moved to better housing, thus changing wards. Sources for these lists are: bishop's reports, high council meeting minutes, tithing records, and 'census' reports of widow, soldier's wives and other unassigned members of wards. The original records are available at the Historical Department, Archives Division, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City Utah.
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Sources - [S4] Book - Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, 7 vols., Black, Susan Easton, (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602), , by Black and Black, Vol 1, pp 341-344.
- [S242] USA - Illinois - Hancock County Tax Records, ords.
- [S58] Book - LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 4 vols, Jenson, Andrew, (Andrew Jenson History Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1901), : pp 100-101.
- [S6] LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 5, pp 3-11.
- [S7] LDS - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (1845-1846), pg 12.
- [S19] Book - Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 2 vols, Esshom, Frank, (Salt Lake City: 1913), : pg 750.
- [S101] Database - Writings of Early Latter-day Saints and their Contemporaries, Backman, Milton V., Jr., Compiler, Autobiography.
The Instructor, 80 (1945) - [S12] Internet Link - BYU Winter Quarters Project - http://winterquarters.byu.edu.
- [S13] Internet Link - Pioneer Research Group Project - http://www.pioneerresearchgroup.org.
- [S1477] .
- [S160011] Research from Harvey B. Black.
- [S491] Book - Sacred Places Ohio and Illinois, Berrett, LaMar C., Editor, (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2002), p. 225.
- [S39] Book - Winter Quarters Wards Membership Lists 1846 - 1848, Historical Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- [S54094] LDS - Pottawattamie High Priests Quorum Minutes, 5.
- [S183] Internet Link - Utah, Cemeteries and Burials Database, Utah State Historical Society, A_ 20_ 20_ 8.
- [S160001] Iowa Branches Members Index 1829 - 1859, Volumes I and II, Ronald G. Watt, (Historical Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991, Copyright LDS Church).
- [S4] Book - Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, 7 vols., Black, Susan Easton, (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602), , by Black and Black, Vol 1, pp 341-344.