
James Benson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43]

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Name James Benson [1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43] Birth 06 Feb 1828 Round, Hendrick, Johnson, Indiana, United States [8, 9, 10, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43]
Gender Male Death 22 Mar 1862 Hyrum, Cache, Utah Territory, United States [8, 9, 10, 29, 38, 41, 43]
Burial 24 Mar 1862 Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, Utah Territory, United States [1, 8, 38, 41, 42]
Person ID I312684222976 Oswald Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
Father Alva Benson, b. 13 Dec 1799, De Ruyter, Onondago, New York, United States d. 19 Oct 1883, Hyrum, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
(Age 83 years)
Mother Cynthia Vail, b. 28 Feb 1801, Palmer, Corinth, Saratoga, New York, United States d. 10 Nov 1877, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States
(Age 76 years)
Marriage 11 Aug 1820 Charleston, Clark, Indiana. United States Family ID F2266 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Almira Melinda Jordan, b. 01 Mar 1828, Pleasant Township, Brown, Ohio, United States d. 21 Jun 1896, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States
(Age 68 years)
Marriage 18 Dec 1848 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Family ID F2529 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
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Notes - From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
Member of Hyrum Ward, Hyrum Stake, Utah
Member of Hyrum Ward, Hyrum Stake, Utah family group sheet of Alva Benson and self Sealed to wife in Endowment house in Salt Lake
!Alva Benson s Family Bible
!Alva Benson s Family Bible
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
- From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
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- [S1173462480] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:61N8-P44X : Sat May 03 08:27:02 UTC 2025), Entry for Ann Eliza Petersen and John G Wilson.
- [S1173462480] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:61YH-KCDX : Sat May 03 08:20:54 UTC 2025), Entry for Cynthia Isora Benson and James Benson.
- [S1173462480] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:615P-V5D1 : Sat May 03 10:57:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Cyntha Isora Monsen and James Benson.
- [S1173462480] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6175-24NZ : Sat May 03 08:20:09 UTC 2025), Entry for Alva J Benson and John G Wilson.
- [S1173462480] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6118-J4P8 : Sat May 03 10:55:56 UTC 2025), Entry for Ann Elisa Benson and James J Benson.
- [S1173462480] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:61YH-KCD5 : Sat May 03 10:55:14 UTC 2025), Entry for James Benson and James Benson.
- [S1173462480] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM4Q-42BV : Sat May 03 10:58:06 UTC 2025), Entry for Cyntha Isora Benson and M James Benson.
- [S1173462480] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:616D-NRQD : Sat May 03 10:56:26 UTC 2025), Entry for Cyntha I Monsen and James Benson.
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- [S1173462530] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGV-WM9 : Mon Feb 03 19:16:48 UTC 2025), Entry for Henrietta Benson Liljenquist and James Benson, 15 Dec 1922.
- [S1173462540] FamilySearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-85YX : Sat Mar 29 10:47:34 UTC 2025), Entry for James Benson and Almira Jordan, 21 Dec 1848.
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