Almira Melinda Jordan^{[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]}

1828 - 1896  (68 years)

• Name	Almira Melinda Jordan  [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, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38]
  Birth	01 Mar 1828	Pleasant Township, Brown, Ohio, United States   [2, 3, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Jun 1896	Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States   [2, 3]
  Burial	Aft. 21 Jun 1896	Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I312684223021	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	James Benson,   b. 06 Feb 1828, Round, Hendrick, Johnson, Indiana, United States d. 22 Mar 1862, Hyrum, Cache, Utah Territory, United States (Age 34 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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