Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deceased married Easman Taft on 19 Apr 1784 (Intentions) in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. Easman (son of Jacob Taft and Deceased) was born on 16 Jun 1763 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 29 Apr 1829 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Chloe married Deceased on 19 Dec 1805 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. Deceased (son of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Mormon Apostle; Rep. to Utah Territorial Legislature

Notes:

Benson was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, the son of John Benson and Chloe Taft. His father moved to a farm in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, in 1817 where he lived for at least 16 of the next 18 years. Benson married Pamelia Andrus of Northbridge on January 1, 1832, at Uxbridge. They lived at Uxbridge for the next three years, between 1832 and 1835. Benson also had lived in Northbridge, on his sister's farm in 1830 and 1831. He and Pamelia had children, one of whom died at Uxbridge in 1833. Benson managed a hotel in the center of Uxbridge and made a considerable sum of money which he invested in a cotton mill at Holland, Massachusetts, before moving West.

Benson and his wife were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on July 19, 1840, in Quincy, Illinois. He had moved to Quincy previously, and first met members of the church when they came there at the time they were driven out of Missouri. In April 1841, the Bensons moved to Nauvoo.

Benson was ordained to the office of apostle on July 16, 1846. He replaced John E. Page in the Quorum of the Twelve.

Benson arrived in the Salt Lake Valley as one of the first 148 Mormon settlers with the vanguard company of 1847, also known as the Brigham Young Pioneer Company. The company left Winter Quarters, Nebraska, on April 16, 1847, and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley between July 21 and July 24, 1847.

Benson served as a church missionary in the United States and in the Sandwich Islands.
Benson's first mission in the 1840s took him to his birthplace of Mendon, Massachusetts. On this journey he also preached in Chambersburg, Illinois. During his second mission, Benson was in New Jersey, serving with John Pack, when they received news of Joseph Smith's murder. From December 1844 to May 1845, Benson served a mission to New England, during which he served as president of the Boston Conference.

Benson served in the Utah Territorial Legislature.

Family/Spouse: Eliza Ann Perry. Eliza was born on 30 Mar 1828; died on 30 Apr 1913; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Golliaher. Elizabeth was born on 30 Dec 1832; died on 4 May 1904; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Larson. Mary was born on 19 Dec 1843 in Praesto, Denmark; died on 21 Feb 1926 in Petersboro, Cache, UT; was buried in Mendon City Cemetery, Mendon, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Deceased. Deceased (daughter of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adeline Brooks Andrus. Adeline was born on 18 Mar 1813 in Windsor, Hartford, CT; died on 20 Apr 1898 in Logan, Cache, UT; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Olive Mary Knight. Olive was born on 24 Jan 1830 in Worcestershire, England; died in 27 Mar1905 in Logan, Cache, UT; was buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ezra married Deceased on 26 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo Lds Temple, Salt Lake City, UT. Deceased (daughter of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]