Alva Benson
Birth Date
On 1799 December 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1883 October 19 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Captain of the 4th Company of Ten.
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Born
1799 December 13
Traveled in
Uriah Curtis Company
1852 June 28 – September 29 (Age 52)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Keziah Messenger (Age 72)
Cynthia Vail (Age 51)
Moroni Benson (Age 19)
Polly Elvira Benson (Age 13)
Cynthia Elizabeth Benson (Age 11)
Date Details
On 1852 June 28
Joined Company
On 1852 September 29
Company Arrived
Died
1883 October 19 (Age 83)
Media
Alva Benson (1799 - 1883) Profile
Sources
Person
1860 Utah Census
1860 Utah Census.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"16th Company", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
Transcript for "16th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2
Powell, Delna Swapp. Eleventh Pioneer Emigration Company 1852 (Las Vegas, NV: Maureen S. Bryson, 2002), 108-109
Powell, Delna Swapp. Eleventh Pioneer Emigration Company 1852 (Las Vegas, NV: Maureen S. Bryson, 2002), 108-109.
Presiding Bishopric immigrant location committee minutes
Presiding Bishopric immigrant location committee minutes, 20 September 1852.
Wilson, Lucy Benson. "Autobiography," in Historical Resource Materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956, Utah State Historical Society; Cache Valley Chapter, reel 22, item 1
Wilson, Lucy Benson. "Autobiography," in Historical Resource Materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956, Utah State Historical Society; Cache Valley Chapter, reel 22, item 1.
Transcript for Wilson, Lucy Benson. "Autobiography," in Historical Resource Materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956, Utah State Historical Society; Cache Valley Chapter, reel 22, item 1