Benjamin Barr Neff
Birth Date
On 1834 May 6 (Born)
Death Date
On 1883 February 18 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
1
Born in Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
1834 May 6
Mother
Mary Barr (1801 - 1875)
Father
John Neff, Jr. (1794 - 1869)
Date Details
Occurred On 1834 May 6
Traveled in
Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble Company (1847)
1847 June 19 – October 2 (Age 13)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
John Neff III (Age 9)
Elizabeth Neff (Age 6)
John Neff, Jr. (Age 52)
Mary Barr (Age 45)
Amos Herr Neff (Age 22)
Mary Ann Neff (Age 18)
Susannah Neff (Age 16)
Date Details
Started On 1847 June 19
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 October 2
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Elijah Funk Sheets
1848 December 1 (Age 14)
Married
Martha Ann Bitner
1858 February 26 (Age 23)
Married
Maria Mary Bowthorpe
1870 October 10 (Age 36)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1876 October 9 – December 28 (Age 42)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
32nd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Draper, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Date Details
Started On 1876 October 9
Set Apart
Ended On 1876 December 28
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1883 February 18 (Age 48)
Media
Benjamin Barr Neff (1834 - 1883) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret News
"Death of B. B. Neff", Deseret News, (21 February 1883), Page 9.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1876, Vol. A, Page 35, Line 1471.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1876, Vol. B, Page 38, Line 1471.
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 21 June 1847, Page 29.