Benjamin Brown
Birth Date
On 1794 September 30 (Born)
Death Date
On 1878 May 22 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Queensbury, Washington, New York, United States
1794 September 30
Mother
Sarah Moon
Father
Asa Brown
Married
Sarah Mumford
1819 September 2 (Age 24)
Baptized
1835 May 10 (Age 40)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1836 (Age 41)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Served in
Northern States Mission
1843 (Age 48)
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Mission Type
Short Term
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Hancock, Illinois, United States
Served With
Jesse Wentworth Crosby
Served in
Canadian Mission
1843 July 30 (Age 48)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Set Apart By
Hancock, Illinois, United States
Served With
Jesse Wentworth Crosby
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company (1848)
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 53)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Sarah Mumford (Age 53)
Homer Brown (Age 17)
Date Details
On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1853 January 5 – 1855 March 31 (Age 58)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Date Details
On 1853 January 5
Arrived in Field
On 1855 March 31
Departed from Field
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1855)
1855 (Age 60)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Circa 1855
Joined Company
Circa 1855
Company Arrived
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1878 May 22 (Age 83)
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Benjamin Brown (1794 - 1878) Profile
Sources
Person
Saints By Sea
"Benjamin Brown. ID: 3643", Saints By Sea.
Mission
Benjamin Brown family collection, 1835-1983
Benjamin Brown family collection, 1835-1983.
DESERET News
"Minutes of Conference", DESERET News, (18 September 1852), Page 4.
High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City
High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City, Page 16.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 26 May 1844.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 19 April 1844.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 6 December 1843.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 3 July 1843.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 15 June 1843.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 29 May 1843.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 30 July 1843, Page 1.
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 2 December 1854.
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 5 November 1853.
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 5 January 1853.
KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
Millennial Star
"Arrivals and Appointments", Millennial Star, 15, (22 January 1853), 4. Page 58.
Nauvoo Seventies List
Nauvoo Seventies List, Vol. 1.
Pioneer
Benjamin Brown, Testimonies for the Truth: A Record of Manifestations of the Power of God, Miraculous and Providential, Witnessed in the Travels and Experience of Benjamin Brown, High Priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pastor of the London, Reading, Kent and Essex Conferences (Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853), 27
Benjamin Brown, Testimonies for the Truth: A Record of Manifestations of the Power of God, Miraculous and Providential, Witnessed in the Travels and Experience of Benjamin Brown, High Priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pastor of the London, Reading, Kent and Essex Conferences (Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853), 27.
Transcript for Benjamin Brown, Testimonies for the Truth: A Record of Manifestations of the Power of God, Miraculous and Providential, Witnessed in the Travels and Experience of Benjamin Brown, High Priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pastor of the London, Reading, Kent and Essex Conferences (Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853), 27
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (June), Page 1-6.
DESERET News
"Arrivals", DESERET News, (5 September 1855), Page 5.
Transcript for "Arrivals," Deseret News, 5 September 1855, 205
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1848: Page 4.
Lorenzo Brown reminiscences and diaries, 1856-1900
Lorenzo Brown reminiscences and diaries, 1856-1900, Vol. 1.
Transcript for Lorenzo Brown reminiscences and diaries, 1856-1900, Volume 1, 37-53
The Mormon [newspaper]
"Departure for the Plains", The Mormon [newspaper], (2 June 1855), Page 2.
