Benjamin Morgan Roberts
Birth Date
On 1827 January 15 (Born)
Death Date
On 1891 August 7 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
2
Born in Pikeland, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1827 January 15
Mother
Sarah Lamar
Father
Samuel Morgan Roberts, Jr.
Baptized by Lorenzo D Barnes
1840 June (Age 13)
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Sick Detachments
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Benjamin Hawkins Company
1850 June 5 – September 9 (Age 23)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1850 June 5
Joined Company
On 1850 September 9
Company Arrived
Served in
Shoshone Mission
1855 April 6 – 1857 September 15 (Age 28)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Date Details
On 1855 April 6
Called
On 1857 September 15
Released
Married
Mary Ann Polly Bullock
1856 November 23 (Age 29)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1881 April 18 – 1887 July (Age 54)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
28th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
W W Taylor
Set Apart By
William Whitaker Taylor
Date Details
On 1881 April 18
Set Apart
On 1887 July
Released
Died in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
1891 August 7 (Age 64)
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Benjamin Morgan Roberts (1827 - 1891) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah census, Emery County
1850 Utah census, Emery County.
Mission
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918, 18 April 1881.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 55, Line 2354.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 60, Line 2354.
Shoshone Mission journal, 1855 May-1857 October
Shoshone Mission journal, 1855 May-1857 October.
Transcript for Shoshone Mission journal, 1855 May-1857 October, 41-60
Pioneer
J. D. Cummings, "A Brief Sketch of the Life of Mary Ann Yearsley." (M270.07 Y39c 1914
J. D. Cummings, "A Brief Sketch of the Life of Mary Ann Yearsley." (M270.07 Y39c 1914.
Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996), 23
Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996), 23.
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