Benjamin Morgan Roberts
Alternate Names
Benjamin M. Roberts (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1827 January 15 (Born)
Death Date
On 1891 August 7 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Pikeland, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1827 January 15
Mother
Sarah Lamar
Father
Samuel Morgan Roberts, Jr.
Date Details
Occurred On 1827 January 15
Baptized by
Lorenzo Dow Barnes
1840 June (Age 13)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 19)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Benjamin Hawkins Company (1850)
1850 June 5 – September 9 (Age 23)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1850 June 5
Joined Company
Ended 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
Started On 1855 April 6
Called
Ended 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
William Whitaker Taylor
Location Served
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date Details
Started On 1881 April 18
Set Apart
Ended 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.
Historical Record Book, 1841-1874
Historical Record Book, 1841-1874, 21 April 1855, Page 185.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 18 April 1881, Vol. B, Page 60, Line 2354.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 18 April 1881, Vol. A, Page 55, Line 2354.
Shoshone Mission journal, 1855 May-1857 October
Shoshone Mission journal, 1855 May-1857 October, 7 September 1856, Page 41-60.
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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.
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
"Descriptive roll", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 2.
"Pay record", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 37.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.
