Benjamin Woodbury Driggs
Birth Date
On 1837 May 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1913 October 1 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
2
Born in Fredonia, Licking, Ohio, United States
1837 May 13
Mother
Eliza Elizabeth White
Father
Shadrach Ford Driggs
Baptized by Isaac Furguson
1847 April 1 (Age 9)
Traveled in
Uriah Curtis Company
1852 June 28 – September 29 (Age 15)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Parley Pratt Driggs (Age 7)
Charles Barnum Driggs (Age 4)
Eliza Elizabeth White (Age 39)
Shadrach Ford Driggs (Age 38)
Mark Driggs (Age 2)
Hannah Jane Driggs (Age 13)
Appollos Griffin Driggs (Age 11)
Isaac Ashton Driggs (Age 10)
Date Details
On 1852 June 28
Joined Company
On 1852 September 29
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Rescue Companies
1856 October 7 – December 15 (Age 19)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1856 October 7
Joined Company
On 1856 December 15
Company Arrived
Married
Olivia Pratt
1857 February 16 (Age 19)
Married
Rosalia Ellen Cox
1867 October 5 (Age 30)
Served in
British Mission
1871 April 10 – 1872 August 20 (Age 33)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
44th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Date Details
On 1871 April 10
Set Apart
On 1872 August 20
Arrived at Home
Died in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
1913 October 1 (Age 76)
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Benjamin Woodbury Driggs (1837 - 1913) Profile
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Person
Deseret Evening News
"Benjamin W. Driggs Answers Last Call", Deseret Evening News, (2 October 1913).
Salt Lake Telegram
"Pioneer Succumbs After Active Life", Salt Lake Telegram, (2 October 1913), Page 3.
Mission
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1871, Vol. 2, Page 20, Line 764.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1871, Vol. 1, Page 18, Line 764.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"16th Company of 50 report", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (4 July 1852), Page 1-22.
Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914
"Scrapbook Part 7", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (1907), Page 2-4.
"Scrapbook Part 6, Hand Cart Veterans reported alive", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (4 October 1906), Page 1-19.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1852: Page 102.
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