Elizabeth Melinda Benson
Alternate Names
Elizabeth Melinda Waters (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1829 April 8 (Born)
Death Date
On 1906 October 20 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States
1829 April 8
Mother
Elizabeth Temperance Kemp
Father
Reuben Benson
Date Details
Occurred On 1829 April 8
Married
Larkin Toliver Waters
1845 (Age 15)
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1851)
1851 (Age 22)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1851
Joined Company
Circa 1851
Company Arrived
Married
William Wommack Riley
1892 February 13 (Age 62)
Died in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States
1906 October 20 (Age 77)
Media
Elizabeth Melinda Benson (1829 - 1906) Profile
Sources
Person
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Death of a Pioneer", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (5 November 1906), Page 10.
Pioneer
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. A, Page 157.