Ezra Taft Benson

Bio.Ency.1:99. Apostle from 1846 to 1869

Benson initially emigrated with the 1847 Young Company as a Captain of Ten. However, he made several additional trips across the plains captaining his own companies, assisting additional emigrants to the Salt Lake Valley.  In 1852 he was a member of the John Taylor Independent Company of returning missionaries who arrived in Salt Lake City on 20 August.