Jerome Messenger Benson
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Clear AllBorn in Fabius, Onondaga, New York, United States
1810 November 5
Relationships
Father
Benjamin Benson
Mother
Married Mary Polly Roads
1830 November 18 (Age 20)
Married Mary Cartwright
1835 (Age 24)
Date Details
Started Circa 1835
Baptized
1848 October 7 (Age 37)
Date Details
Occurred Before 1848 October 7
Called as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1848 October 7 (Age 37)
1848 October 7 (Age 37)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Pottawattamie, Iowa
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Pottawattamie Lands, Iowa
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
He served as a traveling missionary to the branches on the Pottawattamie lands.
Mission Companionship
Called as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1849 April 7 (Age 38)
1849 April 7 (Age 38)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Pottawattamie, Iowa
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Pottawattamie County
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Appointed at conference held in April 1849 to travel and preach thoughout Pottawattamie County.
Married Martha Bartholomew
1849 April 14 (Age 38)
Joined Company Unknown
1851 (Age 40)
Start Date Details
Started Circa 1851
Joined When Organization was Formed
End Date Details
Ended Circa 1851
Organization was Ended
Baptized
1851 October 19 (Age 40)
Married Jane Eliza Pine
1852 December 1 (Age 42)
Died in San Jacinto, San Diego, California, United States
1877 April 17 (Age 66)
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Jerome Messenger Benson (1810 - 1877) Profile