Joseph Benson Elder
Birth Date
On 1835 March 7 (Born)
Death Date
On 1897 August 5 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
2
Born in Fountain, Indiana, United States
1835 March 7
Mother
Margaret Caldwell
Father
James Elder
Baptized by James H Hart
1855 August 19 (Age 20)
Traveled in
James G. Willie Company
1856 July 15 – November 9 (Age 21)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1856 July 15
Joined Company
On 1856 November 9
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Rescue Companies
1856 October 7 – December 15 (Age 21)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1856 October 7
Joined Company
On 1856 December 15
Company Arrived
Married
Margaret Joiner
1858 March 7 (Age 23)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1871 October 10 (Age 36)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
F D Richards
Set Apart By
Franklin Dewey Richards
Served in
British Mission
1878 April 8 – 1879 November 5 (Age 43)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
L Snow
Set Apart By
Lorenzo Snow
Date Details
On 1878 April 8
Set Apart
On 1879 November 5
Released
Died in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
1897 August 5 (Age 62)
Media
Joseph B Elder (1835 - 1897) Profile
Sources
Mission
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 April 1878, Vol. 1, Page 41, Line 1750.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 April 1878, Vol. 2, Page 45, Line 1750.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1871, Vol. 2, Page 22, Line 836.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1871, Vol. 1, Page 20, Line 836.
Pioneer
James G. Willie Emigrating Company journal
James G. Willie Emigrating Company journal, May.
Transcript for James G. Willie Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-November, 16-53
Joseph B. Elder journals, 1856-1857; 1871-1879, 21-28
Joseph B. Elder journals, 1856-1857; 1871-1879, 21-28.
Transcript for Joseph B. Elder journals, 1856-1857; 1871-1879, 21-28
Levi Savage journal
Levi Savage journal, March.
Transcript for Levi Savage journal, 1855 March-1858 October
Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120
Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120.
Transcript for Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120
Mason, Jennie Edith Bell, "Elizabeth Panting and Jane Panting Bell, biographies."
Mason, Jennie Edith Bell, "Elizabeth Panting and Jane Panting Bell, biographies.".
Transcript for Mason, Jennie Edith Bell, "Elizabeth Panting and Jane Panting Bell, biographies."
Peder Madsen diary
Peder Madsen diary, April.
Transcript for Peder Madsen diary, 1856 April-September translated by Don H. Smith, 19-29
Salt Lake Herald
Josiah Rogerson, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856", Salt Lake Herald, (5 January 1908), Page 5.
Transcript for Josiah Rogerson, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 5 January 1908
"Synopsis of the Fourth Hand Cart Company's Trip from England to G.S.L. City in 1856."
"Synopsis of the Fourth Hand Cart Company's Trip from England to G.S.L. City in 1856.".
Transcript for "Synopsis of the Fourth Hand Cart Company's Trip from England to G.S.L. City in 1856."
William Woodward journal in Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956
William Woodward journal in Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956.
Transcript for William Woodward journal in Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956
William Woodward letter to Joseph F. Smith, 1907, in Utah State Historical Society Cache Valley Chapter in Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956
William Woodward letter to Joseph F. Smith, 1907, in Utah State Historical Society Cache Valley Chapter in Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956.
Transcript for William Woodward letter to Joseph F. Smith, 1907, in Utah State Historical Society Cache Valley Chapter in Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956
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