Nels Benson
Alternate Names
Nils Petter Bengtsson (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1846 August 23 (Born)
Death Date
On 1923 November 2 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Ölsremma, Älvsborg, Sweden
1846 August 23
Mother
Johanna Johansdotter (1813 - 1897)
Father
Nils Bengtsson
Date Details
Occurred On 1846 August 23
Baptized by Andrew A Peterson
1861 May 5 (Age 14)
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1862)
1862 (Age 15)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1862
Joined Company
Circa 1862
Company Arrived
Married
Philindia Eldredge Kofford
1871 December 18 (Age 25)
Married
Philindia Eldredge Kofford
1871 December 18 (Age 25)
Married
Mary Ann Angel Works
1890 June 26 (Age 43)
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1892 May 13 – 1894 May 26 (Age 45)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
80th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Spring City, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Location Served
Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1892 May 13
Set Apart
Ended On 1894 May 26
Released
Images
Scandinavian Mission Portrait, Goteborg, Sweden
Died in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States
1923 November 2 (Age 77)
Media
Nels Benson (1846 - 1923) Profile
Scandinavian Mission Portrait, Goteborg, Sweden
Sources
Person
Mt. Pleasant Pyramid
"Spring City Pioneer is Called by Death", Mt. Pleasant Pyramid, (9 November 1923), Page 1.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 13 May 1892, Vol. A, Page 122, Line 144.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 13 May 1892, Vol. B, Page 130, Line 144.