Ezra T. Benson Company (1849)
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 15 July 1849
- Departed From
- Kanesville, Iowa
- Arrival
- 25-29 October 1849
- Captain
- Ezra Taft Benson
- Number In Company
- 205
The company began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa. They combined with the George A. Smith company as they traveled close together crossing the plains.
- Canute Peterson autobiography, 1900, 19-25.
- "Correspondence from America" [George A. Smith, Ezra T. Benson, and William I. Appleby letter to Orson Hyde, 21 August 1849], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 15 November 1849, 348-50.
- "Correspondence from America" [George A. Smith and William I. Appleby letter to Orson Pratt, 12 August 1849], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 15 November 1849, 346-48.
- Ezra T. Benson's 100, report, 1849 September 24 in Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
- Francis W. Gunnell autobiographical sketch, undated.
- [George A. Smith and Ezra T. Benson letter to Orson Hyde, 5 August 1849], Frontier Guardian, 19 September 1849, 4.
- Henrietta Elizabeth Crombie Williams in Frederick G. Williams account book, 1837-1842, 209-10.
- James Ure journals, 1844-1866, Volume 1, 1844 April-1857 March, 109.
- John Bourne reminiscences, circa 1839-1855, 14.
- "Letter from G. A. Smith," Frontier Guardian, 26 December 1849, 2-3.
- Robert Skelton journal, 1848-1893, Part 1, 1852 October-1855 December, 3.
- "The Last Train," Frontier Guardian, 25 July 1849, 2.
- "The Mail Arrived from the Salt Lake," Frontier Guardian, 5 September 1849, 2.
- Warburton, Richard, "A Journal of Events Encountered by Richard Warburton While Crossing the Plains in '49," in Heart Throbs of the West , 12 vols. [1939-51], 10:437-39.
- William I. Appleby autobiography and journal, 1848-1856.
| Alexander, Sarah Simonds | 17 | 27 December 1831 | 14 January 1904 |
| Avery, Nancy Maria | 18 | 25 December 1830 | 26 January 1913 |
| Batchelor, William H. | 16 | About 1833 | Unknown |
| Beatie, Hampden Sidney | 22 | 31 December 1826 | 11 September 1887 |
| Beatie, Marion Thankful Mumford | 18 | 12 April 1831 | 5 September 1904 |
| Benson, Alice Eliza | Infant | 11 August 1848 | 3 June 1923 |
| Benson, Charles Augustus | 12 | 9 July 1837 | 18 February 1873 |
| Benson, Eliza Ann | 20 | 30 March 1829 | 30 April 1913 |
| Benson, Emma Pamelia | 7 | 28 February 1842 | 10 February 1892 |
| Benson, Ezra Taft | 38 | 22 February 1811 | 3 September 1869 |
| Benson, Isabella | 3 | 9 March 1846 | 10 April 1922 |
| Benson, John Perry | Infant | 24 September 1849 | 4 January 1921 |
| Benson, Pamelia | 39 | 21 October 1809 | 14 September 1877 |
| Blodgett, Andrew Jackson | 21 | 7 September 1827 | 17 August 1882 |
| Blodgett, Edgar C. | 20 | About 1829 | Unknown |
| Blodgett, Mary Elizabeth | 17 | 18 May 1832 | 6 August 1905 |
| Boley, Barbara | 55 | 10 October 1793 | 30 January 1869 |
| Boley, Henry | 54 | 14 April 1795 | 2 January 1881 |
| Bosley, George W. | 10 | ca. 1839 | Unknown |
| Bourne, Elizabeth | 28 | 28 February 1821 | 15 March 1891 |
| Bourne, Esther Cummings | 7 | 31 March 1842 | 28 February 1876 |
| Bourne, John | 27 | 13 November 1821 | 24 February 1865 |
| Bourne, Samuel | 1 | 16 May 1848 | 8 November 1866 |
| Brandon, John M. | 16 | 22 August 1832 | Unknown |
| Brown, C. M. | 23 | ca. 1826 | Unknown |
| Bryan, Eleanor | 21 | 21 January 1828 | 21 December 1869 |
| Bryan, George Woodward | 21 | 4 October 1827 | 7 December 1888 |
| Clegg, Benjamin | 21 | 1 September 1827 | 15 January 1908 |
| Conklin, Polly Miller | 57 | 18 October 1791 | Unknown |
| Cragun, Eleanor | 31 | 11 November 1817 | 24 December 1901 |
| Cragun, Elisha | Infant | 3 August 1849 | 3 April 1903 |
| Cragun, James | 34 | 26 July 1814 | 7 February 1887 |
| Cragun, James Hyrum | 8 | 31 July 1840 | 14 February 1919 |
| Cragun, Lydia Margaret | 11 | 26 January 1838 | 23 June 1916 |
| Cragun, Mary Ellen | 4 | 24 February 1845 | 28 October 1930 |
| Cragun, Thomas Calvin | 5 | 28 December 1843 | 23 May 1909 |
| Critterback, Grant | 28 | About 1821 | Unknown |
| Dahl, Andrew Alexander | 16 | 4 March 1833 | 9 August 1909 |
| Dane, George S. | 24 | ca. 1825 | Unknown |
| Dayton, Hiram | 50 | 1 November 1798 | 10 December 1881 |
| Dilworth, John Taylor | 24 | 29 January 1825 | 7 November 1905 |
| Elliott, Ann Eliza | 26 | 25 November 1822 | 25 June 1890 |
| Elliott, Bradford White | 1 | 1 July 1848 | 3 December 1906 |
| Elliott, Bradford White | 25 | 12 January 1824 | 19 April 1852 |
| Erickson, Elizabeth | 6 | 28 September 1842 | 4 October 1891 |
| Erickson, Henry | 57 | 17 June 1792 | 14 October 1868 |
| Erickson, Ira | 19 | 11 March 1830 | 19 November 1858 |
| Erickson, Jonas | 22 | 7 January 1827 | 4 January 1881 |
| Erickson, Magla Jonassen | 50 | 28 July 1798 | 10 May 1852 |
| Erickson, Peter | 13 | 16 September 1835 | 5 March 1891 |
| Erickson, Walborg | 16 | 10 June 1833 | 19 December 1864 |
| Gilbert, Elizabeth Glover | 26 | About 1823 | Unknown |
| Gilbert, Sherman | 40 | ca. 1809 | Unknown |
| Gilbert, Sherman, Jr. | 8 | About 1841 | Unknown |
| Glover, Elizabeth | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Goddard, James H. | 10 | About 1839 | Unknown |
| Goddard, William Pettibone | 22 | 10 January 1827 | 1903 |
| Gould, Alva | 34 | About 1815 | 28 September 1893 |
| Gunnell, Ann | 62 | 30 November 1786 | 16 April 1866 |
| Gunnell, Francis Wilson | 18 | 3 March 1831 | 20 October 1889 |
| Gunnell, John | 65 | 17 March 1784 | 2 July 1850 |
| Hamblin, Oscar | 16 | 4 April 1833 | 8 November 1862 |
| Harrison, John Heber | 3 | 24 June 1846 | 1 July 1923 |
| Harrison, Mary Ann | 37 | 10 August 1811 | 4 September 1898 |
| Harrison, Richard | 41 | 8 March 1808 | 4 March 1882 |
| Hart, Charles | 13 | About 1836 | Unknown |
| Hart, John | 15 | About 1834 | Unknown |
| Hawley, George | 22 | 4 July 1827 | 1869 |
| Hollister, Junius Wilson | 14 | 9 August 1834 | unknown |
| Hopkins, Albert | 15 | 1834 | Unknown |
| Hopkins, Charles A. | 39 | 20 February 1810 | 12 October 1863 |
| Hopkins, Lydia | 46 | 21 June 1803 | 14 October 1859 |
| Hutchings, Lyman Smith | 20 | 3 July 1828 | 21 September 1889 |
| Hutchings, Sarah | 55 | 26 February 1794 | 28 September 1863 |
| Hyer, Christian Larsen | 31 | 8 September 1817 | 20 September 1901 |
| Jackson, John | 54 | 29 September 1794 | Unknown |
| Jackson, Julia | 11 | About 1838 | Unknown |
| Jackson, William | 13 | ca. 1836 | Unknown |
| Jacobs, John | 23 | 7 December 1825 | 17 January 1919 |
| Jacobs, Swen | 25 | 17 December 1823 | 3 January 1891 |
| Jakobsen, Anna Johanna | 55 | 22 October 1793 | 17 December 1878 |
| Jenkins, Hannah Elizabeth | 35 | 22 August 1813 | 3 October 1852 |
| Jenkins, Mary Ann | 10 | 10 January 1839 | 1 March 1870 |
| Jenkins, Sarah Emma | 6 | 5 October 1842 | 14 February 1880 |
| Johnson, Harriet Matilda | 45 | 12 March 1804 | 16 January 1884 |
| Johnson, Sarah Maria | 37 | 10 February 1812 | After 1851 |
| Lawrence, Nelson | 18 | 18 July 1830 | 2 December 1877 |
| Lee, Alfred Gilham | 43 | 12 September 1805 | 2 November 1870 |
| Lee, Eli LaFlesh | 5 | 13 August 1843 | 25 October 1904 |
| Lee, Elizabeth | 43 | 24 August 1805 | 25 December 1875 |
| Lee, George Henry | 8 | 11 July 1841 | 10 December 1852 |
| Lee, Harriet Wolkitt | 14 | 8 April 1835 | 2 June 1895 |
| Lee, John Stanforth | Infant | 29 November 1848 | 20 May 1910 |
| Lee, Joseph Smith | 10 | 23 April 1839 | 27 February 1921 |
| Lee, Samuel Francis | 14 | 25 July 1834 | 31 May 1894 |
| Lee, Thomas LaFlesh | 21 | 12 January 1828 | 22 October 1890 |
| Lees, James | 14 | About 1835 | Unknown |
| Leonard, Ann Elizabeth | 36 | 11 August 1812 | 17 September 1870 |
| Leonard, Bradford | 38 | 2 February 1811 | 17 November 1871 |
| Leonard, George Bradford | 7 | 27 May 1842 | 17 August 1899 |
| Leonard, John Taylor | Infant | 23 May 1849 | 14 March 1924 |
| Lougy, Francis Xeveres | 14 | 19 June 1835 | 17 February 1913 |
| Malin, Catherine | 70 | 31 January 1779 | 10 January 1866 |
| Malin, Council Bluffs | Infant | 19 June 1849 | 8 April 1942 |
| Malin, Elijah | 75 | 1 February 1774 | 2 October 1857 |
| Malin, Mary Ann | 33 | 3 April 1816 | 10 December 1900 |
| Malin, Samuel | 36 | 29 June 1813 | 29 June 1893 |
| Malin, Sarah | 45 | 29 August 1803 | 24 October 1877 |
| McBride, Harlum | 24 | 8 December 1824 | 21 November 1901 |
| McDonald, John Kilpatrick | 52 | 5 January 1797 | 31 August 1874 |
| McKinley, John | 20 | About 1829 | Unknown |
| Miles, Orson Pratt | 15 | 23 March 1834 | 7 September 1896 |
| Miles, William Marks | 21 | 22 May 1828 | 7 July 1897 |
| Miller, Robert Ewing | 22 | 25 January 1827 | 3 November 1906 |
| Mitchell, Lucinda | 25 | 25 November 1823 | 11 May 1897 |
| Mitchell, William Cooke | 14 | 13 April 1835 | 22 May 1911 |
| Mitchell, William Cooke | 43 | 14 January 1806 | 20 June 1857 |
| Mumford, Edward Thompson | 41 | 27 June 1808 | 12 July 1886 |
| Mumford, Hannah Cann | 42 | 31 March 1807 | 16 October 1883 |
| Mumford, Josephine Eliza | 16 | 3 April 1833 | 2 June 1871 |
| Nebeker, Elizabeth | 20 | 3 January 1829 | 6 February 1911 |
| Neff, Amos Herr | 24 | 20 May 1825 | 1 February 1914 |
| Neff, Ida Evelyn | Infant | 25 February 1849 | 8 January 1901 |
| Neff, Martha Ann | 23 | 9 January 1826 | 5 May 1862 |
| Olsen, Elizabeth Jacobs | 24 | 10 June 1825 | 10 June 1891 |
| Olsen, Ole | Infant | 5 November 1848 | 26 September 1868 |
| Olsen, Sarah Ellen | 18 | 11 February 1831 | 2 August 1918 |
| Olsen, Shure | 31 | 23 June 1818 | 8 January 1901 |
| Palmer, Almon Babbitt | 8 | February 1841 | 5 October 1915 |
| Peterson, Canute | 25 | 13 May 1824 | 14 October 1902 |
| Peterson, Sarah Ann Nelson | 22 | 16 February 1827 | 20 May 1896 |
| Phelps, Elizabeth | 15 | 3 February 1834 | 31 March 1903 |
| Powell, Uriah B. | 40 | ca. 1809 | Unknown |
| Prescott, Prudence | 54 | 1 May 1795 | 9 February 1852 |
| Rasmussen, Rasmus | 28 | About 1821 | Unknown |
| Reese, Sarah Ellen | 18 | 10 March 1831 | 4 December 1923 |
| Robinson, Alfred | Infant | About 1849 | Unknown |
| Robinson, Ann | 29 | 13 May 1820 | 13 February 1908 |
| Robinson, Edward | 10 | 6 February 1839 | 18 February 1901 |
| Robinson, Edward | 41 | 16 October 1807 | 18 April 1896 |
| Robinson, George Heber | 2 | 12 May 1847 | 27 January 1923 |
| Robinson, John | 17 | 10 March 1832 | 1 May 1884 |
| Robinson, Mary Jane | 7 | 6 March 1842 | 16 June 1920 |
| Robinson, Richard Smith | 18 | 25 November 1830 | 8 May 1902 |
| Robinson, William Smith | 8 | 29 July 1840 | 13 May 1936 |
| Rowberry, John | 25 | 16 August 1823 | 4 April 1884 |
| Rowberry, John Edward | Infant | 22 July 1848 | 23 November 1922 |
| Rowberry, Joseph | 3 | 11 April 1846 | 17 December 1916 |
| Skelton, Robert Hodgson | 24 | 28 November 1824 | 1 February 1895 |
| Snyder, Erastus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Talcott, Asahel Goodrich | 36 | 28 July 1812 | 27 June 1897 |
| Tibbet, James H. | 1 | About 1848 | Unknown |
| Tibbet, Jonathan | 25 | ca. 1824 | Unknown |
| Tibbet, Phebe J. | 25 | About 1824 | Unknown |
| Titcomb, Luke | 17 | 3 March 1832 | 24 November 1913 |
| Ure, James | 32 | 11 June 1817 | 29 July 1897 |
| Ure, James William | 1 | 31 October 1847 | 10 December 1912 |
| Ure, Janet | 31 | 18 April 1818 | 3 June 1893 |
| Ure, Robert William | 20 | 24 September 1828 | 11 August 1909 |
| Wamsley, William | 15 | 13 April 1834 | 5 May 1919 |
| Warburton, Mary Ann | 10 | 29 May 1839 | 28 December 1912 |
| Warburton, Richard | 19 | 6 October 1829 | 31 October 1907 |
| Warburton, Sophia | 43 | 27 September 1805 | 13 May 1868 |
| Weston, Cynthia Porter | 66 | 2 February 1783 | 4 January 1861 |
| White, Ann Dodd | 12 | 1 October 1836 | 1 November 1921 |
| White, Charlotte Rebecca | Infant | 7 October 1849 | 11 October 1918 |
| White, Elizabeth | 35 | 1 August 1813 | 12 December 1881 |
| White, Joseph Wesley | 8 | 26 December 1840 | 26 May 1872 |
| White, Mary Elizabeth | 10 | 9 February 1839 | 30 August 1930 |
| White, Susanna Elizabeth | 1 | 4 February 1848 | 19 May 1944 |
| Whiting, Albert | 1 | 9 December 1847 | 25 March 1907 |
| Whiting, Almira Mehitable | 25 | 13 May 1824 | 2 October 1898 |
| Whiting, Catherine Emeline | 1 | 1 September 1847 | 28 November 1926 |
| Whiting, Edward Lucian | 3 | 28 January 1846 | 31 December 1926 |
| Whiting, Edwin | 39 | 9 September 1809 | 8 December 1890 |
| Whiting, Edwin Lucius | 3 | 22 October 1845 | 19 February 1896 |
| Whiting, Elizabeth Partridge | 35 | 15 April 1814 | 4 February 1892 |
| Whiting, Ellen | 1 | 1 September 1847 | 28 November 1925 |
| Whiting, Helen Amelia | 12 | 21 August 1836 | 7 May 1910 |
| Whiting, Mary Elizabeth | 22 | 15 December 1826 | 5 July 1912 |
| Whiting, Oscar | 1 | 18 January 1848 | 19 November 1903 |
| Whiting, Sarah Elizabeth | 9 | 2 January 1840 | 23 November 1918 |
| Whiting, William | 14 | 18 October 1834 | 10 September 1888 |
| Whitney, Francis Tufts | 44 | 24 March 1805 | 6 April 1883 |
| Wilcox, Anna | 34 | 12 September 1814 | 6 July 1887 |
| Wilcox, Elisha | 39 | 24 October 1809 | 26 February 1894 |
| Wilcox, Francis | 10 | 6 September 1838 | 5 June 1917 |
| Wilcox, Hyrum | Infant | 15 October 1849 | 20 May 1929 |
| Wilcox, Joseph | 1 | 9 October 1847 | 30 December 1888 |
| Wilcox, Margaret | 8 | 24 September 1840 | 3 February 1942 |
| Wilcox, Miner | 14 | 10 December 1834 | 10 February 1920 |
| Wilcox, Polly | 12 | 15 September 1836 | 20 December 1906 |
| Wilcox, Sally | 4 | 13 February 1845 | 21 October 1849 |
| Williams, Ezra Granger | 25 | 17 November 1823 | 1 August 1905 |
| Williams, Henrietta Elizabeth | 21 | 27 September 1827 | 10 June 1922 |
| Williams, Lucy Ellen | Infant | 30 September 1848 | 31 December 1942 |
| Williams, Rebecca | 50 | 3 August 1798 | 25 September 1861 |
| Wilson, Mary Ann | 33 | 14 January 1816 | May 1890 |
| Wilson, Phebe Ann | Unknown | Unknown | Before 10 October 1849 |
| Wood, Joseph | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Woolerton, Mary | 23 | 22 June 1826 | 5 February 1904 |
| Wootton, Ann | 39 | 4 June 1810 | 8 April 1864 |
| Wootton, Attewall | 9 | 26 December 1839 | 1 November 1912 |
| Wootton, Elizabeth | 13 | 5 November 1835 | 13 November 1899 |
| Wootton, John | 7 | 15 May 1842 | 18 November 1922 |