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Pioneer Database

1847–1868

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Birth Date
28 February 1801
Death Date
10 November 1877
Gender
Female
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Cynthia Benson


Alternate Names

    Cynthia Vail

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Uriah Curtis Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 51

Traveled with

  • Keziah Benson (Age: 72)
  • Alva Benson (Age: 52)
  • Moroni Benson (Age: 19)
  • Polly Elvira Benson (Age: 13)
  • Cynthia Elizabeth Benson (Age: 11)

Sources

  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • Benson, Cynthia Vail, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 5:19.
  • "Died," Deseret News, 21 November 1877, 16.
  • Powell, Delna Swapp.  Eleventh Pioneer Emigration Company 1852 (Las Vegas, NV: Maureen S. Bryson, 2002), 108-109.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.