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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.