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1847–1868

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Birth Date
14 May 1826
Death Date
5 May 1892
Gender
Female
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Elsa Ann Benson


Alternate Names

    Elsa Ann Curtis, Elsie Ann Benson

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  • In addition to being the wife of David Benson, Elsa was also the daughter of company Captain Uriah Curtis.

    The inscription on her gravestone shows her name as "Elsie Ann Curtis."

Uriah Curtis Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 26

Traveled with

  • David Benson (Age: 31)
  • Phebe Keziah Benson (Age: 1)

Sources

  • 16th Company of 50 report, 1852 July 4.
  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Powell, Delna Swapp.  Eleventh Pioneer Emigration Company 1852 (Las Vegas, NV: Maureen S. Bryson, 2002), 108-109.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.