• Benjamin probably arrived in Utah in 1855. He appears in Union Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in the 1850 U.S. census and received a Patriarchal Blessing in Salt Lake City 20 August 1855.

  He later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

  See also "Missing," Deseret News, 21 November 1855, 5 on the Utah Digital Newspapers website.

Unknown Companies (1847-1868)

• Age at Departure: 11

Rescue Companies (1856)

• Age at Departure: 21

Sources

• Find a Grave (Website)
• "Names of Persons Who Volunteer to Go as Teamsters."  Offerings for the assistance of the P. E. F. immigrants, 1856 October. Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
• Utah Logan Journal, 18 January 1896, 8.