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1847–1868

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Birth Date
9 May 1805
Death Date
26 November 1897
Gender
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Benjamin Gibson

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  • Company records indicate his traveling group consisted of two adults and two children. Based on the people living with him in Iowa at the time of the 1850 census, it is assumed that it was his wife, youngest daughter, and step-daughter traveling with him. 

Joseph Outhouse Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 47
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Aseneth Gibson (Age: 55)
  • Mary Jane Gibson (Age: 12)
  • Jane Gibson (Age: 9)

Sources

  • 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
  • "4th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
  • "The Dead," Deseret News, 12 March 1898, 416.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.