• The Benson family came to Utah in 1851.  Their names appear on the 1850 Iowa census, which was taken in October 1850, and daughter, Lucy Almira Benson, was born in Utah in November 1851.  Further research is needed to determine the name of the pioneer company with which they traveled to Utah.

Company Unknown (1851)

• Age at Departure: Unknown

Sources

• 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
• 1860 Salt Lake City, Utah census.
• Black, Susan Easton. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1830-1848 (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, [1984-1988]).
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.