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great-grandson of the same name) was as an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).BackGround: London Temple, London, England.
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Ezra T was born 22 February 1811 in Mendon, Worcester Massachusetts and married first 1 January 1832 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, Pamelia ANDRUS, the daughter of Jonathan Harvey ANDROS/ANDREWS and Lucina PARSONS. She was born 21 October 1809 in Northbridge Worcester Massachusetts and died 14 September 1877, in Logan, Cache, Utah.
He married second 27 April 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, Adeline Brooks ANDROS, the sister of Pamelia. She was born 18 March 1913 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut and died 20 April 1898 in Logan Cache, Utah.
He married third 26 January 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, Desdemona Wadsworth FULLMER, the daughter of Peter FULLMER and Susannah ZERFASS. She was born 6 October 1809 in Huntgington, Luzerne, Pennsylvania and died.
He married fourth 4 March 1847 in Winter Quarters, Eliza Ann PERRY, the daughter of John PERRY and Grace Ann WILLIAMS. She was born March 1828 in Castle Frome, Herefordshire, England and died.
He married fifth 18 March 1847 in Winter Quarters, Lucinda BARTON, the daughter of William BARTON and Elizabeth _______. She was born October 1826 in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York and died.
He married sixth 4 June 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Elizabeth GOLLAHER the daughter of William Cubertson GOLLAHER and Elizabeth ORTON. She was born 30 December 1831 in Clinton, De Witt, Illinois and died.
He married seventh 19 March 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Olive Mary KNIGHT, the daughter of James KNIGHT and Maria WALLACE. She was born 24 January 1830 in Purshall Green, Elmbridge, Worchestershire, England and died.
He married eighth 15 September 1866 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Mary LARSON, the daughter of Lars MAGNUSSEN and Ane Kristine HANSEN. She was born 19 December 1843 in Rostofte Sjaelland, Praesto, Denmark and died. Ezra T died 3 September 1869 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.
Ezra Taft Benson (February 22, 1811 – September 3, 1869) (commonly referred to as Ezra T. Benson to distinguish him from his
great-grandson of the same name) was as an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Benson was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, the son of John Benson and Chloe Taft. His father moved to a farm in Uxbridge, Massachusetts in 1817 where he lived for at least 16 of the next 18 years. Benson married Pamelia Andrus of Northbridge on January 1, 1832, at Uxbridge. They lived at Uxbridge for the next three years, between 1832 and 1835. He also had lived in Northbridge, on his sister's farm in 1830 and 1831. He and Pamela had children, one of whom died here at Uxbridge in 1833. He managed a hotel in the center of Uxbridge and made a considerable sum of money which he invested in a cotton mill at Holland, Massachusetts, before moving West.
Benson, along with his wife, was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on July 19, 1840 in Quincy, Illinois. He had moved to Quincy previously, and first met members of the church when they came there at the time they were driven out of Missouri. In April 1841 the Bensons moved to Nauvoo. On April 27, 1844 Benson married a second wife, Adeline Brooks Andrus, the sister of Pamelia.[2]
Benson was ordained to the office of apostle on July 16, 1846. He replaced John E. Page in the Quorum of the Twelve.
Benson served as a church missionary in the United States and in the Sandwich Islands.
His first mission in the 1840s took him to his birthplace of Mendon, Massachusetts. On this journey he also preached in Chambersburg, Illinois. During his second mission he was in New Jersey serving with John Pack when they received news of Joseph Smith's murder. From December 1844 to May 1845 Benson served another mission during which he served as president of the Boston Conference.[3]
Like many early Latter Day Saints, Benson practiced plural marriage. Benson later married Adeline Brooks Andrus, Desdemona Fullmer (widow of Joseph Smith, Jr.), Eliza Ann Perry, Lucinda West, Elizabeth Gollaher, Olive Mary Knight, and Mary Larsen. Benson had a total of eight wives and 35 children. He served in the Utah Territorial Leglisature and died in Ogden, Utah. Benson's great-grandson, also named Ezra Taft Benson, also became an apostle of the LDS Church; the younger Benson served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in the 1950s and president of the LDS Church in the 1980s and 1990s.
Benson is buried in the Logan, Utah Cemetery.
1. Page was disfellowshipped and removed from the Quorum on 1846-02-09. Page was subsequently
excommunicated from the church on 1846-06-27.
2. Dew, Sherri. Ezra Taft Benson: A Biography. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1987) p. 4
3. Dew. Benson'. p. 4-5
CHILDREN of Ezra Taft BENSON and Pamelia ANDROS/ANDREWS:
1. CHARLES AUGUSTUS b: 26 Sep 1832; Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
d: 1833; Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
2. CHLOE JANE b: 1835; Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
d: Young ; . . .
3. CHARLES AUGUSTUS b: 3 Jul 1837; , , .
4. ADIN PARSONS b: Mar 1841; , , Illinois.
d: Mar 1841; , , Illinois
5. PAMELIA EMMA b: 28 Feb 1842; , , Illinois.
6. HARVEY ANDRUS b: 26 Sep 1844; Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.
7. ISABELLA b: 9 Mar 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.
8. CHARLOTTE TAFT b: Abt 1851; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
CHILDREN of Ezra Taft BENSON and Adeline Brooks ANDROS/ANDREWS:
1. GEORGE TAFT b: 1 May 1846; Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa.
md: 20 Dec 1867; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Louisa Alexandrine BALLIF
d: 16 May 1919; Logan, Cache, Utah.
2. FLORENCE A b: 17 Sep 1851; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
d: 25 Dec 1852; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
3. FRANK ANDRUS b: 16 Oct 1853; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
md: 29 Dec 1881; Logan, Cache, Utah.
Amanda Charlotta ELIASON
d: 5 May 1937; Logan, Cache, Utah.
CHILDREN of Ezra Taft BENSON and Desdemona Wadsworth FULLMER:
0, NONE KNOWN b: ; , , .
CHILDREN of Ezra Taft BENSON and Eliza Ann PERRY:
1. ALICE ELIZA b: 1848; , , .
2. JOHN PERRY b: 24 Sep 1849; , , .
3. MALINA b: ; , , .
4. ORRIN PERRY b: 4 Oct 1853; , , .
5. CARRIE STELLA b: 22 May 1860; , , .
6. ABBIE DELLA b: 16 Oct 1862; , , .
7. GRACE ANN b: 31 Jan 1867; , , .
CHILDREN of Ezra Taft BENSON and Lucinda BARTON:
0, NONE KNOWN b: ; , , .
CHILDREN of Ezra Taft BENSON and Elizabeth GOLLAHER:
1, FRED GOLLAHER b: 17 Jan 1855; , , .
2. BRIGHAM YOUNG b: 16 Dec 1858; . . .
3. LUELLA GOLLAHER b: 12 Nov 1860; , , .
4. WILLIAM C b: 11 Nov 1862; , , .
5. HYRUM SMITH b: 3 May 1864; , , .
6. EDITH b: 22 Apr 1867; , , .
7. LIZZIE b: 9 Jul 1869; , , .
CHILDREN of Ezra Taft BENSON and Olive Mary KNIGHT:
1, LOUISA b: 29 Jun 1859; , , .
2. HEBER b: 1860; , , .
3. MORONI b: 5 Nov 1861; , , .
4. LORENZO TAFT b: 3 Aug 1863; , , .
5. JOSEPH b: 13 Jul 1865; , , .
6. IDA MAY b: 16 Apr 1867; , , .
7. DON CARLOS b: 29 Sep 1869; , , .
CHILDREN of Ezra Taft BENSON and Mary LARSEN:
1, WALTER b: 17 Jun 1867; , , .
2 HENRY TAFT b: 19 Mar 1869; , , .
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