Ezra Taft BENSON

Birth:
22 Feb 1811
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Death:
3 Sep 1869
Ogden, Weber, Utah
Burial:
5 Sep 1869
Logan, Cache, Utah
Marriage:
27 Apr 1844
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Mother:
Chloe TAFT
Sources:
1998 Ancestral File
Ancestry.com
Short biography of Ezra Taft Benson (Internet)
1850 Census - Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, M432_919, p. 30B
1860 Census - Cache, Utah Territory, Roll: M653_1314, p. 574
Sons of Utah Pioneers - Card Index, 1847-1850
Internet photos
Brief History of Ezra Taft Benson (1811-1869), Written by Himself
Adeline Brooks ANDRUS
Birth:
18 Mar 1813
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Death:
20 Apr 1898
Logan, Cache, Utah
Burial:
Apr 1898
Logan, Cache, Utah
Sources:
1870 Census - Logan Ward 1, Cache, Utah Territory, Roll: M593_1610, p. 138B
Internet photos
Utah Cemetery Inventory
Notes:
                   From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
Children
Marriage
1
George Taft BENSON
Birth:
1 May 1846
Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa
Death:
16 May 1919
Logan, Cache, Utah
Louisa Alexandrine BALLIF 
Marr:
20 Dec 1867
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
Notes:
                   From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
2
Florence a BENSON
Birth:
17 Sep 1851
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Death:
25 Dec 1852
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
3
Frank Andrus BENSON
Birth:
16 Oct 1853
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Death:
5 May 1937
Logan, Cache, Utah
Amanda Charlotta ELIASON 
Marr:
29 Dec 1881
Logan, Cache, Utah 
Notes:
                   From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
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Ezra Taft Benson - Adeline Brooks Andrus

Ezra Taft Benson was born at Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 22 Feb 1811. His parents were John Benson and Chloe Taft.

He married Adeline Brooks Andrus 27 Apr 1844 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois . Adeline Brooks Andrus was born at Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut 18 Mar 1813 daughter of Jonathan Harvey Andrus and Lucina Pearson .

They were the parents of 3 children:
George Taft Benson born 1 May 1846.
Florence a Benson born 17 Sep 1851.
Frank Andrus Benson born 16 Oct 1853.

Ezra Taft Benson died 3 Sep 1869 at Ogden, Weber, Utah .

Adeline Brooks Andrus died 20 Apr 1898 at Logan, Cache, Utah .