Erastus Bingham

12 Mar 1798 - 2 May 1882
Erastus Bingham (1798-1882) was born 12 Mar. 1798 in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont. He was the son of Elisha Warner Bingham and Sally Perry. He married Lucinda Gates on 20 Mar. 1820 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 11 Nov. 1833. He was ordained a Patriarch on 17 May 1873 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah Territory; Wilford Woodruff recorded the event in his journal. He died 2 May 1882 and was buried in Ogden.

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