John Benbow

John Benbow (1800-1874) was born in 1800 in Grendon Warren, Herefordshire, England. He was the son of Thomas Benbow and Anne Jones. He married Jane Holmes on 16 Oct. 1826. He was baptized by Wilford Woodruff on 6 Mar. 1840. He died in 1874 in South Cottonwood, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory.

Footnotes

John Benbow (KWVC-L37), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 7 Feb. 2022). John Benbow, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/john-benbow John Benbow, accessed 7 Feb. 2022). The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/john-benbow, accessed 5 Feb. 2022).

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    lesson ^you^ in our estimasion and ^how^ he had plaid his cards to win us over to his family and Brother Young told him that he robed you I sucsecded also in proving to the council that the two Ladies denied the truth for they posittifly decared that they had never said she was in the famaly way the disition was that they had to return the waggon and team/ if you have any chance please send father some tobacco all proviscons are very high flour is selling at 25 dollars per barrel corn two Dollars ...

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    Mr Wilfred Woodruff Boston Mass [Upside down text] John Benbow Mar 30th 1849 Salt Lake City Answerd Sept 28th 1849 Sent By Mail via Chicago, Desmoine & Kanesville Iowa. Illegible June 13 -- 1845 10 ...

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    murderours &c But we cannot depend upon any thing I have one requst I wish to make of you I shall send with this letter a package of letters which I wish you to put into the hands of my Brothr in Law Dwight Webster yourself & see them opened as you might assist him to distribute them as they contain some matters on my temporal affairs taxes &c, their is one to send to Br Benbow about my little Boy Wilford. I feel anxious ...

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    spent the day we were quite chilled when we arived here I spent the day & night at Daniel Thomases He killed a fat pig for our dinner we had a [FIGURE] meeting at 4 oclock W Woodruff preached was followed by H C Kimball T Bullock & W Woodruff reported. the people had a dance in the evening I did not attend 9 mils May 30, 1854 ~ Tuesday Tuesday May 30 we left Lehi & drove to Unionvill & made ...
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    May 30, 1854 May 31, 1854 June 1, 1854 June 2, 1854 June 3, 1854 June 4, 1854 June 5, 1854 June 6, 1854 June 7, 1854 June 8, 1854 June 9, 1854 June 10, 1854 June 11, 1854 June 12, 1854

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    August 1, 1854 ~ Tuesday Aug 1st I wrote one letter to J M Bernhisel was quite unwell with a touch of the Irricipales I spent a part of the day in the post office reading papers the Europe[a]n war continues briskly I wrote one Letter to I F Carter August 2, 1854 ~ Wednesday to August 5, 1854 ~ Saturday 2nd to 5th I was confined to my house with sickness I had swellings like carbuncles came out on me August 6 ...
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    August 1, 1854 August 2, 1854 August 5, 1854 August 6, 1854 August 7, 1854 August 9, 1854 August 10, 1854 August 11, 1854 August 12, 1854 August 13, 1854 August 14, 1854 August 19, 1854 August 20, 1854 August 21, 1854 August 24, 1854 August 25, 1854 August 26, 1854 August 27, 1854 August 28, 1854

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    July 13, 1855 ~ Friday 13th The conference opened at Provo this morning by Prayer & the People were addressed by President Brigham Young in the fore part of the day & followed by H. C Kimball in the afternoon by J. M. Grant & Samuel Richards in the afternoon July 14, 1855 ~ Saturday 14th President Young, Joseph Young, E. T. Benson & Brother
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    July 13, 1855 July 14, 1855 July 15, 1855 July 16, 1855 July 17, 1855 July 21, 1855 July 22, 1855 July 23, 1855 July 28, 1855 July 29, 1855

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    He did not approbate the procedings at the close I went to the 17th ward & preached to the people Brother Cummings spoke before me & Brother Wright & I followed them we had the spirit of God & my mind was open & I enjoyed the meeting well. I told the people to seek for happiness by doing the works of wrighteousness & not seek for happiness by doing evil for that was contrary to the principle of Salvation as taught by the Lord our God. I ...
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    January 19, 1857 January 20, 1857 January 21, 1857 January 22, 1857 January 23, 1857

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    think that we as Latter-day Saints ought to understand our posi- tion before the Lord and every man that has got the Priesthood, every man that has entered into covenants with the Lord should never turn his thoughts, his affections or his work in any other channel than the building up of the kingdom of God. If we do we will miss it in the end, when we pass to the other side of the vail. We have everything to encourage us in the carrying out of ...

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    TULLIDGE'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. [Column 1] I was called upon to visit the child. I found it in great distress, writhing in its mother's arms. We laid hands upon it and cast the devil out of it, and the evil spirits had no power over the house- hold afterwards. This was done by the power of God, and not of man. We laid hands upon twenty in Manchester who were sick, and they were mostly healed. On the 21st, I arrived ...
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    January 21, 1840 February 10, 1840 February 22, 1840 March 1, 1840 March 2, 1840 March 3, 1840 March 4, 1840

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    AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. [Column 1] were licensed according to the law of the land for preaching in. This body of United Brethren were searching for light and truth, but had gone as far as they could, and were con- tinually calling upon the Lord to open the way before them, and send them light and knowledge that they might know the true way to be saved. When I heard these things I could clearly see why the Lord had command- ed me, while in the town of
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    March 5, 1840 March 8, 1840