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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Excerpt:After this meeting closed I met with the Twelve & High Priest quorum: the word of wisdom was brought up B Young says shall I Break the word of wisdom if I go home & drink a cup of tea: No wisdom is justified of her children, the subject was discused in an interesting manner all concluded that it was wisdom to deal with all such matters accor- ding to the wisdom which God gave that a forced abstainance was not making us free but we should be under ...Dates:November 8, 1841 November 9, 1841 November 10, 1841 November 11, 1841 November 12, 1841 November 13, 1841 November 14, 1841 November 15, 1841 November 16, 1841 -
Excerpt:(Hill farm Castle Froome bury Herefordshire) March 11th 1840 Elder W Richards Having a moment of leasure time I spend it in saying a word to you. their is quite a change of the place of labour with me since I last wrote, Elder Turley returned to the potteries from Birmingham writing me to go there to erect the Standard as it was his native place & though I should do better there than himself he had preached a few times in publick this ...Dates:March 11, 1840 -
Excerpt:Leigh Gloucestershrie Aug 15th 1840 Eldrs You[n]g & Richards Dear Brethren you see we have not yet quite to London but expect to go on Monday we have a camp meeting on the morrow. I have a few words I want to say to you in particular ie the money which Broth[er] Benbow has lent for the printing They are willing we should make use of for the gathering of the Saints but they wish their friends to share first in it if ...Dates:August 15, 1840 -
Excerpt:LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. The answer I got was, that I should go to the south, for the Lord had a great work for me to perform there, as many souls were waiting for the word of the Lord. CHAPTER XXIV. MY JOURNEY TO HEREFORDSHIRE—INTERVIEW WITH JOHN BENBOW—THE WORD OF THE LORD FULFILLED TO ME— THE GREATEST GATHERING INTO THE CHURCH KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES SINCE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH IN THIS DISPENSATION—A CONSTABLE SENT TO ARREST ME—I CONVERT AND BAPTIZE HIM—TWO CLERKS ...Dates:March 3, 1840 March 4, 1840 -
Excerpt:THE WORD OF THE LORD FULFILLED. traveled forty-eight miles by coach and on foot during the day, but after receiving refreshments we sat down together, and conversed until two o'clock in the morning. Mr. Benbow and his wife rejoiced greatly at the glad tidings which I brought unto them of the fullness of the everlasting gospel, which God had revealed through the mouth of His Prophet, Joseph Smith, in these last days. 1 rejoiced greatly at the news that Mr. Benbow gave me, ...Dates:March 5, 1840 -
Excerpt:LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. I spent most of the following day in clearing out a pool of water, and preparing it for baptizing in, as I saw many to be baptized there. I afterwards baptized six hundred in that pool of water. On Sunday, the 8th, I preached at Frome's Hill in the morning, a Standley Hill in the afternoon, and at John Ben- bow's, Hill Farm, in the evening. The parish church that stood in the ...Dates:March 8, 1840 -
Excerpt:LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. Brother Benbow furnished us with £300 to print the first Book of Mormon that was published in England: and on the 20th of May, 1840, Brigham Young, Willard Richards and I held a council on the top of Malvern Hill, and there decided that Brigham Young go direct to Manchester and publish 3,000 copies of the Hymn Book and 3,000 copies of the Book of ...Dates:May 18, 1840 May 20, 1840 -
Excerpt:CONTENTS. CHAPTER XXII. Continue my Journey—Leave Elder Taylor in Germantown— Arrival in Cleveland—Take Steamer from There to Buffalo— Delayed by a Storm—Go to Farmington, my Father's Home —Death of my Grandmother—My Uncle Dies—I preach his Funeral Sermon—Arrive in New York—Sail for Liverpool—Encounter Storms and Rough Weather—Arrive in Liver- pool. Page 72. CHAPTER XXIII. Our Visit to Preston—Our First Council in -
Excerpt:Mr. Willford Woodruff Care of H. Corner 52 Ironmonger Row St Lukes Church Care of H. Corner 52 Ironmonger Row St. Lukes London Elder W. Woodruff Ledbury Herford shire England Care of John Benbo [illegible]^attn^ [illegible]^of M. Smoot^ Phebe W. Woodruff Albert Petty & Margaret T. Smoot July 18" 1840 Answered Oct 30" 1840 directed to Geo W Robinson London London ... -
Excerpt:Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, April 24th, 1840. My Dear Phebe I again appropriate a little time to fill a sheet to you. which I shall mostly take up in giving an account of the work of the Lord in this Country. I wrote you a long letter while in Staffordshire at the potteries, but whether it has fallen into your hands or not I do not know. You have been anxious No doubt to hear from me from time ...Dates:April 24, 1840