William Benbow

William Benbow (1803-1886) was born 11 Feb. 1803 in Grendon Warren, Herefordshire, England. He was the son of Thomas Benbow and Anne Jones. He married Ann Bagley on 26 Jul. 1830 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. He was baptized 19 Jan. 1840. He met with Wilford Woodruff in 1840 in England and introduced him to his brother, John Benbow. He died 22 Dec. 1886 in Fort Madison, Lee Co., Iowa.

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William Benbow (KZMT-X6F), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 21 May 2021). William Benbow, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/william-benbow, accessed 4 Jan. 2021). Church of England, Parish Church of Habberley (Shropshire), “Bishop’s Transcripts for Habberley, 1630-1849: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1663-1849,” p. 1803, William Benbow, 5 Mar. 1803; Hereford County Record Office, Herefordshire, England; microfilm 992151, item 3, DGS 809519, image 317/1001, FHL. Church of England, St. Mary’s Church (Kidderminster, Worcestershire), “Bishop’s Transcripts for St. Mary’s Church, Kidderminster, 1820-1875: Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1830-1835 for St. Mary’s,” no. 76. William Benbow and Ann Bagley, 26 Jul. 1830; Worcester Record Office, Worcester, England; microfilm 350509, DGS 4006111, image 52/423, FHL. Susan Easton Black, Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, vol. 1 (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies, 1993), p. 391. Wilford Woodruff, “Theological,” Times and Seasons, vol. 2, no. 9 (1 Mar. 1841), p. 1. “William Benbow,” Fort Madison City Cemetery, Ft. Madison, Lee County, IA; Find A Grave, 08 Nov. 2015, memorial no. 154764638, https://findagrave.com, accessed 21 May 2021).