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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
Elder, Joseph Benson

Birth Date: 7 Mar. 1835
Death Date: 5 Aug. 1897
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Company: James G. Willie Company (1856)

Pioneer Information:
He was a teamster for independent wagon, but traveled with the Willie company.

Sources:
James G. Willie Emigrating Company, Journal 1856 May-Nov., 16-53.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Madsen, Peter, Diary 1856 Apr.-Sept., trans. Don H. Smith, 19-29.    Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Rogerson, Josiah, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 2]," Salt Lake Herald, 5 Jan. 1908.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Savage, Levi, Journal, 1855 Mar.-1858 Oct.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Smith, Don, e-mail communication, 29 Apr. 2003.     Source Locations
Smith, Marilyn Austin, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Woodward, William, Journal, in Utah State Historical Society Cache Valley Chapter, Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956, reel 4, item 2e.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Woodward, William, Letter, 1907 to Joseph F. Smith, in Utah State Historical Society Cache Valley Chapter, Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956, reel 5, item 1ab.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations