Benson Ward (Utah)
congregation #6416
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: Bear River District ( ended: 14 Jun 1877 ) assertion #3003827 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: Benson Ward ( started: 14 Jun 1877 ) assertion #3003832 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): sub-ward district ( ended: 14 Jun 1877 ) assertion #3003835 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): ward ( started: 14 Jun 1877 ) assertion #3003838 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
started: between 1871 and Autumn 1873 ( source: This is Benson ) assertion #3003823 by bplewe on 2024-06-29: confidence 100%.
ended: open assertion #3003824 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
description: Named in honor of Apostle Ezra Taft Benson, who had been presiding over Cache Valley until he died just before this area was settled assertion #4020101 by bplewe on 2024-06-29: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS assertion #3003821 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
location: 41°46'47"N, 111°54'49"W ( approximate size: 10000-100000 m , accurate within: 1000-10000 m ) assertion #3300492 by bplewe on 2024-06-29: confidence 100%.
located at: Benson, Utah assertion #3003822 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 440 ( on: 31 Dec 1930 ) assertion #3003843 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Hyde Park Ward (Utah) ( ended: 14 Jun 1877 ) entity #7307, assertion #4020103 by bplewe on 2024-06-29: confidence 100%.
part of: Cache/Logan Stake entity #500135, assertion #3003834 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
created from: Hyde Park Ward (Utah) entity #7307, assertion #3003840 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
absorbed: Petersboro Ward entity #2074664, assertion #3043904 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
in group: stake congregations assertion #3003868 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Bear River entity #900093, assertion #3003841 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Logan River entity #900113, assertion #3003842 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.79 assertion #3003845 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members ( catalog entry: www.familysearch.org , source part: 1907-1948 E 027,280 ) entity #800111, assertion #3003852 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CHL Local Records ( catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org , source part: LR 673 ) entity #800110, assertion #3003861 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: LUHF ( source part: 388 ) entity #800109, assertion #3003859 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CDOL ( : 6416 ) Benson Ward created 14 July 1877 from Hyde Park Ward
entity #800107, assertion #3003864 by bplewe on 2024-06-29: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1885-09 ( source part: 6:12 p.444 ) entity #800121, assertion #3003866 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books ( source part: 1931:50 ) entity #800108, assertion #3003857 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Encyclopedic History ( image: archive.org , source part: 59 ) Benson settled 1871; ward June 14 1877
entity #800001, assertion #3003846 by bplewe on 2024-06-29: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1878-01-15 15 Jan 1878: list of wards and stakes; Bishop Alma Harris, Benson
entity #700350, assertion #4008189 by bplewe on 2021-02-04: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books ( source part: 1892:9 ) entity #800108, assertion #3003855 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
described by: This is Benson entity #800781, assertion #4020102 by bplewe on 2024-06-29: confidence 100%.
notes: Prior to 1877, this area was just a teacher's district in the Hyde Park Ward, but it held its own meetings with a presiding elder (George Thomas), so we will treat it as a form of congregation. assertion #4020105 by bplewe on 2024-06-29: confidence 100%.
