Idaho) Benson family organization (Sugar City
Author
Publisher
Benson Family Organization
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
100th year anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
liv, 461 p. : ill., geneal. tables, ports.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chiefly, a record of ancestors and descendants of Jens Peter Ipsen Benson who was born on April 26, 1831 in Aakirkeby, Bornholm, Denmark. Jens Peter emigrated to the United States with his parents Jeppe Bendtsen (1796-1872) and Maren Kjerstine Hansdatter Kofoed (1795-1856). They arrived on March 1, 1853 and joined a wagon train company that reached Salt Lake City, Utah on September 30, 1853. Jens Peter married first Mary Jane Simpson (1839-1929)...