Eveline Benson Smith Olsen, 1835 - 1925, age 89, born 28 Feb 1835, near Lexington on Snye Creek, Layfette Co, Missouri, daughter of Jerome and Mary Rhodes Benson. I can remember the expulsion of the Saints from Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri. I can remember the Prophet Joseph Smith being at our house, and of listening to him talk to my parents. In the spring of 1850 we started for the Rocky Mountains in Ezra T. Benson's company. We settled in Springville at the point of the mountain and afterwards moved to Provo Utah. My father built a bridge across Jordan River, the first one made. In January of 1852 I was married and lived in Salt Lake City until the Spring of 1860 we moved to Franklin, Idaho. We lived in a fort and were living there when the Indians and U.S. Soldiers had a fight. In the fall of 1863 we moved to Logan, Cache Co, Utah, and remained there until 1880 we started for Arizona, but did not reach there until 1883. We settled in Layton, Graham Co., Arizona. I have passed through a good many trying times since coming to Utah and hope to be able to prove faithful to the end. I am sending my picture and my oldest sister. I will mark mine with a cross. If you deem this worth publishing in your book you are welcome to it. Signed -- Mrs. Eveline B Olsen This history was written by Eveline Benson Olsen and sent to her daughter, Mary Caroline Olsen Bartholomew in May 30, 1912.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Ben(ne), a pet form of Benedict (see Benn ) + -son.
English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.
Americanized form of any of various Scandinavian patronymics from the personal name Bengt, Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict , e.g. Swedish Bengtsson , Danish Bendtsen, Danish and Norwegian Bentsen . Compare Bensen 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesBenson's Mill Location This settlement was called many different things throughout its history: Benson’s Mill, Bullock’s Mill, and Benson’s Settlement. Its longitu …
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