Susan Easton Black's LDS 1830-1848--Benjamin Lynn Clapp Ancesty. A pedigree chart for Benjamin Lynn Clapp and Ane Christine Diedrick states that he died 31 Oct 1865 at Woodbridge, Sonoma, CA. Mighty Men of Zion: General Authorities of the Last Dispensation, by Lawrence R. Flake, 1974, BYU Library, p408. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register pg.5, Early Mormon Records, Vol 1 p 21, 1st Quorum p 317, Appointed to Municipal High Council at Cutlers Park, June, 1846, Member of Nauvoo 1st ward, lived in Nauvoo BLK 61 Lot 2, BLK 160 Lot 2. LDS Missouri Petitions of 1830's. Johnson, Clark. Far West Record. Cannon, Donald 1983. Illinois, Nauvoo City Tax Lists, 1841-44, Nauvoo Federal Census. He was a farmer. Excommunicated 7 Apr 1859. His last child with Elvira was born about 1865 according to the 1870 Watsonville census, which would support the 1865 death date.
947Traveled to Salt Lake City in Edward Hunter’s Company along with his family.
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Moved to Santa Clara Co., California after 1856 but before 1860.
2587Susan Easton Black's LDS 1830-1848--Mary Rachel Schultz Ancestry. Family group record of Benjamin Lynn Clapp family. According to Family group record, Mary was baptized by Wilford Woodruff. She joined the Reorganized LDS church on 6 Jun 1864, bapt. by H. H. Morgan The Los Angeles City Cemetery was later disinterred, and their bodies moved to other local cemeteries. Most of the bodies were impossible to identify. The LA City Cemetery record lists her birthplace as Ireland?
947Traveled to Salt Lake City in Edward Hunter’s Company along with his family.
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Traveled to Salt Lake City in Edward Hunter’s Company along with Benjamin Clapp family.
1055So if you are Mormon enough to name your child Mormonette in 1865, why are you not in Utah with the Saints? (Not to mention a Deseret in 1860 in California.)