Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin Lynn Clapp2593,6318,947
Birth19 Aug 1814, West Huntsville, Madison, Alabama
Death31 Oct 1865, Liberty, San Joaquin, California6319
Spouses
Birth2 Apr 1815, Indiana6321
Death13 Nov 1874, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California6321
Burial14 Nov 1874, Los Angeles City Cemetery, Los Angeles, California6322
Marriage1831, Kentucky6323
ChildrenLewis Frank “Lorenzo” (1833-1892)
 William N. (1834-1888)
 Joseph Carlos (1837-1912)
 Mary Elizabeth (1840-1904)
 Benjamin (Died as Infant) (~1842-1843)
 Margaret Ann (1845-1896)
 Sarah Mariah (1847-1904)
 Nancy Jane (1848-1892)
 Benjamin (1851-1851)
 John E. (~1852-1892)
 Rachel (~1853-1912)
Birth26 Feb 1825, Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York6325
Death25 Sep 1876, Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., California6326,6327
Marriage13 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois6328
ChildrenCorinda Elvira (1848-)
 Joel Henry (1850-1919)
 Benjamin Riley (1852-1902)
 Thomas James (1855-1904)
 Alfred (~1857-1867)
 Almena Deseret (1860-1885)
Birth1 Apr 1813, Marlboro District, Marlboro, South Carolina6329
Death24 Nov 1887, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona951
Marriage26 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois6330
Birth14 Sep 1837, Of Chester, Sanpete, Utah Territory6331
Death12 Apr 1898, Annabella, Sevier, Utah6332
Marriage12 Oct 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory
Divorce
ChildrenElisha Brown “twin” (1857-1914)
Notes for Benjamin Lynn Clapp
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.947
Traveled to Salt Lake City in Edward Hunter’s Company along with his family.1055
Notes for Mary Rachel (Spouse 1)
Moved to Santa Clara Co., California after 1856 but before 1860.2587
Susan 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?947
Traveled to Salt Lake City in Edward Hunter’s Company along with his family.1055
Notes for Elvira Corinda (Spouse 2)
Traveled to Salt Lake City in Edward Hunter’s Company along with Benjamin Clapp family.1055
So 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.)
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Created 16 Jan 2023 by David E. Condit with Reunion for the Macintosh

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