 1823 - 1868 (45 years) Has 2 ancestors and 17 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Benjamin Franklin Brown |
| Birth |
22 Feb 1823 |
Rush, Monroe, New York, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
28 Feb 1863 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWJB-9QK |
| Death |
7 Dec 1868 |
Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Ogden City Cemetery, Weber, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I174673 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
William Brown, b. 18 Jun 1788, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Oct 1852, Burton, Geauga, Ohio, United States (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Diantha Loveland, b. 1788, Newbury Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States d. 19 Apr 1833, Burton, Geauga, Ohio, United States (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Feb 1813 |
Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, United States |
| Family ID |
F43170 |
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| Family |
Lucinda Leavitt, b. 5 Jul 1825, Compton, Estrie, Québec, Canada d. 23 Dec 1904, Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States (Age 79 years) |
| Marriage |
12 Oct 1848 |
Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Charles Albert Brown, b. 25 Jan 1850, Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States d. 7 Oct 1924, Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States (Age 74 years) |
| | 2. Barney Alfred Brown, b. 1853, Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States d. 1853, Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 3. Lucy Adell Brown, b. 15 Aug 1856, Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States d. 27 Dec 1904, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 48 years) |
| | 4. Benjamin Franklin Brown, Jr, b. 17 Sep 1861, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States d. 8 Nov 1911, Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States (Age 50 years) |
| | 5. Orilla Evelyn Brown, b. 19 Jan 1866, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States d. 22 Nov 1935, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 69 years) |
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| Family ID |
F43039 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 22 Feb 1823 - Rush, Monroe, New York, United States |
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 | Marriage - 12 Oct 1848 - Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 28 Feb 1863 - EHOUS |
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 | Death - 7 Dec 1868 - Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - - Ogden City Cemetery, Weber, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Benjamin Franklin Brown was born February 22, 1823 in Rush, Genesee Coun t y, New York, the son of William Brown of Windsor, Vermont and Diantha L ov eland. His wife Lucinda Leavitt was born July 25, 1825 in Compton, Que bec , Canada, the daughter of John and Lucy Rowell Leavitt.
When Benjamin Franklin Brown was a young lad he accompanied his parent s , brothers and sisters to New York sometime in 1830, and from there th e f amily moved to Burton, Ohio, about fifteen miles from Kirtland. Ther e hi s father William purchased two hundred acres of forest land of whic h seve nty-five acres were cleared for farming. A small home was erecte d from lu mber purchased from a sawmill a mile and a half away. At this p lace the f amily passed through all the privations of pioneer life, and h ere, in thi s home, Diantha, the mother died, causing great sorrow to he r husband Wil liam and great loss to her young family now deprived of he r loving care . After this sad event, which occurred April 19, 1835, th e family scatter ed, the older sisters married and the boys sought employ ment away from th e home.
Then on October 23, 1852 William was kicked by a horse and killed. In 18 6 0, William Folson, a missionary to England, converted the family to th e C hurch of Latter-day Saints, they had not belonged to any other churc h bef ore this time, and being desirous of joining the main body of the C hurc h in Utah, Benjamin Franklin, his wife, Lucinda, her Mother Lucy Row ell L eavitt and their family, Philander (Brown), a brother, his wife Ori lla Le avitt (sister of Lucinda), and other members of the Leavitt family , and a lso his younger sister Emeline (Brown), left Florence, Nebraska t o join w ith other Latter-day Saint converts in the Salt Lake Valley. A s captain o f the Franklin Brown Company, Benjamin was put in charge of s ome 60 indiv iduals and 14 wagons when it began its journey from the outf itting post a t Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha) in late June 1860. Philand er was selecte d captain of the guard and Charles R. Savage, chaplain.
The Benjamin Franklin Brown Company arrived in Salt Lake City between Au g ust 27 and September 4, 1860. Not long after his arrival in Utah, Benja mi n Brown took up land where the Union Pacific Depot is located in Ogden , W eber County. He was the first shoemaker in Ogden, and also was a viol inis t and played for the family as they enjoyed singing and dancing as h e acc ompanied them on his violin. Benjamin helped with the constructio n of th e first railroad in that vicinity.
Just eight short years after arriving in Utah and at the young age o f 4 5 years, Benjamin died of pneumonia on December 7, 1868 in Ogden, Uta h. A fter Benjamin's death Lucinda and her children moved to Farmington , Uta h where she helped her brother Lyman Leavitt, who had lost his wife , car e for his three children as well as her own. Benjamin and Lucinda h ad si x children.
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