| Title |
History of grandmother Cynthia Vail Benson |
| Collection |
MSS B 289 The Works Progress Administration (Utah Section) Biographical Sketches, ca. 1930-1941 |
| Source Container |
Box 1, Folder 54 |
| Date |
1936-12-05 |
| Subject |
Benson, Cynthia Vail, 1801-1877; Frontier and pioneer life--Utah--Springville; Frontier and pioneer life--Utah--Hyrum; Frontier and pioneer life--Iowa; Latter Day Saint pioneers--Biography; Oral history |
| Spatial Coverage |
Hyrum, Cache County, Utah, United States; Springville, Utah County, Utah, United States |
| Description |
Handwritten biographical sketch of Cynthia Vail Benson, given by an unidentified granddaughter to Mae Spencer of the Historical Records Survey in Ogden. Cynthia Vail was born in New York in 1801, and married Alva Benson in Indiana in 1820. After joining the LDS Church in 1832, they lived in Iowa and Illinois before going to Utah in 1852. They lived at Springville and in Iron County before settling at Hyrum in 1860 |
| Rights Management |
Online access. Reproduction and use by permission from Utah State History. |
| Publisher |
Published by Utah State History; digitized and hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Adobe Acrobat Pro X as a pdf. |
| Date Digital |
2016-04-19 |
| Contributor |
Spencer, Mae; United States. Works Progress Administration. Utah Section |
| Language |
eng |
| Is Part of |
http://heritage.utah.gov/apps/history/findaids/B00289/B0289.xml |
| Scanning Technician |
Janelle Michaelis; Cedar Gonzales; Alexis Hansen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6xs80mx |
| Setname |
dha_wpabs |
| ID |
700912 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs80mx |
