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Benjamin Covey

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fredericktown, Dtchss, Ny
Death: March 13, 1868 (76)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Walter Covey, Sr. and Sarah Abba Covey
Husband of Elizabeth Kauffman and Diana Covey
Ex-husband of Almira Covey; Sally Covey and Phoebe Leavitt / Covey
Father of Enoch Covey; Joseph Covey; Almon Covey; Hyrum Benjamin Covey and Delia Ann Covey
Brother of James H Covey; Walter Covey, Jr; Edward Covey; Jonathan Covey; Sara (Sally) Covey and 3 others

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About Benjamin Covey

Biographical Summary:

"...Covey, Benjamin (1792-1868), farmer, shoemaker; born at Frederikstown, Dutchess County, New York. Married Almira Mack, a cousin of Joseph Smith the Prophet, in Kirtland, Ohio, 1836. Incarcerated and later released for alleged crimes against the state of Missouri during the conflict there in 1838. Crossed the plains to the Salt Lake Valley in 1848. Bishop of the Salt Lake Twelfth Ward, 1849-56. Called in 1856 to help settle Carson City, Nevada. A year later returned to Salt Lake City, where he was living when he died..."

SOURCE: http://byustudies2.byu.edu/Indexes/BioAlpha/MBRegisterC.aspx

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Benjamin Covey's Timeline

1792
March 9, 1792
Fredericktown, Dtchss, Ny
1837
August 26, 1837
Caldwell, MO
1839
March 2, 1839
Caldwell, Missouri, United States
1841
June 20, 1841
Nauvoo, Hancock, IL, United States
1843
August 6, 1843
Nauvoo Township, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
1846
May 23, 1846
Iowa, United States
1868
March 13, 1868
Age 76
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States