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Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Sr.

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Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Sr.

Original Name
Benjamin Franklin
Birth
Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Death
27 Mar 1901 (aged 63)
Farmington, Davis County, Utah, USA
Burial
Farmington, Davis County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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B-160-2
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Born at Bear Creek, Hancock, Illinois

Son of Sidney Algernon Knowlton and Harriet Burnham

Married Rhoda Ann Jennetta Richards, 31 Oct 1863, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Minerva Edmeresa Richards, 14 Sep 1882, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Catherine Aurelia Hinman, 20 Mar 1884, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

History - Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Sr. spent most of his life in the saddle as a rancher, scout and frontiersman. He played an active and courageous role in the Mormon Militia during the Utah War. Settling in Skull Valley to ranch with his sons, George Washington Knowlton, John Quincy Knowlton & Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Jr., the family experienced the harsh, primitive, frontier conditions of life on the isolated Skull Valley frontier with few of the cultural, religious or social opportunities common to Farmington.

Benjamin and Rhoda and their older children were subject to more strenuous living conditions accompanied by fewer opportunities for cultural development than any of the generations of the family.
Born at Bear Creek, Hancock, Illinois

Son of Sidney Algernon Knowlton and Harriet Burnham

Married Rhoda Ann Jennetta Richards, 31 Oct 1863, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Minerva Edmeresa Richards, 14 Sep 1882, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Catherine Aurelia Hinman, 20 Mar 1884, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

History - Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Sr. spent most of his life in the saddle as a rancher, scout and frontiersman. He played an active and courageous role in the Mormon Militia during the Utah War. Settling in Skull Valley to ranch with his sons, George Washington Knowlton, John Quincy Knowlton & Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Jr., the family experienced the harsh, primitive, frontier conditions of life on the isolated Skull Valley frontier with few of the cultural, religious or social opportunities common to Farmington.

Benjamin and Rhoda and their older children were subject to more strenuous living conditions accompanied by fewer opportunities for cultural development than any of the generations of the family.

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  • Created by: SMS
  • Added: Feb 1, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40376/benjamin_franklin-knowlton: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Sr. (30 Jan 1838–27 Mar 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40376, citing Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).