Benjamin Thaddeus Alvord (1871 - 1923)

Born 16 Jan 1871 in North Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Valana (Jensen) Alvord — married 13 Jan 1897 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Died 4 Jun 1923 at age 52 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, UnitedStates

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Biography

Benjamin Thaddeus Alvord was born in North Ogden, Utah Territory, 16 Jan 1871 [Note: His parents were not married until December 1869, so the earlier input date in January 1870, which appears in his obituary as posted to his grave memorial, is improbable]. He was the first child of Benjamin Bromley Alvord and Mrs. Malinda (Crockett) (Hancock) Alvord.

In 1897 Benjamin married Valana Jensen and together they were parents of three children. Benjamin was in the sheep business with his brother. They resided in Brigham City, Utah where Benjamin passed away in 1923 at age 52.

Benjamin Thaddeus Alvord died 4 Jun 1923 at Brigham City, Utah. His grave is in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, USA: Find A Grave: Memorial #13712619

Sources

• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 1241: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/236/mode/1up

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSJ-SGS : 15 July 2017), Benjamin Alford in household of Malinda Alford, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 4, sheet 64A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1335; FHL microfilm 1,255,335.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRN-GT5 : accessed 15 December 2018), Benjamin Alvord, Box Elder Precinct Brigham City Ward 3-4, Box Elder, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 203, sheet 1A, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,682.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBM-S94 : accessed 15 December 2018), B T Alvord, Brigham City Ward 4, Box Elder, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 6A, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1602; FHL microfilm 1,375,615.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PC-G6B : accessed 15 December 2018), Benjiman T Alvord, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States; citing ED 7, sheet 21A, line 30, family 425, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1861; FHL microfilm 1,821,861.

• "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8G6-55G : 31 July 2017), Benjamin T. Alvord and Valana Or Lana Jensen, 1897.

• "Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-YG6F : 26 February 2016), Benj Thaddeus Alvord, Middle States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing Missionary Register v. 3, Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.

• "Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-YG6F : 26 February 2016), Benj Thaddeus Alvord, Middle States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing Missionary Register v. 3, Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-YXG4 : 13 December 2015), Benjamin Thaddeus Alvord, 1923; Burial, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States of America, Brigham City Cemetery; citing record ID 13712619, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.