Benjamin Clapp 1856 Pioneer Company

Benjamin Clapp 1856 Pioneer Company was led by Benjamin Lynn Clapp (1814-1865) who was returning home after completing a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Texas. It departed from Iowa City, Iowa and arrive about 21 Sept 1856 in Salt Lake City.

Reference Sources

 * Benjamin L Clapp Company - LDS History Pioneer Overland Companies
 * "Arrivals," Deseret News [Weekly], 17 Sept. 1856, 221.
 * "Arrived," Deseret News [Weekly], 24 Sep. 1856, 229.
 * Bullock, Thomas, "Interesting from our Missionaries on the Plains," The Mormon, 15 November 1856, 2.
 * J[aques], J[ohn], "Some Reminiscences," Salt Lake Daily Herald, 29 December 1878, 1.
 * "News from Elders," Deseret News [Weekly], 11 June 1856, 109.
 * Woolsey, Elnora Jane Miles, Autobiographical sketch, in Stella H. Day, comp., Builders of Early Millard: Biographies of Pioneers of Millard County, 1850 to 1875 [1979], 777-78.

List of Passengers
NAME	AGE	BIRTHDATE	DEATHDATE
 * Allen, William M.	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
 * Clapp, Benjamin Lynn	41	19 August 1814	31 October 1865
 * Coley, Demy James	41	ca. 1814	Unknown
 * Coley, Elizabeth	35	12 May 1820	15 September 1856
 * Coley, [Brother]	Unknown	unknown	unknown
 * Corlile, [Sister]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
 * Dabrell, [Brother]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
 * Eastmo, [Sister]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
 * Godby, Bill	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
 * Hanson, Bodil Boel	23	15 September 1832	29 August 1909
 * Hickerson, George Washington	42	13 December 1813	17 August 1884
 * Miles, Catherine	39	2 February 1816	2 April 1897
 * Miles, Elnora Jane	13	5 August 1842	12 September 1911
 * Miles, Granderson Lee	17	4 October 1838	17 September 1917
 * Miles, Maria Catherine	4	28 October 1851	5 October 1916
 * Miles, Melinda Ann	11	18 January 1844	23 July 1923
 * Miles, William Morgan	15	11 September 1840	1856
 * Mortensen, Ane Kjersten	18	14 September 1837	12 April 1898
 * Mortensen, Emma Inger	13	7 March 1842	9 March 1886
 * Mortensen, Morten	16	24 October 1839	Unknown
 * Nielson, Dorothea Maria	20	3 February 1835	3 May 1864
 * Nielson, Lars Bertelsen	22	15 September 1833	25 May 1916