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Ebenezer was born in the eastern part of New York State, joined the Mormon Church during the early persecutions of the Saints, his father being baptized by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the Mississippi River. They immigrated to Utah in 1850 in Captain Brown’s company and located at Brown’s Fort now Ogden, Utah.
Ebenezer, president of the South African Mission from 1857 to 1861, was called at the April conference, 1857, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to fill a mission to Europe. He arrived in Liverpool Aug. 4, 1857, and he was appointed Aug. 22, 1857, to labor in the Cape of Good Hope Colony, South Africa. He sailed for Africa Sept. 29, 1857.
He broke his leg while he was in the California gold fields; he then traveled across Nevada in the heat of the summer in a wagon. He died in Plain City as a result of the infection in his leg.
Location: Ogden
2 comments:
Thank you for posting Ebenezer Richardson's head stone. I am a descendant of Phoebe. My family will have to visit it on our trip to Utah this summer. Thanks again.
I am a descendant of Angeline King and found your information about Ebenezer Richardson quite interesting. Do you have any more? In the "Richardson" geneology book that weighs a ton and a half it indicates that Ebenezer and his family came accross with the 1847 with the Kimball company, then the LDS site states that they crossed in 1850 with the Hunter Company. I noticed that you mentioned the Hunter Company as well. Do you have any additional sources or stories about their crossing? I'd love any info you have! :) Thanks!
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