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• Indvandring: 2 okt. 1847, Utah, USA
• Dåb: 1848

Notater:

Benjamin was born in Pennsylvania, where his father operated a flour mill. His parents and the older children joined the LDS Church in 1843, a year before Joseph Smith's death. The whole family joined the exodus to Utah when Benjamin was twelve, traveling with the third wagon company to go west.
“The adventure excited me,” he said. “We enjoyed the march across the plains. We were aroused by a bugle call every morning at 6:00 a.m. We traveled until mid-afternoon, the speed and distance covered was regulated by the slowest wagons. Often we traveled no more than five or six miles. When we could travel ahead, we raced to see who could be the first to gather wild berries, or shoot quail, grouse or rabbits. One morning a stampede was produced among camp livestock when someone shook a big buffalo robe. Animals raced around, trampling on one another and some of them got their horns knocked off.”
When he had grown to manhood, Benjamin was one of the favorite uncles for the families of his brother John. “Colorful, with charm and a generous nature, he was a handsome man.” He married Martha Ann Bitner in 1859, and they moved to a homestead in the south part of the valley. Benjamin farmed and raised cattle there, and operated an inn known as Neff's Station for travelers between Salt Lake and Provo. Before the railroad extended from Salt Lake to Provo, the trip between the cities took two full days.
His first wife died in 1868, and in 1870 he married two other women on the same day. Maria Bowthorpe was a widow who had been keeping house for him, and Mary Ellen Love was a young woman from Nephi who had been working as a telegrapher and who was introduced to Benjamin by Benjamin's cousin, a superintendent of the Deseret Telegraph Company.
Because of the mining activity in Little Cottonwood Canyon, the Deseret Telegraph Company placed a telegraph station at Neff's Inn, and Benjamin's wife Mary Ellen operated the station until the railroad line extended past Point of the Mountain, and the telegraph station was moved to Sandy. She also worked in Sandy for a short period of time, bringing her three-month-old baby to work every day.
Benjamin's children remembered him with affection. One of them remembers that her mother would usually refer difficult childish requests to Benjamin. “When appealed to, he would sit down with the child. In a quiet, sober way, he would ask questions. After full discussion he would remark gently “You don't want to do that,” or “You don't want to have that.” Then, the matter was dropped with everyone feeling happy. The same child remembers traveling to Church with him on Sunday: “When attired in his Sunday best, she thought him the handsomest man in the world.”

Benjamin blev gift med Martha Ann Bitner den 26 feb. 1858 i Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Martha (datter af Abraham Bitner, Sr og Anna Barr) blev født den 13 nov. 1840 i Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; døde den 24 jul. 1868 i Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

1. Anna Bitner Neff, 4563 blev født den 2 okt. 1861 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 18 feb. 1865 i Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
2. John Breneman Neff blev født den 24 sep. 1864 i East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 15 okt. 1948 i Crescent, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
3. Martha Louisa B. Neff blev født den 22 maj 1859 i East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 8 feb. 1883 i Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
4. Benjamin Barr Neff, Jr. blev født den 2 nov. 1862 i Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 12 feb. 1935 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
5. Mary Elizabeth Neff blev født den 11 jun. 1866 i Crescent, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 22 nov. 1891 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 24 nov. 1891 i Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.

Benjamin blev gift med Mary Ellen Love den 10 okt. 1870 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Mary (datter af Andrew Love og Nancy Maria Bigelow) blev født den 18 apr. 1850 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 10 maj 1942 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

1. Lillian Estelle Neff blev født den 7 aug. 1871 i Crescent, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 23 mar. 1954 i Los Angeles, California, USA.
2. Andrew Love Neff blev født den 19 feb. 1878 i Crescent, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 7 nov. 1936 i Crescent, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
3. Henrietta Love Neff blev født den 20 dec. 1875 i Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; døde den 13 maj 1945 i Provo, Utah, Utah, USA.
4. Nancy Maria Love Neff blev født den 17 feb. 1873 i Crescent, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 15 dec. 1939 i Los Angeles, California, USA.

Benjamin blev gift med Maria Mary Ann Bowthorpe den 7 okt. 1870 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Maria (datter af William Bowthorpe og Mary Ann Tuttle) blev født den 6 maj 1843 i St. Pauls, Norwich, Norfolk, England; døde den 13 mar. 1925 i Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 13 mar. 1925 i Wasatch Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

1. Franklin Tuttle Neff blev født den 4 sep. 1876 i Crescent, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 28 jun. 1958 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
2. Virtue Leonora Neff blev født den 28 feb. 1872 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 3 aug. 1921 i Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
3. Deseret Charlotte Neff blev født den 22 sep. 1878 i Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 7 dec. 1965 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
4. Maria Pearl Bowthorpe Neff blev født den 27 apr. 1880 i Crescent, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 30 apr. 1960 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
5. William Cyrus Bowthorpe Neff blev født den 22 dec. 1873 i Crescent, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 13 dec. 1918 i Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 17 dec. 1918 i Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.

John blev gift med Mary Iris Barr den 12 jan. 1822 i Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary blev født den 1 dec. 1801 i Bart, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; døde den 1 dec. 1875 i East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]