Graham guardian., 1909-12-03
BENJAMIN Cuff
Passes Away

home of his son, Benjamin Cluff, IN
Tobasco, Mexico.
Saturday, November goth, tele-
gram, coming via. Galveston, Texas,
reached Mrs. Josephine Cluff Kim
ball, of Thatcher, Arizona, who is a
daughter of the deceased, from her
brother, Prof. Benjamin Cluff, to
the effect that their father passed
away on the 10Th inst. A letter
just previously received disclosed
the fact that, while not suffering
materially he seemed to be slowly
declining, and it was feared that he
might not be able to again return
to Arizona as he desired.
Benjamin, third son of David and
Betsey Hall Cluff, was born March
goth, 1880, in the town of Durham,
Strafford County, New Hampshire.
With his parents, Benjamin travelled
along with the church, and was
with it during all its movements,
his parents embracing the Gospel
before his birth. He was but
child in Kirkland, and would carry
his fathers lunch to him as he
worked on the Temple. At Nauvoo,
being quite a lad, he became ac-
quainted with all the leading char
acters of that fated city, including
the Prophet Joseph. On account of
chills and fever, the family was de-
tanned at Springfield, Illinois, while
on their way to Nauvoo, and provi-
dentially escaped the massacre at
Hams Mill. The family emigrated
to Utah in 1850, settling in Provo,
where most of them obtained their
majority, and began life for them
selves. In 1853 he was called to
Southern Utah as a missionary,
where he remained for two years.
After his return he was again called
to leave his home and go to Los
Vegas, Nevada, as a missionary to
the Indians. There he remained
several years. In 1862 he, with his
family, moved north to Cache Val
ley, where he made new home in
Logan, which he enjoyed for two
years, when he was again called to
labor in the Lords vineyard, this
time to the Sandwich Islands where
he faithfully worked for six years,
returning home in 1870. Five years
later Bejamin took his family to
Wasatch County where he procured
a farm, and shortly after was placed
as Bishop over the Center Ward, a
position he worthily filled for
thirteen years. Five members of
his family had located in Arizona
by this time, and he, being desirious
of visiting them, found the climate
so much to his liking, determined to
settle in the South. For many years
Benjamin figured prominently in the
affairs of the St. Joseph Stake, and
at its reorganization at the time
Elder Andrew Kimball was sustained
as stake president, he was made
senior member of the high council.
He again returned to Provo, his
old home, where he has sinced lived,
until within the last year her ac-
companied he accompanied his old
est son, Bennie, who is overseer of
the Utah Mexico Rubber Plantation,
down to Tobasco.
Between the years of 1864 and
1866, he married two sisters, Mary
Ellen and Eliza Foster, who were
the mothers of fifteen children, the
former seven and the latter eight.
The Eliza died in 1880, while the
family were living in Center Ward,
and Mary Ellen died in Provo in
1907. Since the death of Mary
Ellen, Father Benjamin has resided
mostly among his children, going
last to Mexico where in his last i'll
ness he received every comfort and
attention possible from loving hands.
Benjamin was one of the twelve
sons of noble sire and a devoted
mother, whose names stand out in
bold relief as among the best fami-
lies in the church, and family that
leads in missionary work in this dis
pensation. Benjamin was brother
to Hon. w. w. Cluff, who presided
for many years in the Summit
Stake; Harvey H. Cluff, prominent
in the affairs of the Utah Stake;
Joseph and Alfred live in Thatcher,
Arizona.
Father Benjamin S immediate fam
lily is scattered from Canada on the
north to Mexico on the south. His
oldest son, Benjamin, former presi-a
dent of the Brigha n Young Acade-
my at Provo, now resides in Mexico,
Mrs. Eliza Brossard, in Ogden, Utah;
Mrs. Andrew Kimball, Thatcher,
Arizona, George, in Theodore, Uinta,
County Utah; Mrs. Richard Harvey,
Raymond, Canada Mrs. c. w.
Wright, Brigham, Utah; Mrs. Geo.
Fl. Birdno, Stafford, Arizona; William
X. and Karl ", the latter now on
mission in the Northern States,
in Thatcher, Arizona; Foster E. and
Walter both in Provo, Utah; Mrs.
Bessie Merrill, Richmond Utah.