Biography
Elizabeth "Betsy" Bliss Arnold was born 21 October 1799 in Windham County, Connecticut, United States to David Bliss (1769-1842) and Elizabeth Johnson (1771-1815) and died 3 December 1850 Placerville, El Dorado County, California, United States of unspecified causes. She married Josiah Arnold (1801-1859) 1 September 1831 in Amboy, Oswego County, New York.
Brigham Young 1848 Pioneer Company
After leading his first historic 1847 Vanguard Company to blaze the trail to the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young (1801-1877) and many of the others returned back to Winter Quarters to collect their families and the rest of the church.
This family was numbered with the 1229 pioneers in 397 wagons make the 1,031 mile trek in 86 days (May 26 to Sept 24) and would be amongst the first of hundred plus wagon trains that would make the same journey over the next 24 years.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Caroline Arnold (1835-1847) | |||
| Margaret Elizabeth Arnold (1837-1840) | |||
| Orson Pratt Arnold (1838-1912) | 1 November 1838 Amboy, Oswego County, New York, United States | 22 November 1912 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | Alicia Quilley Read (1840-1922) Fannie Dora Linnell (1846-1925) |
| Joseph Smith Arnold (1840-1919) | |||
Siblings
Residences
See Also
- Elizabeth Bliss
- Bliss Family
- Bliss in Windham County, Connecticut