Benjamin
Franklin
Alcorn
Born in Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Alcorn Jr
and Mary (Elledge) Alcorn
Brother of
Cynthia (Alcorn) Rogers, Frances (Alcorn) Rogers, Rachel (Alcorn) Goodwin and Jesse Elledge Alcorn
Husband of
Elizabeth (Graham) Shinn
— married
1860 in Summer Hill Pike County, Illinois, USA
Father of
Josephine Alcorn
Died
at age 85
in Pike County, Illinois, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Apr 2011
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Biography
He was the son of Robert Alcorn and Mary Elledge.
He married first Christina Goodvin/Goodwin on May 9,1839 in Pike County, illinois.[1]
They were the parents of:
- James Alcorn
- George Alcorn
- Mary Alcorn
- Abigail Alcorn
- Sarah D. Alcorn
- Francis Alcorn
- Archibald Alcorn
- Robert Redmond Alcorn
- Sylvester Alcorn
He married second Eliza Graham Shinn on March 17, 1859 in Pike County, Illinois.[2]
Death
- Death:
- Cause: Located in Section 12 of Atlas township just north of Summer hill and on the west side of Hwy 54. Atlas Township covers two township divisions. On the map it can be found at T6S R6W and T6S R5W. Villages, towns and cities found within Atlas township
- Death:
- New Canton
Research Notes
In this merge there was two different death locations. I removed the townships and left the County.
Sources
- ↑ Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFLS-P4G : 4 November 2017), Benjamin Alcorn and Christina Goodvin, 09 May 1839; citing Pike, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,314,771.
- ↑ Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFL3-3B7 : 4 November 2017), Benjamin Alcorn and Eliza Shinn, 17 Mar 1858; citing Pike, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,314,779.
- United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4D-X2K : 12 April 2016), Benjamin Alcorn, Dubuque county, Dubuque, Iowa, United States; citing family 531, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXC7-1GJ : 13 December 2017), B Alcorn, 1860.
- Illinois State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCK7-7QJ : 12 March 2018), Benjamine Alcorn, , Martinsburg, Pike, Illinois; citing , Martinsburg, Pike, Illinois, Census, p. 53, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm.
- Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKY-R9DF : 13 December 2015), Benjamin Franklin Alcorn, 1900; Burial, , Pike, Illinois, United States of America, Shinn Cemetery; citing record ID 54524229, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54524229/benjamin-franklin-alcorn
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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Danita (Burkett) Zanrè
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Alcorn-108 and Alcorn-261 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, birth and death information . It looks as though one was created for his child/parent relationship and one for spouse
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