Benjamin
Leavitt
Foss
Born in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Ellery R Foss, Hildred Marion Foss, Warrington Edward Foss, Sarah Foss, Lester H Foss, Sylvia Winifred (Foss) McCollough and Winifred Sylvester Foss
Husband of
Mary Ada Foss
— married
7 Oct 1919 in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Living Foss, Helen Elenor (Foss) Wood, Laura Marie (Foss) Holmes, [private daughter (1920s - unknown)], Charles Franklin Foss, Thomas W Foss, Manfred Leon Foss, [private daughter (1930s - unknown)] and James B Foss
Died
at age 77
in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Nov 2011
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Biography
Benjamin was born in 1900. He was the son of Charles Foss and Harriet Bryant.[1]
Benjamin married Mary Foss on Oct 7, 1919 in Machias, Maine.[2][3]
He passed away in 1977.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQ3-585 : 5 November 2017), Benj Leavitt Foss, Birth 06 Mar 1900; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 9,942.
- ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-RSWF : 13 March 2018), Leavitt B Foss and Mary A Foss, 17 Oct 1919; citing Machias, Washington, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCND-J51 : 27 November 2014), Leavitt B Foss and Mary A Foss, 07 Oct 1919; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
- ↑ "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCVV-9CK : 27 November 2014), Benjamin L Foss, 16 Nov 1977; citing Death, Machias, city code 29270, certificate 7708950, Maine State Archives, Augusta.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMM1-PXN : 27 July 2019), Benjamin L Foss, Machias Town, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-56, sheet 11B, line 43, family 176, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1494.
- Stanley Wood, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Stanley and others.
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