Benjamin
Erastus
(Ben)
Rich
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Coulson Rich
and Sarah DeArmon (Pea) Rich
Brother of
Sarah Jane (Rich) Miller, Joseph Coulson Rich, Charles Coulson Rich, Mary Bratton (Rich) Linford [half], Hyrum Smith Rich [half], John Thomas Rich, Laura Esphena Rich [half], Henrietta Rich [half], Elizabeth (Rich) Pratt, Thomas Grover Rich [half], Mary Ann (Rich) Pomeroy [half], Frances Pheobe (Rich) Collings [half], Orrisa Rich [half], Orson Rich [half], Adelbert Coulson Rich [half], William Lyman Rich [half], David Patton Rich, Samantha Rich [half], Nancy Emeline (Rich) Pugmire [half], Minerva Marion (Rich) Woolley [half], Morris Marion Rich [half], Henry Benjamin Rich [half], Amasa Mason Rich [half], Abel George Rich [half], Lorenzo Ether Rich [half], Paulina Phelps Rich [half], Frederick Carmel Rich, Pheobe Jane Rich [half], Julia Ann Rich [half], Harley Thomas Rich [half], Ezra Clark Rich [half], Wilford Woodruff Rich [half], Morgan Jesse Rich [half], Edward Israel Rich [half], Walter Peck Rich [half], George Quayle Rich [half] and Jacob Phelps Rich [half]
Husband of
Diana (Farr) Rich
— married
27 Dec 1877 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Husband of
Rosebell (Osmond) Starkey
— married
12 Sep 1885 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Husband of
Laura (Bowring) Rich
— married
13 Apr 1898 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Andrea (Rich) Watkins
Died
at age 57
in New York City, New York, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Benjamin was born on 7 November 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. He was the son of Charles Coulson Rich and Sarah DeArmon Pea. [1]
He married Diana Farr, daughter of Lorin Freeman Farr Sr. and Nancy Bailey (Chase) Farr, on 27 December 1877 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.[1]
He married Rosabell Osmond, 12 September 1885, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah[1]
He married Laura Bowring, 13 April 1898[1]
He married Alice Caroline McLachlan, 4 October 1899[1]
Benjamin died on 13 September 1913 in New York and was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. His memorial has photos, biographical material and links to those of family members.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Memorial:Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #34487546 (accessed 24 March 2024)
Memorial page for Benjamin Erastus “Ben” Rich (7 Nov 1855-13 Sep 1913), citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (plot: PARK_18_13_1ES2); Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).
- Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868," index and images, FamilySearch (Link : accessed 3 April 2015), Benjamin E Rich, ; excerpted from Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books, 1913). --
- "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (Link : accessed 3 April 2015), Sarah D. Pea in entry for Ben E. Rich, 13 Sep 1913; citing New York City, New York, New York, reference rn I-1211; FHL microfilm 26,557.
- New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," index, FamilySearch (Link : accessed 3 April 2015), Sara Jane Pea in entry for Benjamin Erastus Rich, 13 Sep 1913; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ben 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 Ben:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ben 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 Ben:
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~1.56%
Brent Dunn
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ML3336932 [compare], Ancestry member brentmdunn
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~1.56%
Elizabeth Brown :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Rose (Elliott) Rogers :
23andMe, GEDmatch M144224 [compare]
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