Benjamin Franklin Salyer (1845 - aft. 1909)

Born 21 Feb 1845 in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Catharine J (Strouse) Salyer — married 14 Jun 1870 in Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died after 29 Aug 1909 after age 64 in Camargo, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

He was a farmer and a blacksmith. In 1870 he and Kate were living in Magoffin County KY with his mother Mary Polly Salyer. Also there was Lurana Gipson who had lived with John and Polly Salyer for many years. Also there was Jefferson and Willia Salyer, Ben F. Salyer's two children; Ferlena P'Simer (one of Samuel Salyer's extra children and a negro boy age 8. Benjamin and Lurana Gipson had 2 children according to the "Salyer Family" by Elizabeth Salyer. I could find no other writings to confirm this.

Obituary from FAG: Obituary--B.F. Salyer died at his home near Carmargo on Sunday afternoon, August 29, 1909. For six months he has suffered with Bright's disease. He was born in Magoffin county in 1845. He moved to this (Montgomery) county about forty years ago. He married Miss Katherine Strouse, daughter of "Father" Strouse of Jeffersonville. She, with one daughter, Mrs. Charles Stafford, survive him. The funeral service was conducted at the Carmargo Christian Church on Tuesday morning, by Prof. W.H. Cord and the burial was in Machpelah. He was a worthy and popular citizen, a member of the Carmargo Christian Church, and will be greatly missed. Mr. Salyer lived by the roadside and near to the gate was the famous sulphur spring at which hundreds if not thousands of travelers, worn and weary, have refreshed themselves. They were cordially greeted. We recall these lines:

"Let me live in a house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by, Men who are good and men who are bad, As good and as bad as I.

I would not sit in the scorner's seat, Nor hurl the cynic's band, Let me live in the house by the side of the road and be a friend to man."

His race is run, his work is done; let us cherish the hope, the assurance that now he rests, drinking of the waters of life freely.

(Mt. Sterling Advocate. Edtion: September 1, 1909, p. 7, col. 3).

• Fact: Residence (1850) Floyd, Kentucky, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Hoods Fork, Johnson, Kentucky, United States

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 July 2019, 02:43), entry for Benjamin Franklin Salyer(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCYQ-J1R); contributed by various users.

• "Howards of Eastern Kentucky", "Samuel Salyer" both by Magoffin County Historical Society.

• "The Salyer Family: a Genealogical Record of their first 250 years in America." 688 pages with index. by Elizabeth Salyer. Privately published,1982. Reprinted by permission by the Magoffin County (KY) Historical Society. Page 116.

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• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63519178/benjamin-f_-salyer

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