"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS51-57H : 20 January 2015), Ben M Gorum in household of John H Gorum, Ward 7 Boyce Precinct, Rapides, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,578.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8K-8DT : 12 December 2014), Benjamin Gorum, 1917-1918; citing Rapides Parish no 2, Louisiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,931.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV7R-LXQ : 14 December 2015), Benjamin Gorum, Spring Hill, Rapides, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 54A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,627.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY54-JV7 : 17 May 2014), Ben M Goram, Police Jury Ward 4, Rapides, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-34, sheet 24B, family 461, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1442.
"Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS1W-LN5 : 12 December 2014), Benjamin N Gorum, 13 Aug 1954; citing Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana, certificate number 9910, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,574,394.
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