Benjamin was born about 1846. He passed away in 1915.
Sources
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 January 2020), memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Elsea (Feb 1846–1 Jun 1915), Find A Grave Memorial no. 57921842, citing Hemingford Cemetery, Hemingford, Box Butte County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Tony & Cindy Lloyd (contributor 47320243) .
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLWP-DBC : accessed 17 January 2020), Benjamin F Elsea, Liberty, Box Butte, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 1B, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 838; FHL microfilm 1,374,851.
"Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL2Z-7ZXX : 21 August 2019), Benjamin F Elsea, Hemingford, Box Butte, Nebraska, United States; citing Death, Hemingford, Box Butte, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln.
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