Benjamin
"Benny"
Atchison
Born in North Buena Vista, Clayton, Iowa, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Edward L. Atchison, Almira Jane (Atchison) Witherell, Julia Ann (Atchison) Tharp, George Atchison, Mary Atchison, Sarah Louisa (Atchison) Tittle, Wesley Wilson Atchison, Effie Mae (Atchison) Bennett and Fieldon Atchison
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 32
in Waupeton, Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Ben, drowned in the Mississippi River. He had gone with his brother-in-law, James Haigh (Effie's 1st husband), to Cassville, WI. They drove a sleigh across the river ice. The rig started to sink, and James begged Ben not to try to save it, but been got out and broke through the ice.
Sources
- Genealogy of John Atchison 1744-1803 by Floyd Benjamin Bennett, Frank Van Rensselaer Phelps and Paul Stephan Olds. Page 120. [1]
- Guttenberg Press Newspaper, Thursday March 27, 1913 edition, Page 1, column 1, title "Drowned Near North Buena Vista" [2]
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1F-Z2Y : accessed 30 July 2020), Benjamin Atchison in household of Wesley Atchison, Buena Vista, Clayton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 13A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 397; FHL microfilm 1,374,410.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Benjamin:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Valerie Bunts 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Diane (Rubbelke) Gerwood :
23andMe, GEDmatch NC3596135 [compare]
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~0.78%
Donald Pyle :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A383164 [compare], Ancestry member donaldpyle82
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~0.78%
Don Pyle :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
D Klein :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a705967 [compare], Ancestry member lceekay51
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