Benjamin Ford Duckworth (1906 - 1944)

Born 1 Apr 1906 in Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Died 14 May 1944 at age 38 in San Diego County, California, USA

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Benjamin Duckworth is buried in Goodwater Cemetery.

Biography

Benjamin Ford Duckworth was born on Apr 01, 1906 in Mississippi, USA as the second child of Buray David Duckworth and Emma Jane Jones. He had eight siblings, namely: Lawrence Wilson Sr., Ina M, May, Leon, Leonard S., Hardy Clifton, Velma, and Elma. He died on May 14, 1944 in San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (U. S. Naval Hospital; Age at Death: 38).^[1]

Benjamin Ford Duckworth was buried in Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA (Goodwater Cemetery).^[2]

Race: (White) He lived in Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 4; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relationship: Son).

Benjamin Ford Duckworth and Hattie Olive Barnes had no children.

Obituary

Greenville Delta Democrat Times, Monday, May 14, 1944, p.3

B. F. Duckworth of Navy Dies In San Diego Hospital

B. F. Duckworth, 38 years old, of the United States Navy, died at the Naval Hospital in San Diego, California, early Sunday, relatives here were advised.

Mr. Duckworth, a resident of Greenville since 1928, was manager of the Oliver Finnie company at Leland when he entered the nation's sea fighting forces on March 25.

A native of Magee, Mr. Duckworth came to Greenville 16 years ago as the traveling representative of a tobacco firm. He was widely known in the Delta region.

Mrs. Duckworth was called to San Diego two weeks ago and was with him when he passed.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Hattie Duckworth, 1006 South Theobald street. His parents who live at Magee; two brothers and four sisters. Funeral arrangements were not immediately complete.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ His wife published an in memoriam on the first anniversary of his death naming where we died, Published Greenville Delta Democrat Times, Monday, May 14, 1945, p.7
2. ↑ See Findagrave - Benjamin Ford Duckworth
3. ↑ Published Greenville Delta Democrat Times, Monday, May 14, 1944, p.3

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• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQZ-6BX : accessed 20 February 2016), Benjamin Ford Duckworth, 14 May 1944; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3J-3X9 : accessed 20 February 2016), Foard Duckworth in household of Etta Nelson, Ward 4, Greenville, Beat 3, Washington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-23, sheet 22A, family 484, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2075.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTF-JRX : accessed 20 February 2016), Ford Duckworth in household of Bury D Duckworth, Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 23B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,893.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDL-C2M : accessed 20 February 2016), Fred Duckworth in household of B D Duckworth, Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 7A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,771.