Benoni Franklin (1859 - 1942)

Born 5 Mar 1859 in Iowa, United States

Died 24 Aug 1942 at age 83 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States

Biography

Benoni Franklin was born to Lafayette Franklin and Jane Wells in Iowa on 05 Mar 1859 and died 24 Aug 1942 at Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Michigan.^[1][2][3]

In 1870 he is living with the Clore family in Jackson Township, Blackford County, Indiana, the mother being Mary J. Clore, it is likely his father died and his mother had remarried.^[4]

He was married on 08 Nov 1879 to wife Mary Elizabeth^[5] who died 10 Sep 1940,^[3] and had the following known children:

1. Verda V. Franklin was born about 1900 in Ohio.^[6] She married George C. Gray.^[7][3]
2. Ira Franklin^[3]
3. A daughter who died before 1942.^[3]
4. A daughter who died before 1942.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF7N-WR9 : 12 December 2014), Benoni Franklin, 24 Aug 1942; citing Three Rivers, St Joseph, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,111.
2. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWR-2ZZ : 10 February 2018), Benoni Franklin, 24 Aug 1942; citing Three Rivers City, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, reference Pg 47 No. 101; FHL microfilm 1,940,441.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5M-738D : 21 April 2017), Benoni Franklin, 1942; citing , Obituary, Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan; FHL microfilm 7,616,278.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXX9-5LT : 12 April 2016), Benone Franklin in household of Hy C Clore, Indiana, United States; citing p. 16, family 115, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,799.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M891-WKR : 26 August 2017), Benonia Franklin, Granville, Mercer, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 185, sheet 424B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1048; FHL microfilm 1,255,048.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLDL-52N : accessed 12 February 2018), Benonia Franklin, Paulding, Paulding, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 62, sheet 5B, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1220; FHL microfilm 1,375,233.
7. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDLC-57F : 10 December 2017), George C. Gray and Verda V. Franklin, 26 Jan 1919; citing Paulding, Ohio, United States, reference n 2964; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 925,303.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7C-KZ9 : accessed 12 February 2018), Benonia Franklin, Florence, St Joseph, Michigan, United States; citing ED 149, sheet 4A, line 11, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 796; FHL microfilm 1,820,796.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K41K-Q8R : accessed 12 February 2018), Benona Franklin, Ward 2, Three Rivers, Three Rivers City, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75-29, sheet 14B, line 64, family 384, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1817.