Benjamin Franklin Perry (1827 - abt. 1918)

Husband of Margaret (Carroll) Perry — married 29 Nov 1849 in Indiana

Descendants

Died about 27 May 1918 at about age 90 in Shelby, Missouri, United States

Biography

Birth and Death

Find A Grave

Name: Benjamin Franklin Perry

Birth Date: 25 Aug 1827

Death Date: 27 May 1918

Cemetery: Bacon Chapel Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America

Has Bio?: Y

Spouse: Margaret Perry

Children: Benjamin Franklin Perry

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45846628/benjamin-franklin-perry^[1]

Marriage and Children

Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001

Name: Benjamin Perry

Gender: Male

Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)

Marriage Licence Date: 20 Nov 1849

Marriage Licence Place: Indiana, United States

Spouse: Margaret Carrell

Page: 474

FHL Film Number: 002419996^[2]

• Children- They had 10 children

Jerusha Ann

H. Alexander

Julia F

Charles Thomas

Benjamin Franklin

Nannie Elizabeth

Luella Savannah

William

Margaret

Samantha Eliota

History of Shelby County

From the "History of Shelby County Missouri" 1911, p. 521:

The life story of this successful farmer and valued citizen of Shelby County, who lives in Lentner Township, and is now retired from active pursuit, if written out in full would form a narrative of thrilling adventure, considerable romance and variety of feature and tragical experiences, followed by gratifying success in his business and the esteem and good will of the people among whom he has lived and labored during the last forty-four years and to whom he has demonstrated his worth and his title to their regard by his industry and prosperity as a farm and his usefulness as a man.

Mr. Perry was born in Morgan County, Indiana on August 25, 1827. His father, William Perry, was a native of Kentucky, and in that state (his grandfather, who's name was William, also saw the light of this world). The father settled in Morgan County, Indiana at an early day and died there in 1839. He was an extensive farmer, owning and cultivating wih success and profit a quarter section of land. He was married in Indiana to Miss Elsie Ennis a native of Pennsylvania and they became the parents of seven children of whom the only one now living is Benjamin F. the interesting and venerable subject of these paragraphs.

Benjamin F. Perry had no opportunities what ever for attending school. In his boyhood and youth, the family lived in a new country and had to endure the hardships and privations of pioneers. Every available force was reqired to aid in the development and cultivation of the land, and like the sons of other pioneers, Mr. Perry was obligated to do his part of the farm work from a very early age, while before beginning that the unsettled conditions of the country made schools scarce and there was danger to young children who attended them.

He worked on the home farm and assisted the family until 1843 often hiring out as a hand to other farmers in the neighborhood. This sturdy and laborious life deprived him of all chance for mental training in the schools, but it developed his body, giving him vigor and suppleness of frame, and it also cultivated in him a spirit of daring and self reliance and awakened in him a desire for travel and adventure.

In the year last named (1843), when he was but sixteen years old, he began a season of wandering from place to place which lasted six years. At the end of that period he married and settled down in Indiana, but the longing for variety of surroundings and conditions would not be stilled and after two years of quiet life in his native state, he procured a team and home-wagon and during the next fifteen years journeyed through many states working on farms.

In 1866 he came to Shelby Co. Missouri and bought land on which he has ever since been living and until 1904, was energetically engaged in farming. In that year he gave up active work, dividing among his children the 300 acres of land which he had acquired, all except thirty-seven acres, which he retained for his own use. During the Civil War he refused to take either side of the sectional controversy and was persecuted by the partisans of both, losing everthing he possessed, and then left the region of his losses and sought a location free from the danger of further persecution. He was marriedd in 1848 to Miss Margaregt Carroll a resident of Indiana. Of the ten children born to them eight are living: Jerusha, the wife of Louis Perry of Nebraska; Alexander who's home is in Kansas Cithy, Mo.; Nannie Elizabeth, wife of G.W. Moore of this country - a sketch of whom will be found in this volume. Savannah, the wife of George Conrad of Shelby Co., and Benjamin Jor and William, who live in this county; Margaret, wife of Homer Kendall of Oglesby, Ill. and Eliota, wife of I. Kite of Anabel, Mo.

Having reached the age of 83 years and lived acceptable and serviceable more than one half of that period among the peoples with an enduring and helpful ingterest in their welfare.

Mr. Perry is esteemed by them as a citizen and venerated as a patriarch. He has richly earned the rest he now enjoys after his long day of toil and trial and is fully entitled to the mildness and benignity of his life's evening. And by the uprightness and usefulness of his residence among gthe, he fairly won the entire regard and good-will of the people of Shelby County. They recognize this fact and freely accord him the prominence as one of their leading men, his merit has brought him.

Census Record

1850

Name: Benjamin Perry

Age: 21

Birth Year: abt 1829

Birthplace: Indiana

Home in 1850: Green, Morgan, Indiana, USA

Gender: Male

Family Number: 122

Household Members:

Name Age

Benjamin Perry 21

Margaret Perry 18^[3]

1860

Name: B F Perry

Age: 30

Birth Year: abt 1830

Gender: Male

Birth Place: Indiana

Home in 1860: Township 46 Range 14, Moniteau, Missouri

Post Office: Jamestown

Dwelling Number: 405

Family Number: 2331

Occupation: Farmer

Personal Estate Value: 80

Household Members:

Name Age

B F Perry 30

Margaret Perry 29

J. A. Perry 9

H. A. Perry 8

J. V. Perry 5

C. T. Perry 2^[4]

1870

Name: Benjamin Perry

Age in 1870: 47

Birth Year: abt 1823

Birthplace: Indiana

Dwelling Number: 40

Home in 1870: Salt River, Shelby, Missouri

Race: White

Gender: Male

Occupation: Farmer

Male Citizen over 21: Y

Personal Estate Value: 1013

Real Estate Value: 1000

Inferred Spouse: Margaret Perry

Household Members:

Name Age

Benjamin Perry 47

Margaret Perry 33

Janesha Perry 18

Alexander Perry 14

Julia Perry 12

Charley Perry 10

Elizabeth Perry 7

Luella Perry 4^[5]

1880

Name: Benjman Perry

Age: 52

Birth Date: Abt 1828

Birthplace: Indiana

Home in 1880: Salt River, Shelby, Missouri, USA

Dwelling Number: 61

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Margret Perry

Father's Birthplace: Kentucky

Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky

Occupation: Farmer

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name Age

Benjman Perry 52

Margret Perry 48

Charles Perry 22

Benjaman F. Perry 17

Lewllen S. Perry 14

Margret Perry 10

William Perry 8

Symantha Perry 6^[6]

1900

• Two of their grandchildren are living with them

Name: Benj F Perry

Age: 71

Birth Date: Aug 1828

Birthplace: Indiana

Home in 1900: Lentner, Shelby, Missouri

Sheet Number: 2

Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 30

Family Number: 31

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Margaret Perry

Marriage Year: 1850

Father's Birthplace: Kentucky

Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky

Occupation: Farmer

Can Read: Yes

Can Write: Yes

Can Speak English: Yes

House Owned or Rented: O

Home Free or Mortgaged: M

Farm or House: F

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name Age

Benj F Perry 71

Margaret Perry 68

Margaret Gray 13

Libby S Gray 11^[7]

1910

• Margaret's brother is living with them

Name: Benjamin F Pessy Sr.

Age in 1910: 83

Birth Year: abt 1827

Birthplace: Indiana

Home in 1910: Lentner, Shelby, Missouri

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Margaret Pessy

Father's Birthplace: Kentucky

Mother's Birthplace: Indiana

Native Tongue: English

Occupation: Own Income

Home Owned or Rented: Own

Home Free or Mortgaged: Free

Farm or House: House

Able to Read: No

Able to Write: No

Years Married: 60

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name Age

Benjamin F Pessy Sr. 83

Margaret Pessy 79

Andy J Carrole 78^[8]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Perry-1604 created through the import of Family Nov 2011.GED on Sep 6, 2011 by Jim Tarbet. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jim and others.

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1850; Census Place: Green, Morgan, Indiana; Roll: M432_162; Page: 8B; Image: 23
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 46 Range 14, Moniteau, Missouri; Roll: M653_634; Page: 667; Family History Library Film: 803634
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1870; Census Place: Salt River, Shelby, Missouri; Roll: M593_806; Page: 87B; Family History Library Film: 552305
6. ↑ Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Year: 1880; Census Place: Salt River, Shelby, Missouri; Roll: 737; Page: 440D; Enumeration District: 063
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Year: 1900; Census Place: Lentner, Shelby, Missouri; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0166; FHL microfilm: 1240904
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1910; Census Place: Lentner, Shelby, Missouri; Roll: T624_825; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0170; FHL microfilm: 1374838