Benjamin
Franklin
Sowell
Born in Kershaw, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Gilliam Sowell
and Flora M. Murchison
Brother of
Elizabeth A Sowell [half], Eliza A. Sowell [half], Margaret A Sowell [half], Mary E Sowell [half], Obedience Ann Sowell [half], George Russell Sowell, James Murchison Sowell, Katherine Sowell, Sarah C Sowell, Isabella Henrietta Sowell, John P Sowell and Gilliam A Sowell
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 41
in Bowie, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2011
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Biography
Benjamin was born 18 May 1850 and passed away 13 Oct 1895. He is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Bowie County, Texas. [1]
Census Reports
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTZ-NSM : 18 March 2020), T F Sowell in entry for Gillam Sowell, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RK-CMP : 19 March 2020), Benjamin F Sawel in entry for Samuel West, 1870.
Also See
- "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1J-34N : 13 March 2018), Ben Sowell in entry for James Richard Sowell, 24 Nov 1966; citing certificate number 71137, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,409.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 May 2020), memorial page for Benjamin F. Sowell (18 May 1850–13 Oct 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #41116987, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Bowie County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Joyce Brown (contributor 47120255).
- Source S-1952247963
- Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
- Author: Edmund West, comp.
- Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
- Source S-1954926053
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
- Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/26173105/person/1856670927/facts (broken link)
- This person was created through the import of Sowell and Dollar Tree.ged on 04 May 2011.
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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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~1.56%
Barbara (Willingham) Wainscott
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member barbarawainscott_1
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~1.56%
Teri Martinovich :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sharon (Dean) Agte :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kathy Elder :
23andMe, GEDmatch T865644 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T865644 [compare], Ancestry member yrosetx2
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T865644 [compare], FTDNA kit #220020
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Kristy Wainscott :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Priscilla (Sowell) Pelham :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member priscillapelham
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~0.78%
Karen Brown :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N178566
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~0.78%
Thomas Barrow :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PW8350638 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK32975
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