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Benjamin Spencer Wiggins (1894 - 1964)

Benjamin Spencer Wiggins
Born in Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, USAmap
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Died at age 70 in Mount Vernon, Knox Co., Ohio, USAmap
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Biography

Benjamin Wiggins was born 26 August 1894 in Newark, Ohio. He is the son of William Wiggins and Mary Myers. [1]

1900 census -- Morgan Twnp., Knox Co., Ohio, USA

Wm Wiggins, head, white, male, born Apr 1840, age 60, widow, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, carpenter, rent house; Benny S Wiggins, son, white, male, born Aug 1894, age 5, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio[2]

1910 census -- Utica, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

William Wiggins, roomer, white, male, age 65, widow, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, carpenter builds houses; Bennie Wiggins, roomer, white, male, age 14, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school[3]

He registered for World War I in Utica, Ohio in June 1917.[4]

1920 census -- Utica, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Wm Wiggins, head, rent, white, male, age 80, widow, born Ohio, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania; Ben S Wiggins, son, white, male, age 25, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, watch maker jewelry store[5]

1930 census -- Utica, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Mary M Lusk, head, own $3000, white, female, age 60, widow, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Benjamin S Wiggins, lodger, white, male, age 35, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, jeweler own store[6]

He registered for World War II in Utica, Ohio in 1942.[7]

He died 30 November 1964 in Mount Vernon, Ohio.[8][9][10] He is buried in North Lawn Cemetery in Utica, Ohio.[11]


Sources

  1. "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRMK-T86 : 13 March 2018), Beney Wiggins, 26 Aug 1894; citing Birth, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States, multiple county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 384,321.
  2. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMD4-GQC : accessed 18 April 2020), Beney S Wiggins in household of Wm Wiggins, Morgan & Pleasant Townships, Knox, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 4A, family 75, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,291.
  3. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFW-3V3 : accessed 18 April 2020), Bennie S Wiggins in household of William Wiggins, Washington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 102, sheet 18A, family 431, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1203; FHL microfilm 1,375,216.
  4. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6FY-MG9 : 24 August 2019), Benjamin Spencer Wiggins, 1917-1918.
  5. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD15-3TY : accessed 18 April 2020), Ben S Wiggins in household of Wm Wiggins, Washington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing ED 179, sheet 5B, line 72, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1404; FHL microfilm 1,821,404.
  6. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X449-SZ8 : accessed 18 April 2020), Benjamin S Wiggins in household of Mary M Lusk, Washington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 51, sheet 2A, line 44, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1829; FHL microfilm 2,341,563.
  7. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  8. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRN8-26B : 20 May 2014), Benjamin Wiggins, Nov 1964; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  9. "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F62T-HRZ : 9 March 2018), Ben S. Wiggins, 30 Nov 1964; citing Death, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon City, Knox, Ohio, United States, source ID rn 492, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,317,978.
  10. Newark Advocate (Newark, Ohio), 12/1/1964, p 3, c 1:
    Utica -- Private services for Ben S Wiggins, age 70, of Utica, will be held at 10:30 am Wednesday in the Law and Sons Funeral Home, with Rev Ron Law officiating.
    Mr Wiggins died at 1 pm Monday in Mercy Hospital, Mount Vernon. He had been ill for three years.
    Born Aug 26, 1894, in Licking County, he was the son of Mr and Mrs William Wiggins.
    A retired jeweler and manager of Lusk Jewelry Store in Utica, he was a member of the Utica Masonic Lodge 291.
    There are no immediate survivors.
    Burial will be in Northlawn Cemetery, Utica. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 pm today.
  11. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL8-X413 : 13 December 2015), Benjamin Spencer Wiggins, 1964; Burial, Utica, Licking, Ohio, United States of America, North Lawn Cemetery; citing record ID 93601583, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.




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