Benjamin's birth date was found in a family bible transcribed here http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/bazebib.htm He was born in Giles County, Tennessee and living in Stone County, Missouri with his family soon after the 1850 Census. He was orphaned by 1858.
On the 1860 Census, Benjamin was living in Flat Creek Twp, Stone County, Missouri with his older sister Mary J. (age 24). Benjamin F. was age 12, John P. was age 10 and Sarah C. was age 9.
On Sept. 15, 1867, Benjamin married Elizabeth Fannie Beal in Springfield, Mo., according to Missouri Marriage, 1805-2002, viewed on ancestry.com.
On the 1870 Census, Benjamin was living with the Elisha Edwards family, not with his wife nor with his brother Lorenzo's family who were only a few farms away. Benjamin had a one-year-old daughter living with him named Sarah J., but W. Yellie and his mother have not yet been found on that Census.
Benjamin was the father of seven children (information from a great-grandaughter):
W. Yellie born 10-02-1868 died 09-08-1873
Sarah Beatrice born 09-11-1869 died 03-02-1939
Joseph Felix Jefferson born 06-02-1875 died 10-29-1956
Lucy E. born 12-28-1876 died 01-12-1896
Thomas Franklin born 09-10-1880 died 10-00-1957
David A. born 02-15-1885 died 12-30-1907
Maggie E. born 08-04-1887 died unknown
Benjamin and his family were migrating back north from Texas to Oklahoma, which was then called "Indian Territory" ca 1888, when Benjamin died en route and was buried near the Red River in Texas.
The 1910 Census shows Fannie N. Bolen, widowed, age 55 and living with her daughter Sarah's family, the William H. Gordons in Lincoln, Oklahoma.
On the 1860 Census, Benjamin was living in Flat Creek Twp, Stone County, Missouri with his older sister Mary J. (age 24). Benjamin F. was age 12, John P. was age 10 and Sarah C. was age 9.
On Sept. 15, 1867, Benjamin married Elizabeth Fannie Beal in Springfield, Mo., according to Missouri Marriage, 1805-2002, viewed on ancestry.com.
On the 1870 Census, Benjamin was living with the Elisha Edwards family, not with his wife nor with his brother Lorenzo's family who were only a few farms away. Benjamin had a one-year-old daughter living with him named Sarah J., but W. Yellie and his mother have not yet been found on that Census.
Benjamin was the father of seven children (information from a great-grandaughter):
W. Yellie born 10-02-1868 died 09-08-1873
Sarah Beatrice born 09-11-1869 died 03-02-1939
Joseph Felix Jefferson born 06-02-1875 died 10-29-1956
Lucy E. born 12-28-1876 died 01-12-1896
Thomas Franklin born 09-10-1880 died 10-00-1957
David A. born 02-15-1885 died 12-30-1907
Maggie E. born 08-04-1887 died unknown
Benjamin and his family were migrating back north from Texas to Oklahoma, which was then called "Indian Territory" ca 1888, when Benjamin died en route and was buried near the Red River in Texas.
The 1910 Census shows Fannie N. Bolen, widowed, age 55 and living with her daughter Sarah's family, the William H. Gordons in Lincoln, Oklahoma.
Benjamin's birth date was found in a family bible transcribed here http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/bazebib.htm He was born in Giles County, Tennessee and living in Stone County, Missouri with his family soon after the 1850 Census. He was orphaned by 1858.
On the 1860 Census, Benjamin was living in Flat Creek Twp, Stone County, Missouri with his older sister Mary J. (age 24). Benjamin F. was age 12, John P. was age 10 and Sarah C. was age 9.
On Sept. 15, 1867, Benjamin married Elizabeth Fannie Beal in Springfield, Mo., according to Missouri Marriage, 1805-2002, viewed on ancestry.com.
On the 1870 Census, Benjamin was living with the Elisha Edwards family, not with his wife nor with his brother Lorenzo's family who were only a few farms away. Benjamin had a one-year-old daughter living with him named Sarah J., but W. Yellie and his mother have not yet been found on that Census.
Benjamin was the father of seven children (information from a great-grandaughter):
W. Yellie born 10-02-1868 died 09-08-1873
Sarah Beatrice born 09-11-1869 died 03-02-1939
Joseph Felix Jefferson born 06-02-1875 died 10-29-1956
Lucy E. born 12-28-1876 died 01-12-1896
Thomas Franklin born 09-10-1880 died 10-00-1957
David A. born 02-15-1885 died 12-30-1907
Maggie E. born 08-04-1887 died unknown
Benjamin and his family were migrating back north from Texas to Oklahoma, which was then called "Indian Territory" ca 1888, when Benjamin died en route and was buried near the Red River in Texas.
The 1910 Census shows Fannie N. Bolen, widowed, age 55 and living with her daughter Sarah's family, the William H. Gordons in Lincoln, Oklahoma.
On the 1860 Census, Benjamin was living in Flat Creek Twp, Stone County, Missouri with his older sister Mary J. (age 24). Benjamin F. was age 12, John P. was age 10 and Sarah C. was age 9.
On Sept. 15, 1867, Benjamin married Elizabeth Fannie Beal in Springfield, Mo., according to Missouri Marriage, 1805-2002, viewed on ancestry.com.
On the 1870 Census, Benjamin was living with the Elisha Edwards family, not with his wife nor with his brother Lorenzo's family who were only a few farms away. Benjamin had a one-year-old daughter living with him named Sarah J., but W. Yellie and his mother have not yet been found on that Census.
Benjamin was the father of seven children (information from a great-grandaughter):
W. Yellie born 10-02-1868 died 09-08-1873
Sarah Beatrice born 09-11-1869 died 03-02-1939
Joseph Felix Jefferson born 06-02-1875 died 10-29-1956
Lucy E. born 12-28-1876 died 01-12-1896
Thomas Franklin born 09-10-1880 died 10-00-1957
David A. born 02-15-1885 died 12-30-1907
Maggie E. born 08-04-1887 died unknown
Benjamin and his family were migrating back north from Texas to Oklahoma, which was then called "Indian Territory" ca 1888, when Benjamin died en route and was buried near the Red River in Texas.
The 1910 Census shows Fannie N. Bolen, widowed, age 55 and living with her daughter Sarah's family, the William H. Gordons in Lincoln, Oklahoma.
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According to his wife, as passed down, he was buried along the Red River, but it's not known if it was on the Oklahoma or Texas side.
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