Benjamin Thomas

Benjamin Thomas

Male 1861 - 1875  (14 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Thomas 
    Nickname Benjamine 
    Born 29 Sep 1861  Perry, Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Nov 1875 
    Buried Round Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The correct transcription of the headstone, rather than as indicated in Find-A-Grave, must be "fourteen years, one month, eighteen days," since Benjamin was listed as "age nine" in the U.S. Census Perry, Marion, IN for 1870.
    Person ID I14007  Complete
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2018 

    Father Edward Charles Thomas,   b. 15 Sep 1815, Nicholas County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1875, Perry, Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Catherine Moore,   b. 21 Aug 1819, Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1879, Maywood, Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 30 Aug 1838  Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Indiana State Library Genealogy Database, Marriages through 1850: "Edwin [sic] Thomas & Catherine Moore, m. 30 Aug 1838 Marion County."

      LDS FamilySearch, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992: "Catherine Moore & Edmond [sic] Thomas, m. 30 Aug 1838 Marion County."
    Notes 
    • Indiana Digital Archives, Marion County Superior Court:

      "17 Oct 1879, Edward Thomas, Petitioner & William T. Thames, et al, Petitioners, Civil Case-Partition of Property."
    Family ID F5766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Census Records
    Edward Charles Thomas (1815-1875 )
    Edward Charles Thomas (1815-1875 )

    U.S. Census Perry, Marion, IN 1870:

    "Edward Thomas, age 55 b. Abt. 1815 Kentucky, father of foreign birth & mother born USA [sic], farmer real estate owned $18,000, personal property $800, wife Catherine, age 53 b. Abt. 1817 Ireland, father & mother of foreign birth; nine children b. Indiana: William S. 30, farmhand personal property $500, Nancy E. 26, Ira 24 farmhand, Robert 22 farmhand, Mary E. 21, Isabell 19, Thomas 15 farmhand, Nelson 13, George 12, Benjamine 9."

    John M. Thomas had left the household; Nancy's middle initial was shown as "E" rather than as "C" as indicated on the Census of 1860.