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Benjamin Franklin Moore 1866 – 1927 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 May 1866

Birth Location: Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 16 Jan 1927

Death Location: Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA

Father: Samuel Moore

Mother: Anna Sweet

Spouse(s): Mary Hipskind

Children(s): Florence Moore, Lawrence Moore, Dorothy Moore, Anna Moore, Benjamin Moore, Ruth Moore, Julia Moore

Benjamin Franklin Moore was born in 1866 in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA, the child of Samuel B Moore and Anna Catherine Sweet. Benjamin Franklin Moore married Mary Elizabeth Hipskind, and had children including Florence Moore, Lawrence Benjamin Moore, Dorothy Marie Moore, Anna K Moore, Benjamin Franklin Jr Moore, Ruth E Moore, Julia Margaret Moore. Benjamin Franklin Moore passed away in 1927 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Franklin Moore was born in 1866 in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA, the child of Samuel B Moore and Anna Catherine Sweet.
  • Benjamin Franklin Moore married Mary Elizabeth Hipskind, and had children including Florence Moore, Lawrence Benjamin Moore, Dorothy Marie Moore, Anna K Moore, Benjamin Franklin Jr Moore, Ruth E Moore, Julia Margaret Moore.
  • Benjamin Franklin Moore passed away in 1927 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA.

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Benjamin Moore's Ancestors

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Benjamin Moore
1866 – 1927
Birth Place: Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Parents
Samuel B Moore
1832 – 1915
Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, USA
Anna (Catherine) Sweet
1836 – 1921
Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Hiram Sweet
1811 – 1892
Fleming, Kentucky, USA
Mahala (Montgomery) Henkle
1814 – 1891
Upper Tract, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Sweet
1769 – 1830
Elizabeth Mershon
1775 – 1840
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Mershon
1750 – 1813
Martha Stevens
1752 – 1796

Benjamin Moore's Descendants

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Benjamin (Franklin) Moore (6 May 1866 – 16 Jan 1927) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Hipskind (1 Jan 1874 – 9 May 1948)
  1. 1. Florence Moore (20 Jan 1892 – 26 Oct 1950) m. Owen Griffith (21 Feb 1882 – )
    1. 1. Donald (E) Griffith (1 Jan 1911 – 2 Oct 2000)
    2. 2. Leona (Maude) Griffith (19 Apr 1912 – 3 Jul 1994) m. Edgar (I) Jackson (30 Aug 1905 – 29 Jul 1983)
      1. 1. Edgar (I Jr) Jackson (13 Jun 1945 – 30 Oct 2002)
  2. 2. Lawrence (Benjamin) Moore (7 May 1893 – 26 Nov 1983) m. Grace (Baird) Schmitt (11 Mar 1897 – Oct 1969)
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Moore (12 Aug 1919 – 9 Oct 2004) m. Charles (C) Trendley (22 Sep 1907 – 30 Sep 1964)
  3. 3. Dorothy (Marie) Moore (29 Aug 1894 – 2 May 1977) m. Harold (Phillip Henry) Hipskind (18 Oct 1896 – 4 Apr 1949)
    1. 1. James (Francis) Hipskind (15 Jul 1918 – 21 Oct 1986)
    2. 2. Elizabeth (June) Hipskind (16 Sep 1919 – 10 Jul 2004) m. Woodrow (J) Sweet (7 Nov 1918 – 4 Dec 1996)
  4. 4. Anna (K) Moore (23 Dec 1895 – Nov 1979) m. Charles Surber (4 Dec 1894 – 25 Feb 1966)
    1. 1. Charles (Philip) Surber (17 Jul 1916 – 18 Aug 1979)
    2. 2. Mary (Esther) Surber (8 Mar 1920 – 4 Sep 1999) m. Paul (Francis) Cass (10 Jul 1916 – 29 Apr 1959)
  5. 5. Benjamin (Franklin Jr) Moore (19 Oct 1902 – 18 Oct 1983)
  6. 6. Ruth (E) Moore (11 Jun 1904 – 27 May 1994) m. Harold (S) Raifsnider (26 Mar 1897 – 15 Jan 1971)
  7. 7. Julia (Margaret) Moore (18 Feb 1915 – 20 Sep 1973) m. Alfred (A) Howard (23 Aug 1913 – 23 Jun 1997)

Benjamin Moore's Timeline

2 Records

1866
6 May 1866
Birth of Benjamin Franklin Moore in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA
1927
16 Jan 1927
Age 61
Death of Benjamin Franklin Moore in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 May 1866
    Event Place: Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jan 1927
    Event Place: Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA

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