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Benjamin Parsons 1824 – 1867 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 December 1824

Birth Location: Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Death Date: 24 Nov 1867

Death Location: Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States

Father: John Parsons

Mother: Ann Everitt

Spouse(s): Hannah Scarbrough

Children(s): Mary Parsons, Benjamin Parsons, Hannah Parsons, William Parsons, George Parsons, John Parsons, Lilly Parsons, Jessie Parsons

According to available records, Benjamin Parsons was born in 1824 in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, UK, the child of John Parsons and Ann Everitt. Following those early years, Benjamin Parsons married Hannah Scarbrough, and their family grew to include Mary Elizabeth Parsons, Benjamin E. Parsons, Hannah Scarborough Parsons, William B. Parsons, George Washington Parsons, John Charles Parsons, Lilly Jane Parsons and Jessie Mae Parsons. In the later years of life, Benjamin Parsons died in 1867 in Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States.

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Parents

John Parsons
Birth Location: –
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Ann Everitt
1794 – 1874
Birth Location: Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Scarbrough
1828 – 1916
Birth Location: Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England
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Children(s)

Mary Parsons
1848 – 1926
Birth Location: Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England
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Benjamin Parsons
1852 –
Birth Location: England
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Hannah Parsons
1854 – 1925
Birth Location: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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William Parsons
1856 – 1924
Birth Location: England, UK
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George Parsons
1858 – 1936
Birth Location: Wisconsin, USA
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John Parsons
1860 – 1914
Birth Location: Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA
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Lilly Parsons
1863 – 1864
Birth Location: Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, USA
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Jessie Parsons
1868 – 1892
Birth Location: Illinois
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 4 December 1824
    Event Place: Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, UK
    Record Source: England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 1272

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 27 Feb 1825
    Event Place: Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 1272

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 30 Nov 1847
    Event Place: Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1841
    Event Place: Irthlingborough, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 803; Book: 13; Civil Parish: Irthlingborough; County: Northamptonshire; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 7; Page: 6; Line: 7; GSU roll: 438877

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1851
    Event Place: Riseley, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1751; Folio: 47; Page: 11; GSU roll: 87674-87675

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Monmouth, Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Monmouth, Warren, Illinois; Roll: M653_234; Page: 333; Family History Library Film: 803234

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 July 1863
    Event Place: Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provos

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 24 Nov 1867
    Event Place: Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States
    Record Source: Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1904, 1921-1951, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa Death Records, 1888-1904

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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