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Benjamin Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah PIERCE 1780–1871 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1780

Birth Location: Rewastico, Somerset, MD

Death Date: 20 Nov 1871

Death Location: Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States of America

Father: John Grumbles

Mother: Temperance Wainwright

Spouse(s): Keziah *, Isabell O'Conner

Children(s): William Grumbles, John YOUNGBLOOD, Eliza McKINNIE, Jesse KENDALL, Edward DAY, Winifred DAY, George Grumbles, Sarah SMOKE, Lewis MOORE, Benjamin Jr., Benjamin Jr.

The story of Benjamin Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah PIERCE began in 1780 in Rewastico, Somerset, MD. Benjamin Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah PIERCE married Isabell Stark O Conner, Keziah Pierce, and had children including Benjamin Franklin Grumbles Jr, Edith Eady Grumbles, Edward Earl Grumbles M Nancy Day, Eliza Keziah Grumbles M Garrett And Mckinnie, George Washington Grumbles, Jesse Grumbles M Elizabeth Kendall, John James Capt Grumbles Capt Texas Ranger M Nancy Caroline Youngblood, Lewis Grumbles Bejamin Grumbles Line M Eliza Moore, Sarah Frances Grumbles M Daniel Smoke, William Mathis Grumbles, Winifred Pierce Grumbles M Marshall Day. Benjamin Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah PIERCE passed away in 1871 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States of America.

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  • The story of Benjamin Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah PIERCE began in 1780 in Rewastico, Somerset, MD.
  • Benjamin Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah PIERCE married Isabell Stark O Conner, Keziah Pierce, and had children including Benjamin Franklin Grumbles Jr, Edith Eady Grumbles, Edward Earl Grumbles M Nancy Day, Eliza Keziah Grumbles M Garrett And Mckinnie, George Washington Grumbles, Jesse Grumbles M Elizabeth Kendall, John James Capt Grumbles Capt Texas Ranger M Nancy Caroline Youngblood, Lewis Grumbles Bejamin Grumbles Line M Eliza Moore, Sarah Frances Grumbles M Daniel Smoke, William Mathis Grumbles, Winifred Pierce Grumbles M Marshall Day.
  • Benjamin Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah PIERCE passed away in 1871 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States of America.

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Benjamin PIERCE's Ancestors

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Benjamin PIERCE
1780–1871
Birth Place: Rewastico, Somerset, MD
Parents
John Delier Grumbles
1755–1801
Sussex County, Delaware
Temperance Wainwright
1758–1796
Sussex, Delaware, United States
Grandparents
Benjamin Grumbles
1718–1809
Ratcliff, Stepney, Middlesex, England
Elizabeth Knott
1690–
Southwark, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
George (Grumball)
1688–1720
Elizabeth Knott
1690–1721
2nd-Great-Grandparents
JOHN (8GGF)
1666–1715
MARY (8GGM)
1669–1711

Benjamin PIERCE's Descendants

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Benjamin (Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah) PIERCE (abt 1780–20 Nov 1871) m. Keziah (Pierce) * (1781–10 Feb 1851) m. Isabell (Stark) O'Conner (1798–1884)
  1. 1. William (Mathis) Grumbles 1825–1901 m. Susanna (Jane) Davis 1824–1899
    1. 1. Susan (Caroline Carrie) Grumbles 1857–1932 m. John (Dixon) Temple 1838–1909 m. Jefferson ("Jeff") Blalock 1849–1883
      1. 1. Thomas (Jefferson) Temple 1887–1970
      2. 2. Benjamin (Harrison) Temple 1889–1951
      3. 3. John (David Sr) Temple 1892–1970
      4. 4. Ora (L) Temple 1894–1976
      5. 5. Claude (Claudie) Temple 1898–1963
      6. 6. Thana (Jane) Bird 1873–1956
      7. 7. Rosa (Viola) Blalock 1881–1981 m. George (Washington) Worrell 1855–1934 m. George (Wood) Temple 1864–1933
        1. 1. Viola (Elizabeth Worrell -) Ervin 1920–2002
        2. 2. Georgia (Pearl Worrell - Shaw -) Prentice 1918–1991
        3. 3. Minnie (Lee Temple-Herren-de) Giner 1904–1966
        4. 4. Douglas (G) Temple 1909–1972 m. Mary Culak 1911–2006
        5. 5. Jefferson (John) Temple 1900–1968
        6. 6. Cleo (Mae) Temple-Impson 1907–1994
    2. 2. Sarah (Melissa) Grumbles 1869–1873
    3. 3. Martha (Ann) GRUMBLES 1853–1941 m. Christopher (Columbus) TOWNSLEY 1845–1933
      1. 1. Stephen (Edward) TOWNSLEY 1873–1944
      2. 2. Sarah (Ann "Annie") TOWNSLEY 1876–1893
      3. 3. Marcus (Dee Lafayette) TOWNSLEY 1878–1957
      4. 4. Robert (Wickline) TOWNSLEY 1891–1961
      5. 5. Louis (Jasper "Jack") TOWNSLEY 1887–1966
      6. 6. Myrtle (June "Billie") TOWNSLEY 1898–1991
      7. 7. John (Reeve) TOWNSLEY 1881–1919 m. Ida (May) Shadville 1878–
      8. 8. Eddie TOWNSLEY 1873–
      9. 9. Cordia (Stella) TOWNSLEY 1895–1982
      10. 10. Cora TOWNSLEY 1883–1978
      11. 11. Christopher (Columbus "Lummie") TOWNSLEY 1884–1887
      12. 12. William (Columbus) TOWNSLEY 1875–1878
      13. 13. Myrtle (June) Ginn 1898–1991
      14. 14. Stella (Cordie) Row 1895–1982
    4. 4. William (Henry) Grumbles 1851–1874
    5. 5. Charles (Glover "Charley" Grumbles) Sr 1864–1931 m. Jane (Pierce "Jennie") Purcell 1866–1952
      1. 1. Wilbert (Henry "Doc") Grumbles 1883–1919 m. Lillie (May) Lawson 1886–1915
        1. 1. Vera (Verona) Grumbles 1908–1944
        2. 2. Wilbert (Woodie) Grumbles 1910–1913
        3. 3. Lillie (Mae) Grumbles 1912–2001
        4. 4. Vivian (Margret) Grumbles 1914–2012 m. Asa (Robert) Belvin 1914–1973
      2. 2. Charles (Glover "Dub"JR Grumbles -) Farmer 1887–1933 m. Ethel (Alma) Verner 1903–1956
        1. 1. Leonard (Alvin) Grumbles 1919–2016
        2. 2. James (Edward) Grumbles 1927–1940
        3. 3. Alford (Nolan) Grumbles 1922–1923
        4. 4. Hazel (Raythene) Grumbles 1924–1943
        5. 5. Carl (Eugene 'Snooks') Grumbles 1932–2005
        6. 6. Ernestine (Willie) Grumbles 1920–2000 m. Eugene (Frederick Fred) Bales 1920–1991
        7. 7. Bernice (Ellen "Dinky") Grumbles 1929–2018
        8. 8. Alfred (Nolan) Grumbles 1922–1923
      3. 3. Edward (Davis "Ed" Grumbles -) Farmer 1889–1964
      4. 4. William (Matthews "Willie" Grumbles) Sr 1893–1962 m. Lena (Spillman) Wolber 1899–1938
        1. 1. Artie (Clarkson) Grumbles 1922–1994
        2. 2. Charles (Alfred) Grumbles 1920–1984
        3. 3. Viola (Florrine) Grumbles 1930–1933
        4. 4. Dudley (Richard) Grumbles 1937–2003
        5. 5. William (Mathew) Grumbles 1934–1997
      5. 5. Mortimor (Holton "Mort" Grumbles - Travis Cnty RD) Foreman 1895–1958 m. Fannie (M) McGill 1898–1984
        1. 1. Virginia (Louise) Grumbles\Baker\Brill 1919–2008
        2. 2. Willard (Ellison "Sonny") Grumbles 1926–2011
      6. 6. James (Albert "Albert\AB\ABB" Grumbles - Overseer of Southern Pine Lumber Co "Bpggy Slough) Club" 1890–1942 m. Jettie (Bell) Grumbles 1901–1972 m. Lillie (Eugenia) Walker 1909–2005
        1. 1. Willie (Lee) Grumbles 1921–2002
        2. 2. John (Oliver) Grumbles 1923–1980
        3. 3. Gene (Milton) Grumbles 1936–2001
        4. 4. Melba (Ilene) Grumbles 1924–1994
        5. 5. Ruby (Hazel) Grumbles 1926–1994
        6. 6. Tula (Mae) Latham 1929–2016
        7. 7. Albert (Leon SR) Grumbles 1933–2004 m. Rose (Marie) Miranda 1938–1975
        8. 8. James (Albert JR) Grumbles 1937–2015
        9. 9. Myrtle (T) Grumbles 1930–2019 m. Preston (Reed) Thacker 1915–1963
        10. 10. James (Boyd) Grumbles 1932–1937
        11. 11. Betty (June) Grumbles 1939–1941
      7. 7. Elmer (Perry) Grumbles 1898–1996
      8. 8. Ivy (Gertrude) Grumbles 1903–1992
      9. 9. Girl (Grumbles -) BABY 1902–1902
      10. 10. Vivian (Grumbles -) BABY 1900–1900
      11. 11. Sara (Melissa "Missie") Grumbles 1885–1972 m. James (Edward) Puryear 1880–1937 m. James (Carl) Martin 1889–1964
        1. 1. Bernice (Katherine) Puryear 1913–1990 m. John (Alvin Reed) Sr. 1906–1989
        2. 2. Charles (Granderson) Puryear 1907–1979
      12. 12. Viola (Grumbles -) BABY 1884–1884
      13. 13. Ivy (Gertrude Grumbles -) CHILD 1903–1918
      14. 14. Asa (Leonard) Grumbles 1907–1939
      15. 15. Emma (Jane) Grumbles 1891–1949 m. Harless Moore 1889–1961
        1. 1. Pierce (Mathew) Moore 1920–2009
        2. 2. Harless Moore 1926–1983
      16. 16. infant (son) Grumbles 1910–1910
      17. 17. West (H) Grumbles 1895–1962
    6. 6. Lousia (Ann) Grumbles 1859–1922 m. Jackson (Conrad S) Williams 1855–1940 m. Joseph (Kenny) Murchison 1853–1903
      1. 1. Mary Williams 1898–1967
      2. 2. William (M) Murchison 1884–
      3. 3. Alta (Susan Ann) Murchison 1894–1980 m. Samuel (Arthur) Pearson 1893–1935
        1. 1. Kenneth (Ursey) Pearson 1913–1984
        2. 2. Edwin (McCoy) Pearson 1920–1989
        3. 3. Infant (son) Pearson 1933–1933
        4. 4. Samuel (Ivan) Pearson 1919–2002
        5. 5. Homer (Burl) Pearson 1921–1985
        6. 6. Eldred (Joe) Pearson 1925–2010
        7. 7. Norma (Ray) Pearson 1928–2010 m. Hudson (Dean) Hatfield 1923–1988
      4. 4. Mary Murchison 1889–1967
    7. 7. Edward (Davis) Grumbles 1846–1881 m. Mary (Adeline) Jones 1852–1924
      1. 1. Minnie (S.) Grumbles 1876–1933 m. Thomas (Abraham) Leonard 1876–1932
      2. 2. Bert Grumbles 1842–1911 m. Jane Grumbles –1880
        1. 1. Minnie Grumbles 1880–1936
        2. 2. William GRUMBLES 1870–
      3. 3. David (Davis (Doc)) Grumbles 1878–1948 m. Micaela (“Kalo”) Perchez\Martinez 1899–1988 m. Kate Grumbels 1900–
        1. 1. EDWARD (DAVIS) GRUMBLES 1928–1998
        2. 2. MARY (LOU) GRUMBLES 1925–2001
        3. 3. Nellie Grumbless 1919–2007
        4. 4. Roy (Lee) Grumbles 1930–2020 m. Betty (Joyce) Cox –1975
        5. 5. Edna (May Grumbles) Towers 1933–2019
    8. 8. Margaret (Keziah) Grumbles 1848–1852
    9. 9. Winnifred (Armita) Grumbles 1850–1915 m. Joseph (Daniel) Cady 1826–1908
      1. 1. Mary (Jane) Cady 1882–
      2. 2. William (O) Cady 1867–
      3. 3. Erastus (Loren) Cady 1873–1895
      4. 4. Jeptha (Daniel) Cady 1876–1956
      5. 5. Philora (V) Cady 1879–1893
    10. 10. Harriet (Elizabeth) Grumbles 1847–1903 m. Jackson (Conrad Strader) Williams 1855–1940 m. James (Isaiah) Williams 1852–1920
      1. 1. Walter (F) Williams 1876–1920
      2. 2. James (Julian) Williams 1880–
      3. 3. Louis (Monroe) Williams 1887–1969 m. Ruby (Lee) Davis 1896–1969
        1. 1. Doris Williams 1913–
        2. 2. Clifford (M) Williams 1915–1948
        3. 3. Marion (Carl) Williams 1917–2004
      4. 4. Edward Williams 1876–1904
      5. 5. George (Henry) Williams 1878–1952
      6. 6. Allie Williams 1886–
      7. 7. Edward Williams 1877–1904
      8. 8. Donald (Charlie) Williams 1882–1946
      9. 9. Susan Williams 1876–1904
      10. 10. Allie (May) Williams 1886–1934
      11. 11. John (Elbert) Williams 1876–1946 m. Mary (Lula) Ferguson 1877–1929
        1. 1. Arlington (Manly) Williams 1904–1983 m. Iona (Lee) Law 1908–2004
        2. 2. Carl (Edward) Williams 1908–2002
        3. 3. Mary Williams 1900–1999
        4. 4. Elbert (McKinley) Williams 1902–1996
        5. 5. Byrl (H.) Williams 1916–1946
        6. 6. Jewell (Edith) Williams 1905–1997
      12. 12. Mary Williams 1898–
      13. 13. Alta Williams 1894–
      14. 14. Robert (Wiley) Williams 1876–1944 m. Lalah Williams 1877–1928
        1. 1. Harry (D) Williams 1900–
        2. 2. Luie (F) Williams 1902–
        3. 3. Robbie (S) Williams 1906–
        4. 4. Edith Williams 1907–1958
      15. 15. Donald Williams 1873–
      16. 16. Susan (Irene) Williams 1874–1919
      17. 17. George (Ashton) Williams 1878–1941
    11. 11. Benjamin (Franklin) Grumbles 1862–
    12. 12. Thomas (Green) Grumbles 1866–1880
    13. 13. Mary (Jane) Grumbles 1855–1938 m. Avnet (Ross 'Abner') Daniel 1852–1933
      1. 1. Bessie (Mae) Daniel 1895–1945 m. George (Demcy) Robinson 1893–1972
        1. 1. Velma (Elizabeth) Roberson 1916–1988
        2. 2. Willie (Harmon) Roberson 1914–1974
        3. 3. Carl (Eldridge) Roberson 1918–1957
        4. 4. George (Demcy Roberson) Jr. 1925–1977
        5. 5. Viola Robinson 1920–1986
      2. 2. Billy (D.) Daniel 1893–1928 m. Ida Bates 1889–1928
        1. 1. Clarence (Eldie) Daniels 1916–1999
        2. 2. Eva Daniel 1914–
      3. 3. William (Jessie) Daniel 1877–1952 m. Hattie (Mae) Daniel 1883–1952
        1. 1. Vivion (Evelyn) Daniel 1910–1977
        2. 2. William (I. M.) Daniel 1908–1974
        3. 3. Elcie Daniel 1906–1982
        4. 4. Hubert Daniel 1914–1914
        5. 5. Verttie (Renolda) Daniels 1903–1964
      4. 4. Mary (Leatie) Daniel 1880–1968 m. Stephen (Harrison) Pirkle 1875–1943
        1. 1. Jacob (Daniel) Pirkle 1897–1901
        2. 2. Sampson (Harrison) Pirkle 1899–1903
        3. 3. Leatie (Jane) Pirkle 1905–
        4. 4. Lillie (Belle) Pirkle 1907–
        5. 5. Arlie (Ray) Pirkle 1909–1988
        6. 6. Thelma (Ann) Pirkle 1915–1918
        7. 7. Milton Pirkle 1919–1945
        8. 8. Bertie Pirkle 1906–
        9. 9. Thomas (A) Pirkle 1912–
      5. 5. Addie (Lou) Daniel 1882–1975 m. John (H.) Bills 1858–1936
        1. 1. Clingman (Aviet) Bills 1902–1956
        2. 2. Irma (Hutcheson) Bills 1905–1972
      6. 6. Margaret (Elizabeth Ann "Maggie") Daniels 1891–1956 m. Richard (Nelson) Thompson 1891–1951
        1. 1. Russell (Arland Thompson) Sr 1917–1980
        2. 2. Gilford (Eugene) Thompson 1919–1977
        3. 3. Fulton (Richard) Thompson 1921–1972
        4. 4. Dorothy (Thompson) Hamlin 1924–2010
        5. 5. OB Thompson 1927–2004
        6. 6. Dora (Ann) Thompson 1930–2012
        7. 7. Nelson (Bryant Thompson) Sr 1934–2003
        8. 8. Nellie (Jane) Thompson 1934–2017
        9. 9. Hazel Thompson 1914–2006
      7. 7. Benjiman (Franklin) Daniel 1875–1937 m. Rosa (Lee) Shelley 1879–1958
        1. 1. Lex Daniel 1904–1974
        2. 2. Victor Daniel 1906–1985
        3. 3. Ivey (Lee) Daniel 1908–2005
        4. 4. Rufus Daniels 1912–
        5. 5. Jesse Daniels 1901–
        6. 6. Raymond Daniels 1906–
        7. 7. Bennie (Calvin) Daniels 1896–1967
        8. 8. Albert (Bruce) Daniel 1914–1991
      8. 8. Lillie (Mae) Daniels 1887–1956 m. James (Thomas) Pearson 1890–1972
        1. 1. James (Alfred) Pearson 1911–1970
        2. 2. Lena (Mae) Pearson 1914–1996
        3. 3. Christina (Marie) Pearson 1919–2005
        4. 4. Mary (Evelyn) Pearson 1924–2000
        5. 5. Thomas (Cecil) Pearson 1921–1953
      9. 9. James (Wright) Daniels 1889–1924 m. Eula Daniel 1888– m. Nora (Lee Bates) (Daniels) 1895–1973
        1. 1. Lonnie Daniel 1914–1985
        2. 2. Preston (Donald) Daniels 1933–1971
        3. 3. Elmore Daniels 1916–1979
        4. 4. Kathleen (Marie) Daniels 1925–1984
        5. 5. Ronald (Gene) Daniels 1936–2016
        6. 6. Clifford (Douglass) Daniels 1922–1938
        7. 7. Rufus Daniels 1919–1919
        8. 8. Daniels 1914–2003
      10. 10. Carl (Lee) Daniel 1899–1966 m. Alice (Rebecca) Turner 1900–1982
        1. 1. Charles (Haywood) Daniel 1920–2012
        2. 2. Carl (Lee Daniel) Jr. 1927–1999
        3. 3. Clyde (Allon) Daniel 1921–2010
      11. 11. John (Thomas) Daniel 1872–1936 m. Lillie (Jane Bigham) (Daniels) 1881–1974 m. Lenora ((Katie)) Daniel 1873–1901
        1. 1. Delmon (Jack) Daniel 1918–2001
        2. 2. William (Hall Daniels) Sr. 1902–1966
        3. 3. Mary Daniel 1899–1910
      12. 12. Lonnie (A) Daniel 1884–1886
  2. 2. John (James (Capt) GRUMBLES (Capt - Texas Ranger) m: Nancy Caroline) YOUNGBLOOD 1804–1858
  3. 3. Eliza (Keziah GRUMBLES m: GARRETT and) McKINNIE 1811–1868
  4. 4. Jesse (GRUMBLES m: Elizabeth) KENDALL 1831–1866
  5. 5. Edward (Earl GRUMBLES m: Nancy) DAY 1808–1860
  6. 6. Winifred (Pierce GRUMBLES m: Marshall) DAY 1819–1895
  7. 7. George (Washington) Grumbles 1814–1895
  8. 8. Sarah (Frances GRUMBLES m: Daniel) SMOKE 1824–1867
  9. 9. Lewis (GRUMBLES (Bejamin GRUMBLES Line) m: Eliza) MOORE 1817–1883
  10. 10. Benjamin (Franklin Grumbles) Jr. 1815–1880
  11. 11. Benjamin (Franklin Grumbles) Jr. 1841–1880

Benjamin PIERCE's Timeline

2 Records

1780
abt 1780
Birth of Benjamin Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah PIERCE in Rewastico, Somerset, MD
Rewastico, Somerset, MD
1871
20 Nov 1871
Age 91
Death of Benjamin Franklin (Major) GRUMBLES (John Pierce Son-in-Law) m: Keziah PIERCE in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [buried in Oakwood Cemetery
Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [buried in Oakwood Cemetery

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1780
    Event Place: Rewastico, Somerset, MD
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Nov 1871
    Event Place: Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [buried in Oakwood Cemetery
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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