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Charles Benjamin HIGH 1846–1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 AUG 1846

Birth Location: Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois

Death Date: 8 MAR 1940

Death Location: Yreka, Siskiyou Co., California

Father: Govan HIGH

Mother: Mary [PAT-JUDY]

Spouse(s): Caroline BRADFORD

Children(s): Lewis HIGH

In 1846, Charles Benjamin HIGH entered the world in Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois, born to Govan Raschal High And Mary Jane Lincoln Pat Judy. Charles Benjamin HIGH married Caroline Elizabeth Carrie Bradford, and had children including Lewis Hamilton High. Charles Benjamin HIGH passed away in 1940 in Yreka, Siskiyou Co., California.

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Biography

  • In 1846, Charles Benjamin HIGH entered the world in Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois, born to Govan Raschal High And Mary Jane Lincoln Pat Judy.
  • Charles Benjamin HIGH married Caroline Elizabeth Carrie Bradford, and had children including Lewis Hamilton High.
  • Charles Benjamin HIGH passed away in 1940 in Yreka, Siskiyou Co., California.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Charles HIGH's Ancestors

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Charles HIGH
1846–1940
Birth Place: Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Parents
Govan Raschal HIGH
1823–1913
Surry, Surry Co., Virginia
Mary (Jane LINCOLN) [PAT-JUDY]
1822–1907
Chenango Co., New York
Grandparents
Benjamin (Raschal) HIGH
1789–1856
Surry, Surry Co., Virginia
Frances UTLEY
1796–1851
Surry, Surry Co., Virginia
Nathan (LINCOLN [PAT-JUDY]) [PAT-JUDY]
1789–1864
Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
Phebe (HAYES) [HAIES]
1799–1878
Dutchess Co., New York
Great-Grandparents
Joshua II
1751–1814
Elizabeth SEEKINS
1765–1838
James IV
1768–1842
Jane TURNER
1770–1853
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joshua I
1721–1774
Hannah DANFORTH
1728–1783
Robert SEEKINS
1730–1790
Abigail TOWNSEND
1735–1801
James III
1739–1823
Elizabeth [PAT-JUDY]
1747–1807

Charles HIGH's Descendants

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Charles (Benjamin) HIGH (8 AUG 1846–8 MAR 1940) m. Caroline (Elizabeth ‘Carrie’) BRADFORD (10 MAR 1850–9 APR 1933)
  1. 1. Lewis (Hamilton) HIGH 1874–1959 m. Ivy (Myrtle ‘Nanny’) BRAY 1881–1960
    1. 1. Genevieve (Rose ‘Gram’) HIGH 1906–1996 m. Cornelius (Ralph ‘Boots’) GORDON 1899–1978
      1. 1. Barbara (Louise) GORDON 1927–2005 m. Jessie (Joe) HITTSON 1927–1970

Charles HIGH's Timeline

2 Records

1846
8 AUG 1846
Birth of Charles Benjamin HIGH in Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois
1940
8 MAR 1940
Age 94
Death of Charles Benjamin HIGH in Yreka, Siskiyou Co., California
Yreka, Siskiyou Co., California

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 AUG 1846
    Event Place: Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois
    Record Source: DNA match andor Shared Ancestor andor Ancestry tree, DNA match with Vicki Hittson. This information is from her tree.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 MAR 1940
    Event Place: Yreka, Siskiyou Co., California
    Record Source: DNA match andor Shared Ancestor andor Ancestry tree, DNA match with Vicki Hittson. This information is from her tree.

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