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John Benjamin Meigs 1808–1896 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 June 1808

Birth Location: Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America

Death Date: 18 Dec 1896

Death Location: Mossy Head, Walton County, Florida, United States of America

Father: Josiah official

Mother: Clara Benjamin

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John Benjamin Meigs was born in 1808 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Josiah Meigs As An American Academic Journalist And Government Official And Clara Benjamin. John Benjamin Meigs passed away in 1896 in Mossy Head, Walton County, Florida, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Benjamin Meigs was born in 1808 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Josiah Meigs As An American Academic Journalist And Government Official And Clara Benjamin.
  • John Benjamin Meigs passed away in 1896 in Mossy Head, Walton County, Florida, United States of America.

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John Meigs's Ancestors

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John Meigs
1808–1896
Birth Place: Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America
Parents
Josiah Meigs as an American academic, journalist and government official
1757–1822
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Clara Benjamin
1762–1849
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
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John Meigs's Timeline

2 Records

1808
8 June 1808
Birth of John Benjamin Meigs in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America
Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America
1896
18 Dec 1896
Age 88
Death of John Benjamin Meigs in Mossy Head, Walton County, Florida, United States of America
Mossy Head, Walton County, Florida, United States of America

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 June 1808
    Event Place: Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1896
    Event Place: Mossy Head, Walton County, Florida, United States of America

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