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Benjamin Franklin Tilley

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Benjamin Franklin Tilley

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
5 Mar 1940 (aged 94)
Bud, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Mercer County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Married Nancy A (abt 1872)
and Elvira Agee(1907)
and Margaret Lafferty Peters (1922)

All children as best determined are with Nancy A.
Known children
Elizabeth(1875NC-?)
Joel Brady(1876TN-?)
John Wesley(1877TN-1/21/1925)
Nancy Clementine(1880TN-1901?)
Eliza (1883TN-?)
Joseph Daniel(1887TN-?)
Manuel McBride(1889TN-1972)
King Solomon(11/4/1890TN-7/24/1970)
Hessee A(1892WV-?)
Bessee M(1892WV-?)
Acie C(1895WV-?)

As of the 1900 census Nancy is stated to have had 15 kids 11 of which were still living.

Sarah Elizabeth married George W Howerton 1896 in Raleigh Co WV
Joel married Matilda Toliver 1902 Wyoming Co
John married ?
Nancy C married Elijah Preston Meadows 1896 Raleigh Co
Eliza married ?
Joseph D married Hazel Blankenship 1919 Mercer Co
Manley married Louella Blankenship 1917 Mercer
King Soloman married Cozetta M Howerton Reed in 1910 Mercer Co
Hessie married William Anderson Shrewsberry 1912 Raleigh Co
Bessie married Frank Harvey Shrewsberry 1908 Raleigh Co
Acie married ?

In 1870 Ben age 19 is listed with his mother Elizabeth age 56 in Chestnut Hill section of Jefferson in Ashe Co NC.
In 1880 was listed as a Farmer with both Ben and Nancy listed as age 28 in Johnson County TN
1890 census destroyed.
In 1920 listed as 70 years old in Rock WV married to Elvira Tilley age 60 renting beside of son King Solomon on Norfolk and Western Railway.
In 1930 Ben listed as 81 was renting a home on Cabin Creek Rd near Saulsville in the census listed as Slab Fork Wyoming County married to Mary Tilley age 65. According to that same census Ben was first married at age 20 and Mary was first married at age 12. Ben's mother born in Va and he and his father born in NC.
Married Nancy A (abt 1872)
and Elvira Agee(1907)
and Margaret Lafferty Peters (1922)

All children as best determined are with Nancy A.
Known children
Elizabeth(1875NC-?)
Joel Brady(1876TN-?)
John Wesley(1877TN-1/21/1925)
Nancy Clementine(1880TN-1901?)
Eliza (1883TN-?)
Joseph Daniel(1887TN-?)
Manuel McBride(1889TN-1972)
King Solomon(11/4/1890TN-7/24/1970)
Hessee A(1892WV-?)
Bessee M(1892WV-?)
Acie C(1895WV-?)

As of the 1900 census Nancy is stated to have had 15 kids 11 of which were still living.

Sarah Elizabeth married George W Howerton 1896 in Raleigh Co WV
Joel married Matilda Toliver 1902 Wyoming Co
John married ?
Nancy C married Elijah Preston Meadows 1896 Raleigh Co
Eliza married ?
Joseph D married Hazel Blankenship 1919 Mercer Co
Manley married Louella Blankenship 1917 Mercer
King Soloman married Cozetta M Howerton Reed in 1910 Mercer Co
Hessie married William Anderson Shrewsberry 1912 Raleigh Co
Bessie married Frank Harvey Shrewsberry 1908 Raleigh Co
Acie married ?

In 1870 Ben age 19 is listed with his mother Elizabeth age 56 in Chestnut Hill section of Jefferson in Ashe Co NC.
In 1880 was listed as a Farmer with both Ben and Nancy listed as age 28 in Johnson County TN
1890 census destroyed.
In 1920 listed as 70 years old in Rock WV married to Elvira Tilley age 60 renting beside of son King Solomon on Norfolk and Western Railway.
In 1930 Ben listed as 81 was renting a home on Cabin Creek Rd near Saulsville in the census listed as Slab Fork Wyoming County married to Mary Tilley age 65. According to that same census Ben was first married at age 20 and Mary was first married at age 12. Ben's mother born in Va and he and his father born in NC.


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