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Benjamin Launder

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Benjamin Launder

Birth
Death
8 Aug 1878 (aged 59)
Burial
Mount Blanchard, Hancock County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Benjamin Launder came to America, from Chichester, England in 1830 with his parents and 2 brothers, settling in Zanesville. He literally married the girl next door, Margaret Waltermyer, in 1840, and they headed west to start their life together.

They reached Houcktown, in Hancock County, Ohio, purchasing some land from Margaret's cousin, Henry Orwig, and farmed the land his death in 1878. They had 15 children together, 8 lines surviving to this day.
Benjamin Launder came to America, from Chichester, England in 1830 with his parents and 2 brothers, settling in Zanesville. He literally married the girl next door, Margaret Waltermyer, in 1840, and they headed west to start their life together.

They reached Houcktown, in Hancock County, Ohio, purchasing some land from Margaret's cousin, Henry Orwig, and farmed the land his death in 1878. They had 15 children together, 8 lines surviving to this day.

Inscription

Aged 59 Ys 8M 27D

Gravesite Details

Benjamin Launder and his wife Margaret Waltermyer inscribed on opposite sides of the monument



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