Benjamin Newton Beaver

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 19 Feb 1854 - Illinois, USA
    Christening: 
          Death: 14 Aug 1915 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
         Burial: in Iuka Cemetery, Iuka, Marion, Illinois, USA
 Cause of Death: Gastric Ulcer/cystitis
Find A Grave ID: 112936431

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Parents

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         Father: Emmanuel Beaver
         Mother: Margaret Glaze {FGID: 113131393}

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Malinda Elizabeth Harrison
       Marriage: 16 Jun 1879 - Salem, Marion, Illinois, United States
       Children:
                1. Grace Edith Beaver {FGID: 56336384}
                2. William Manuel Beaver
                3. Edwin Harrison Beaver
                4. Bennie Jordan Beaver {FGID: 179332300}
                5. Ralph Franklin Beaver

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Notes

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General:

Per Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014
Name:Benjamin N. Beaver
Relationship:Head
Household Members:
Benjamin N. BeaverHead
Manuel BeaverFather
Margaret GlazeMother

Per 1860 US Census 6/20/1860 Township 7 Range 13, Crawford, Ilinois
Emmanuel Beaver is a white male 27 years old, born in Ohio, a farmer with real estate valued at $3,400 and personal estate valued at $900. Margaret Beaver is 25 years old, born in Ohio. Benjamin Beaver is 6 years old, born in Illinois. Allen Beaver is 2 years old, born in Illinois. Also living in the home is a laborer, Thomas Browning of Ohio, age 17.

Per 1870 US Census 7/15/1870 Oblong Township, Crawford County, Illinois
Emmanuel Beaver is a 37 year old white male, a farmer born in Ohio, with a personal estate valued at $7,000. Margaret Beaver is 35 years old, born in Ohio, house keeper. The 5 children, all born in Illinois, are: 16 year old male, Benjamin F. Beaver, farm helper, attends school; 12 year old female, Alice M. Beaver, attends school [?was listed in 1860 as a boy named Allen]; 10 year old female, Harriet A. Beaver, attends school; 5 year old female, Josephine E. Beaver; and 1 year old male, Edwin V. Beaver.
There are 3 other people living with the family: 21 year old white female house helper, Virginia Rosebrough of Ohio; 22 year old white male boarder, Arnold Brassillis of Ohio; and 21 year old white male farm laborer, George Murdie of Ohio.

Per 1880 US Census 6/2/1880 Village of Iuka, Marion County, Illinois
Benjamin Beaver is a 26 year old white male, born in Ohio, as were his parents. He works as a druggust. Elizabeth Beaver is his 21 year old wife, born in Illinois, her father in Kentucky, her mother in Illinois. She keeps house.

Per 1900 US Census: 6/1/1900, Iuka Township, District 32, Marion County, Illinois
Head of household is 46 year old Ben N. Beaver, born February 1854 in Illinois, his father in Ohio, his mother in Indiana. Ben is a merchant and farmer, who owns his farm, but has a mortgage. He has been married for 21 years to Libbie Beaver. Libbie is 40 years old, born February 1860 in Illinois, her father in Kentucky, her mother in Illinois. She has has 5 children, 4 still living, 3 still at home. Their daughter, Grace, is 19, single, born October 1880 in Illinois, and is in school 6 months this year. William, their 17 year old son, was born December 1882 in Illinois, and is in school for 6 months this year. Ralph, their 5 year old son, was born in December 1894 in Illinois.
The family has taken in a boarder, 51 year old Henry Cox of Illinois, a tree pruner who has been unemployed for 6 months.
The family also has a servant, Ella Maher, 18 years old, single, from Illinois.

Per 1910 US Census: 4/18/1910, Iuka Township, District 142, Marion County, Illinois
Head of household is 46 year old white male Benjamin M. Beaver, a real estate agent who owns his own home, free of mortgage. Born in Illinois, his parents in Ohio, he has been married for 31 years to 50 year old Malinda E. Beaver. Malinda was born in Illinois, her father in Kentucky, her mother in Illinois. She has had 5 children, 3 still living, 2 sons still at home. They are Bennie J., 18 and Ralph, 15. Both boys are still in school. Living in the same neighborhood, and listed on the same census page, is Benjamin and Malinda's son William and his family.

Per State of Michigan Death Certificate
Benjamin Newton Beaver was born February 19, 1854. A white male married man, he died retired, but had been in real estate. His parents were Manuel Beaver of Canada and Margaret Glaze of Illinois. Benjamin died August 14, 1915 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan at the age of 61 years, 5 months and 26 days. Cause of death was gastric ulcer, with contributory cystitis. The informant was Mrs. M. E. Beaver of Detroit Michigan. He is to be buried or removed to Illinois on Aug 14, 1915.

Per Findagrave
Benjamin Newton Beaver
BIRTH19 Feb 1854
DEATH1915 (aged 60\endash 61) Iuka, Marion County, Illinois, USA
BURIALIuka Cemetery Iuka, Marion County, Illinois, USA
MEMORIAL ID112936431

S/O Manuel Beaver & Margaret Glaze
Md Melinda E Harrison 16 Jun 1879

Parents
Manuel Beaver 1832\endash 1896
Margaret Glaze Beaver 1835\endash 1896

Spouse
Melinda Elizabeth Harrison Beaver 1860\endash 1933 (m. 1879)

Siblings
Harriet Agnes Beaver Humphreys 1861\endash 1922
Edwin Beaver 1868\endash 1875
Minnie Kate Beaver Pruden 1871\endash 1957
Edith E Beaver 1873\endash 1875
Lyda Beaver Humphrey 1875\endash 1938

Children
Benjamin Jordan Beaver 1892\endash 1992
Ralph Beaver 1894-1975

Marriage Notes (Malinda Elizabeth Harrison)

Per Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
Name:Benjamin N. Beaver
Gender:Male
Age:26
Birth Date:abt 1853
Marriage Date:1879
Marriage Place:Marion, Illinois, USA
Father:Mau... Beaver
Mother:Glaze
Spouse:Malinda E. Harrison
Gender:Female
Age:20
Birth Date:abt 1859
Father:Jordan Harrison
Mother:Nichols
Film Number:001010518

Per Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920
Name:Benjamin N Beaver
Gender:Male
Marriage Date:16 Jun 1879
Marriage Place:Marion, Illinois, USA
Spouse Name:Melinda E Harrison
Spouse Gender:Female