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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Henry Benn ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Benn, Henry
LAST NAME: Benn FIRST NAME: Henry MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: May 1841 DIED: 23 Sep 1914 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Germany
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father Louis Benn
Maiden name of mother Frederica Hauseman
1900 ND CENSUS - Henry Benn, age 59, single, b. May 1841, (immigrated 1871), is enumerated with his mother Fredricka Benn, age 85, widowed, mother of 3 children, all living, b 1815 in Germany, (immigrated 1882).
[Enumerated next door - Henry's widowed sister Mary Ruge and her son Albert]
1910 OR CENSUS - Henry Benn, age 69, occupation farmer, b. Germany, is enumerated with his nephew, Albert Ruge,. age 39, b. Germany, and sister Mary Ruge, age 75, mother of 2, b. Germany.

PROBATE - Henry Benn died 23 Sept 1914, a resident of Polk County, testate; will dated 23 May 1908. Heirs: Louis D. Benn, 76, brother, of Milton, Umatilla Co, Oegon; Marie Ruge, 79, sister, of RFD 1, Salem; sole beneficiary is Albert Ruge of RFD 1, Salem

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (1914 Marion co) #2355 Henry Benn, male, farmer, single; b Ger; father Louis Benn (b Ger); mother Federike Benn (b Ger); d 23 Sept 1914, 4 mi NW of Salem, age 75y 4m 7d; bur Zena; informant Alburt Ruge, Rt 1, Box 34, Salem

  

OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 

Henry
1841 - 1914
Benn

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Phtogoraphs
OSBH DC (Marion County 1914) #2355
1900 ND CENSUS (Cass Co, Amenia twp, ED 20, page 16, line 51)
1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Spring Valley, ED 252, sheet 1A)

Polk Co, Oregon Probate Record, Vol 12, pages 501-502

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