1151 Benjamin RANDALL TREFETHEN

Benjamin Randall TREFETHEN¹¹⁵¹
(1816 - 1893)
Married to Abbie A. CURTIS & Ruth A. SAWTELLE

PARENTS: Abraham or Abram TREFETHEN (20 May 1785 - 04 May 1850) and Mary ‘Polly’ MARSH

Biography:

Born in Maine 1816. [Findagrave photo of gravestone]
Living in Corinna, Maine in 1850
his mother and several siblings moved in with him when his father died (same year.)
A Farmer
NOTE: Wife was listed as 'Cynthia -' in a few sources but Cynthia was his sister
Abbie (about 1832 - 24 August 1876) was the daughter of Joshua & Eliza; buried with parents in Crowell Cemetery, Exeter, Maine
Carrie TREFETHEN¹¹⁰⁰ was said to have thought Ben was buried in Houlton, Maine. [12 March 2021 - Apparently Benjamin was buried Milo - Andrew Trefethen]
Married Abbie in March 1855 (Dexter Town Records)
Married Ruth on 8 November 1877 in Dexter, Maine by J.S. Richards. Both were from Dexter [Source 36: Maine Vital Records - Marriages (at Salt Lake City)]
Ruth was born 1827
Ruth died in 1904.

SOURCES:

64. TREFETHEN, Joanne E.⁰³³⁴ - Correspondence, Stockton Springs, Maine. Deceased 26 July 2004

128. Census - Assorted

131. Mrs. Lloyd NELSON- Correspondence ; 11 S. Fleming Rd., Woodstock, IL 60098

132. History of Rockingham County New Hampshire & Representative Citizens by Charles Hazlet Download the entire 44MB book here

139. Robert TRUE

141. FAMILY CHART drawn by Charles F. D. Marsh & provided by Robert True (Source 139) to download the actual chart, click on the underlined part. Maybe you will read it differently!

FindaGrave

Maine Vital Records - Marriages (at Salt Lake City)

Children:

Mary TREFETHEN⁰⁹⁴¹ (about 1838 - after 1850)

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Benjamin Randall TREFETHEN1151 (1816 - 1893) Married to Abbie A. CURTIS & Ruth A. SAWTELLE

Benjamin Randall TREFETHEN¹¹⁵¹
(1816 - 1893)
Married to Abbie A. CURTIS & Ruth A. SAWTELLE