Michael Bleacher
(1762-1845)
Mary Lines
(1775-1849)
Benjamin Franklin Bleacher Sr.
(1811-1868)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Herr

Benjamin Franklin Bleacher Sr. 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 21 Jul 1811, Martic Twp., Lancaster, PA 2 4
  • Marriage (1): Mary Herr
  • Died: 11 Dec 1868, Providence Twp., Lancaster County, PA at age 57 4
  • Buried: New Providence: New Providence Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 4

   Another name for Benjamin was Benjamin Beecher.5

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Martic Twp., Lancaster, PA. 2 The 1850 census recorded Benjamin Bleacher, 39, living with wife Mary, 34; Abraham W., 9; Benjamin F., 7; Eliza A., 5; and Susan M., 2. Living next door is his father-in-law, Isaac Herr, 63, wife Catherine, 65, and their son Jacob, 32. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.


Benjamin married Mary Herr, daughter of Isaac Herr and Catherine Miller. (Mary Herr was born on 11 Jul 1817 in Martic Twp., Lancaster, PA,2 6 died on 1 Feb 1881 in Buck, Lancaster, PA 6 and was buried in New Providence: New Providence Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 6.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHNX-KS6 Hiram L Thompson and Lizzie A Bleacher, 1886.

2 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4H2-DPP Benjamin Bleacher, 1850.

3 Meginness, John F., Biographical Annals Of Lancaster County, Pa: Containing Biographical And Genealogical Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens And Many Of The Early Settlers (J. H. BEERS and CO., 1903. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=HM4xAQAAMAAJ), Page 1044, biography of Benjamin F. Bleacher.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57738354.

5 Meginness, John F., Biographical Annals Of Lancaster County, Pa: Containing Biographical And Genealogical Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens And Many Of The Early Settlers (J. H. BEERS and CO., 1903. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=HM4xAQAAMAAJ), Pages 135-136.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57738769.



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