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Cloverdale Cemetery ~ Benjamin 'Ben' E. Robertson ~ part of the Marion County Cemeteries of Oregon
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Robertson, Benjamin 'Ben' E.
LAST: Robertson FIRST: Benjamin 'Ben' MID: E.
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 29 Oct 1856 DIED: 30 Dec 1933 BURIED: 2 Jan 1933
OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Freelandville, Knox Co., Indiana
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Edward Robertson
Maiden name of mother Jane Crooks
OSBH DC (Marion County 1933) #933 – Benjamin E. Robertson, male, married (Ida Robertson), retired farmer, b. 29 Oct 1856 in Freelandsville [Freelandville], Indiana, d. 30 Dec 1933 in Salem, Oregon (105 E. Miller St.) at the age of 77 y’s 2 m’s 1 day, name of father Edward Robertson (b. Indiana), maiden name of mother Jane Crooks, interment 2 Jan Turner, undertaker Clough-Barrick, informant A.E. Robertson of Turner. 
1st MARRIAGE - “B.E. Robertson, over 21 & Amy Simmons, over 18, m 11 Nov 1877 at house of Edward Simmons; David Brower, M.G. Wit: W.H. Simmons & J.A. Clark. Aff. W.S. Simmons #2097 pg 379”.
1900 OR CENSUS - Ben Robertson, age 43, occupation farmer, b. Oct 1856 in Indiana, is enumerated with his wife of 21 years, Amy, age 42, mother of 7, b. Apr 1858 in Oregon, along with Arthur, age 16, b. Jun 1883 in Oregon, Janey, age 15, b. Aug 1884 in Oregon, Herman, age 11, b. Sep 1888 in Oregon, Anna, age 8, b. Feb 1892 in Oregon, Harley, age 6, b. Jul 1893 in Oregon, and Lena, age 4, b. Nov 1895 in Oregon.
2nd MARRIAGE – Abt 1907, Ida Jane Baker Lyons
1910 OR CENSUS - Benjamin Robertson, age 52, occupation farmer, b. Indiana, is enumerated with his wife (both 2nd marriages) of two years, Ida J., age 45, mother of 2, b. Idaho., along with Benjamin Robertson, age 17, b. Oregon, Lena A. Robertson, age 14, b. Oregon, William E. Lyons, age 20, identified as step-son [of Benjamin Robertson], single, occupation farm laborer, b. Oregon, and Claude C. Lyons, age 13, identified as step-son [of Benjamin Robertson], b. Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
Robertson
Ben E.
1856 – 1933
(shares marker with Ida J.)
SOURCES: 
Hunsaker
Saucy
OSBH DC (Marion County 1933) #933 
Marion County Oregon Marriage Records 1874-1879, Vol. III, pg 32
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Aumsville, ED 121, sheet 6B)
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Turner, ED 234, sheet 6B)
SPACE: 2-2-6  
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