Gaines, Benjamin R.

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Title: Gaines, Benjamin R.
Alias: Gaines, Benjamin Rice; Gaines, Benjamin K.; Gaines, Benj R.
Gender: Male
Biography: Benjamin Rice Gaines (1821-1910) was the son of Richard and Judith Rice Gaines and grandson of early Boone County settler, George Gaines. Ben Gaines was married at least three times, but had only one child, W.A. Gaines. His known wives were: Eliza Jane Graves (1832-1873); Emily McDannold Gaines (1822-1890); and Nannie E. Berkshire (1849-1936). His widow Nannie, spent many years in Petersburg living in the house built for her sister, Antonia Berkshire Parker.; In 1850 Benjamin R Gaines is living in District 1, Boone, Kentucky. His occupation is farmer. In 1860 and 1870 Benjamin R Gaines and wife are living in Burlington, Boone, Kentucky. Benjamin died on December 31, 1910 in Boone County, Kentucky.
Member: Gaines family
Birth date: 26 Dec 1821
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.)
Father: Gaines, Richard
Mother: Rice, Judith
Life event(s): Marriage 1: date and location unknown; Marriage 2: 6 May 1852; Boone County (Ky.); Marriage 3: 5 Mar 1878; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Berkshire, Nannie E.; Graves, Eliza Jane; McDonald, Emily P.
Child(ren): Gaines, William A.
Death date: 31 Dec 1910
Place of death: Burlington (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Petersburg Cemetery (Petersburg, Ky.)
Related resource: Benjamin R. Gaines House (Burlington, Ky.)
Description: Enslaved held in 1850: Female, 50 years old, black; Female, 35 years old, mulatto; Enslaved held in 1860: Male, 63 years old, black; Female, 52 years old, mulatto; Male, 9 years old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #60625205
Source(s): Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Find A Grave.com; Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1965; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--G

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Gaines, Richard	Person
Rice, Judith	Person