Benjamin Pratt ESSLEY

Birth:
9 Jul 1834
Indiana
Death:
23 Sep 1902
Attica, Harper, Kansas
Marriage:
19 Jul 1857
Mercer, Illinois
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Mother:
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Eliza Jane REED
Birth:
17 Jan 1838
Mercer, Illinois
Death:
26 May 1905
Hesston, Harvey, Kansas
Sources:
Public Member Trees (Ancestry.com)
1870 Census Eliza, Mercer, Illinois, page 185A
Find A Grave Memorials, Kansas
Notes:
                   NOTE: Eliza Jane Reed is listed in NFS as being married to Thomas J. Larimore.  This is incorrect.  According to the census records, Eliza Jane Reed who married Thoams Larimore was born in Ohio in 1840 and her mother's name is Mary the family lived in Tazewell County rather than Mercer Country, Illinois.
                  
Children
Marriage
1
Frank ESSLEY
Birth:
Feb 1860
Mercer, Illinois
Death:
Portland, Mulnomah, Oregon
 
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2
Benton ESSLEY
Birth:
16 Mar 1862
Mercer, Illinois
Death:
1 Jan 1923
Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma
 
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3
Lola ESSLEY
Birth:
1864
Mercer, Illinois
Death:
 
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4
Minnie ESSLEY
Birth:
Feb 1866
Mercer, Illinois
Death:
 
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5
Fred ESSLEY
Birth:
22 Feb 1880
Kansas
Death:
27 Jun 1913
Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas
 
Marr:
 
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Benjamin Pratt Essley - Eliza Jane Reed

Benjamin Pratt Essley was born at Indiana 9 Jul 1834.

He married Eliza Jane Reed 19 Jul 1857 at Mercer, Illinois . Eliza Jane Reed was born at Mercer, Illinois 17 Jan 1838 daughter of Harper Reed and Louise Drury .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Frank Essley born Feb 1860.
Benton Essley born 16 Mar 1862.
Lola Essley born 1864.
Minnie Essley born Feb 1866.
Fred Essley born 22 Feb 1880.

Benjamin Pratt Essley died 23 Sep 1902 at Attica, Harper, Kansas .

Eliza Jane Reed died 26 May 1905 at Hesston, Harvey, Kansas .