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John Benjamin was born on December 18th, 1865 in Taylor Co., Kentucky.1   John Benjamin's father was Benjamin Owen Skaggs and his mother is Missouri Ann Carter.  His paternal grandfather was John Cannon Skaggs and his paternal grandmother is Lucinda Shofner. He had five brothers and four sisters, named William Franklin, Robert W., Macklin Elisha, Jefferson Franklin, Alfred Thomas, Mary E., Rutha Jane, Sarah Ann and Mary Loucinda. He had six half-brothers and a half-sister, named Pleasant Carter, Richard C., James B., Samuel I., Herman Carter, Willie Robert and Catherine Howell.  He died in Indiana.1 


John Benjamin's family with Eliza Jane Purvis

‌John Benjamin and Eliza Jane were married in a religious ceremony on January 2nd, 1899.1 

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