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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Benjamin Franklin McLench ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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McLench, Benjamin Franklin
LAST NAME: McLench FIRST NAME: Benjamin MIDDLE NAME: Franklin NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 6 Mar 1825 DIED: 11 Feb 1892 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Kennebec Co, Maine
DEATH PLACE: Oregon
NOTES: 

Donation Land Claim – 2331. Benjamin F. McLench, Polk Co; b 1826, Kenebeck co, Maine; arrived Oregon 12 July 1850; settled claim 12 Sept 1851; married Mary Elmira 19 Aug 1853, Oregon. Affidavits: Geo H. Twitchele, Daniel A. Thornton, Seldon Higgins, Andrew J. Thomas

MARRIAGE – B.F. McLench (of Polk co, Ore) & Mary A. Gray (of Washington co, Ore) md 18 Aug 1852, Washington co, Oregon

1860 OR CENSUS – B.F. McClinch [sic] (35y, b Maine, occupation farmer) enumerated with M.A. (34y, b Vermont), F.G. (6y, b Oregon), M.E. (4y, b Oregon) and A.E. (1y, b Oregon)

1870 OR CENSUS - Benj. Mclench, age 44, occupation farmer, b. Maine, is enumerated with Mary, age 44, b. Vermont, along with Frank, age 16, b. Oregon, Lizzie, age 14, b. Oregon, and Alice, age 11, b. Oregon.

1880 OR CENSUS – Benj F. McLench (54y, b Maine, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Mary E. (54y, b New York), 2 daughters, Mary E. (23y, b Oregon, occupation teacher) and Alace E. (21y, b Oregon); also with family was Charles Webb (45y, b Connecticut, occupation laborer)  

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

N/A

OBITUARY: 

  

INSCRIPTION: 

B. F. McLench
A Native of Me.
Died
Feb. 11, 1892
Aged
66 Yrs 11 Mos
& 5 Days
[shares monument with Mary]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs 

Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol 1, page 96

Western States Marriage Index

1860 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#235)

1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Lincoln, FA #412)

1880 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Bethel, ED 102, FA#68)

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