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Benjamin Franklin Brigham

Male 1830 - 1895  (64 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document


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  • Name Benjamin Franklin Brigham 
    Born 24 Jun 1830  Livonia, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850 
    1850 Brigham
    1850 Brigham
    1850 US census, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, Family Number 62, Brigham.
    Census 1860 
    1860 Brigham
    1860 Brigham
    1860 US census, Lawrence, Van Buren, Michigan, Family Number 509, Brigham.



    1860 US census, Lawrence, Van Buren, Michigan, Family Number 510, Brigham.
    Military Service Civil War, Union Army Find all individuals with events at this location 
    He enlisted as a Private on 5 August 1862 at the age of 32. He enlisted in Company C, 24th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 15 Aug 1862.Transferred into Company 9th, 2nd Battalion, Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 15 May 1864. He was wounded 15 May 1864 at Gettysburg and transferred out of Company C, 24th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 15 May 1864. He was discharged from Company 9th, 2nd Battn Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 6 Aug 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. 
    Benjamin F Brigham Service.
    Benjamin F Brigham Service.
    Benjamin F Brigham Service.
    Departure for the War.
    Departure for the War.
    On August 29, 1862 they left Camp Barns (Detroit) and marched down Woodward Avenue to Jefferson Avenue to the marina on the Detroit River.

    History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade, Known as the Detroit and Wayne County Regiment by Orson Blair Curtis. Published by Winn & Hammond, Detroit, Michigan 1891. Page 47.
    Occupation Benjamin made his living as a mason. 
    Died 14 Apr 1895  Dimondale, Eaton, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Benjamin Franklin Brigham Death.
    Benjamin Franklin Brigham Death.
    Eaton County Michigan Return of Births
    Buried Dimondale Cemetery, Dimondale, Eaton, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Benjamin & Martha Brigham Headstone.
    Benjamin & Martha Brigham Headstone.
    Benjamin & Martha Brigham Headstone.
    Siblings 7 siblings 
    Person ID I2125  Nagel
    Last Modified 18 May 2016 

    Father Adolphus Brigham,   b. 5 Sep 1801, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1872, Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Emma Butterfield,   b. 27 Aug 1805, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1888, Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 1825  Lenawee County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F38  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Martha Packard,   b. 17 Apr 1838, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1903, Windsor Township, Eaton, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1855  Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995
    Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995
    Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995
    Benjamin Brigham & Anna Packard Marriage.
    Benjamin Brigham & Anna Packard Marriage.
    Benjamin Brigham & Anna Packard Marriage. Wayne county, Michigan Record of Marriages.
    Notes 
    • Married by C. B. Packard J. P. E. Monroe Brigham and Jane Rogers, Plymouth, witnesses.
    Children 
    +1. Jessie F Brigham,   b. 24 Jan 1857, Wayne, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1934, Windsor Township, Eaton, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Henry Belmont Brigham,   b. 9 Jan 1858, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1928, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [Birth]
     3. Edward Vickery Brigham,   b. 10 Jan 1867, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1937, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F645  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart