Brief Life History of Benjamin L
When Benjamin L Stephens was born on 30 March 1864, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Benjamin L Stephens, was 33 and his mother, Lamyra Louisa Jane Cleek, was 33. He married Minnie L Ingram on 25 September 1894, in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Florence, Boone, Kentucky, United States for about 50 years. He died on 5 February 1922, in Boone, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Florence, Boone, Kentucky, United States.
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- Benjamin Stephens in household of Benjamin Stephens, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ben L Stephens, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Ben L. Stephens, „Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965“
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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English: variant of Stevens .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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