Benjamin Hawn

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Hawn was born in 1847, in Ohio, United States, his father, John Benjamin Hawn, was 22 and his mother, Barbara Elizabeth Judd, was 25. He married Nancy Whitmore on 26 June 1875, in Huntington, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Madison Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Lafayette Township, Allen, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 13 November 1896, in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Hawn
1847–1896
Nancy Whitmore
1855–1917
Marriage: 26 June 1875
Henry Tilden Hawn
1879–1953
Barbara Ellen Hawn
1881–1955
Charles Franklin Hawn
1883–1962
Edward E. Hawn
1886–1966
Mary Hawn
1887–
Honn
1888–
Myrtle Luella Hawn
1889–1977

Sources (26)

  • Benjamin Hahn in household of John Hahn, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Ben Haun, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Ben Hahn, "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920"

World Events (8)

1847

Historical Boundaries 1847: Lake, Indiana, United States

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Altered form of Dutch Haan .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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