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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Historical Boundaries 1847: Lake, Indiana, United States
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Altered form of Dutch Haan .
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