When Benjamin Franklin Shupe was born on 17 October 1802, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, his father, Johannes Thomas Shupe, was 31 and his mother, Louisa Elizabeth Ferguson, was 37. He married Mary Garrison on 7 July 1827, in Grayson, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1880. In 1850, at the age of 48, his occupation is listed as farmer in Grayson, Virginia, United States. He died on 26 June 1888, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States.
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Americanized form of German Schupp .
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