Benjamin Henry Carrigan

Brief Life History of Benjamin Henry

When Benjamin Henry Carrigan was born on 22 October 1849, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, James Carrigan, was 38 and his mother, Ann Scothan, was 27. He married Ann Elizabeth Dalton about 1873, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Mountain Dell, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 February 1929, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Henry Carrigan
1849–1929
Emma Lavenia Hawkins
1866–1939
Marriage: 25 September 1894
George Henry Carrigan
1896–1962
Ora Lavinia Carrigan
1901–1992

Sources (27)

  • Henry Carrigan in household of Ann Carrigan, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Benjamin Henry Carrigan - birth: 30 October 1849; Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States
  • Henry Carrigan, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1853

Historical Boundaries: 1853: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Irish (Tipperary, Leitrim and Cavan): variant of Corrigan .

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

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BIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN HENRY CARRIGAN

Benjamin Henry was born on 22 October 1849 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri to James and Ann Scothan Carrigan. He was the second of five children, two girls and three boys. His father …

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