Query on Benjamin Franklin STEWART

Started by Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 on Monday, January 25, 2021
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Benjamin Franklin Stewart is on Geni with impossible children
* born 1817
* died 1885

married 1839 Mary Stewart 1818-1893
* 1841 Almeda McClellan
* 1843 Polina Stewart
* 1844 Alvira Stewart, infant
* 1845 Benjamin Franklin Stewart, II
* 1846 Orson Stewart
* 1849 Sarah Koontz
* 1854 Luther Kimball Stewart, Sr
* 1856 Ellen Dorado Stewart
* 1856 L N Stewart
* 1860 Eunice Polly Harris
* 1876 Benjamin Franklin Stewart, II
* 1878 Antone Plowman Stewart
* 1883 George Leroy Stewart
* 1885 James Earl Stewart
* 1888 Charles Scott Stewart
* 1890 Dennison Harris Stewart
* 1892 Myrtle Green
* ? Almeda McClellan
* ? Sadie Hand

married 1850 Elizabeth Jane Stewart 1831-1920
* 1851 Brigham Stewart, infant
* 1852 Lavina Warner
* 1853 George Albert Stewart, infant
* 1854 Franklin Henry Stewart
* 1857 Philander Joseph Stewart
* 1859 Rachel Madia Haskell
* 1863 James William Stewart
* 1866 Sadie Hand
* 1869 Samuel Stewart, infant
* 1871 John Oscar Stewart
* 1871 John Oscar Stewart
* 1894 Mary Lucile Finch

married 1850 Rachel Stewart 1810-1882
* 1851 Lucinda Curtis

Issues
* Some of these children were born years after he died
* he married 2 women on the same day
* some of his children have the same name and were alive at the same time

His overview only has 1 marriage to Polly RICHARDSON in 1837

Can anyone add any information on this family

1/26/2021 at 6:46 AM

When one considers that he's part of the Mormon Pioneers project, and thus an early Mormon follower, having multiple concurrent wives is rather likely.

The children born after his death is something that should be checked, though.

1/26/2021 at 11:13 AM

Thanks for prompting the re-look at this family; once Benjamin's son had his spouse & children added, it became obvious that some of the children attached to Benjamin-I belonged with that Benjamin-II.

FYI: Benjamin-I did marry a mother/daughter pair on the same day (her daughter was from a previous marriage).

Thanks Dan Cornett

Once all the children are correct it might be useful for his overview to have a auto-biography linking to all his children.

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