Benjamin Harrison Menges

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Benjamin Harrison Menges

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
Death: February 17, 1946 (57)
Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan, United States
Place of Burial: Bristol, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry T Menges and Martha Ann Menges
Brother of William Henry Menges; Susan Evelyn Menges; Oliver Adelbert Menges; Laura Alda Menges; Bertha Leona Hanson and 2 others

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About Benjamin Harrison Menges

Indiana, 9th Infantry, 2nd Division, WW I, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Son of Henry T. and Martha A. Menges.

He lived in Bristol, IN with his mother in 1900 but by 1910 he was in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana working as a locomotive fireman. After his return from WW I, by 1920 he and his mother moved to Somerset Co, Maine where she managed a hotel and he was a chauffeur for a private family. By 1930 they had returned to Bristol, IN again. He was still living in Bristol in 1942 and died four years later.

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Benjamin Harrison Menges's Timeline

1888
June 9, 1888
Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
1946
February 17, 1946
Age 57
Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan, United States
February 20, 1946
Age 57
Zion Cemetery, Bristol, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States