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Note: 1850C: 15 yrs, b. OH, w/parents, 2nd of 3 children 1860C: 25 yrs, b. OH, w/father 1870C: Buck, Hardin, OH- 35 yrs, b. OH, farmer, w/wife & 2 children
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Note: (Research):From 1880 Logan Co. history: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WIRICK, deceased was born Aug. 7, 1833; in Columbiana Co., and came to Logan Co. when he was 10 years of age, locating in Zane Tp. On Feb. 7, 1856, he married Mary E. Green, born in Logan Co., Dec. 17, 1834. She was the daughter of George R. Green, who was born in Kentucky in 1798, and who came to Logan Co. with his father in 1806. George Green married Ruth Williams, a native of Virginia, who settled in Logan Co. with her parents in 1811, and raised a family of thirteen children. George Green was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife was raised a Friend, but joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. The result of the union of B. F. Wirick and Mary E. Green was two children-Sarah Jane and Benjamin Franklin. Sarah Jane married George Bushong, and had by him two children- one only, Lulu Ellen, surviving. The mother died Jan. 16, 1880. B. F. Wirick was a member of the 180th Reg. O. V. I, and served eleven months to the close of the war. He died Oct. 9, 1877. His wife lives on a beautiful farm of 141 acre, well watered, and contains a fine sugar camp, from which annually about 4 000 pounds of sugar are produced. There is an excellent orchard, producing abundantly fruits in their season, and the buildings show the care of a well regulated farm. Pickrell Cemetery: Wirick, B. F., d 9 Oct 1877, ae 43y 1m 26d (husband of Mary E. Wirick)
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