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Updated: 08-04-2020 00:08:91.

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Person Info

Name: Benjamin S. Sheets
Sex: M
Birth: 24 MAY 1808 in VA
Death: 22 FEB 1862
Person Id: I16
Tree Id: 617559

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Parents

Father:

John Sheets: Birth: 24 DEC 1790 in Warrenton, Rockingham Co., VA. Death: 05 JAN 1881 in IL

Mother:

Mary Wood: Birth: 31 DEC 1781 in VA. Death: 06 APR 1853 in Vigo Co., IN

Family
Marriage:

Married: Julet Cusick on 14 DEC 1841 at Edgar, Illinois, United States.¹
Julet Cusick: Birth: 17 OCT 1814 in TN. Death: 01 OCT 1851

Children:

David Sheets: Birth: 28 NOV 1842 in IN. Death: 01 AUG 1862 in Vigo Co., IN
John Sheets: Birth: 30 SEP 1843 in IN. Death: 11 SEP 1863
Lewis O. Sheets: Birth: FEB 1845 in IN. Death: 09 MAR 1923
Leander M. Sheets: Birth: 25 FEB 1847 in IN. Death: 23 SEP 1868

Family
Marriage:

Married: Mary A. Riffey.
Mary A. Riffey: Birth: 16 JUL 1818 in OH. Death: 22 JUL 1907 in Cowley, Kansas, USA

Children:

George H. Sheets: Birth: MAR 1856 in IN.
Elizabeth M. Sheets: Birth: ABT 1858 in IN.

Sources

1.	Title: Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934 Author: www.familysearch.org

Notes

a.

Note: 1850 U.S. Federal Census > Indiana > Vigo > Sugar Creek > 6
1860 U.S. Federal Census > Indiana > Vigo > Sugar Creek > 18
CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: IN COUNTY: Vigo DIVISION: Sugar Creek Township PAGE NO: 200A REFERENCE: 397, 11 Nov 1850
Sheets Benjamin 45 M Farmer 800 Virginia
Sheets Julia 34 F Tennessee Sheets David 9 M Indiana Sheets John 8 M Indiana Sheets Louis 5 M Indiana Sheets Leander 3 M Indiana ADOP
DATE 1810
PLAC VIRGINIA
was adopted by John Sheets after his marriage to wife Mary Wood.

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