Benjamin Wilshire

Birth Date

1809-02-14

Death Date

1892-11-02

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Independence, Kentucky, blacksmith. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth A. Thornton Wilshire. Father of Virginia Wilshire, James Wilshire, Franklin Wilshire, John Wilshire, Emma Wilshire, Alexander Wilshire, Joab Wilshire, and Millard Wilshire. Blacksmith in Independence, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860),Population Schedule, Kentucky, Kenton County, Independence, p. 3; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870),Population Schedule, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 6, p. 58; Find A Grave, "Benjamin Wilshire (1809-1892)," Memorial #90539941, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90539941&ref=acom (accessed March 23, 2017).

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