Benjamin Franklin Inman

Birth Name Benjamin Franklin Inman
Gender male
Age at Death more than 40 years, 10 months

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth March 1826 Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   1a
Event Note

Records of Levant, Penobscot, Maine
Benjamin Franklin Inman family
Benjamin Franklin Inman, born March 1826, Bangor
Eliza, his wife, born in Newburgh, July 9, 1831
Moved to Levant November 1852
names and ages of their children
Nelson Augustus Inman, born in Newburgh October 11, 1850
Laura Ellen Inman, born in Newburgh May 4, 1852
Franklin Alpona Inman, born in Levant February 19, 1854

image 252 of this film:
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F479-NQS : 14 January 2020), Benjamin Franklin Inman, .

Census (son) 1830 Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   2a
Event Note

1830 Census Bangor, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M19, Roll 51, Page 260
Benjamin Inman
1 male 0 to 5 1 female 0 to 5
1 male 5 to 10 1 female 5 to 10
2 females 10 to 15
1 male 50 to 60 1 female 15 to 20
1 female 40 to 50

 

 

Census (son) 1840 Newburgh, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   3a
Event Note

1840 Census Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M704, Roll 149, Page 179
Benjamin Inman
2 males 5 to 10 1 female 0 to 5
1 male 10 to 15 2 females 10 to 15
1 male 60 to 70 1 female 15 to 20
1 female 40 to 50 [?]
1 female 80 to 90

I am tentatively including Abigail (Ayers) Davis as the female 80 to 90 in this household. She was alive to make a will in 1843.

 

 

Burial from 1848 to 1850 Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   4a
Event Note

1848 Bangor City Directory
Franklin Inman, laborer, shore road
William Inman, laborer, shore road
and Elias, Ebenezer, and Edward Inman, laborer, shore road

18518 Bangor City Directory
Franklin Inman, laborer, shore road
no William

Census (son) August 27, 1850 Newburgh, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   5a
Event Note

1850 Census Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M432, Roll 265, Page 372
August 27, 1850
[indexed as Innman]

Inman, Benjamin, 75, farmer, real estate: $350
Inman, Rhoda, 65
Inman, Woodward, 17, laborer [their son, act. born 1829]
Inman, Alden, 14, attended school
Inman, Rosanna, 13, attended school

same household:
Inman, Franklin, 25, farmer, real estate: $350
Inman, Eliza W., 19
Inman, Henry A., 9/12

all born in Maine

Arrival (Head) November 1852 Levant, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   1a
Event Note

Records of Levant, Penobscot, Maine
Benjamin Franklin Inman family
Benjamin Franklin Inman, born March 1826, Bangor
Eliza, his wife, born in Newburgh, July 9, 1831
Moved to Levant November 1852
names and ages of their children
Nelson Augustus Inman, born in Newburgh October 11, 1850
Laura Ellen Inman, born in Newburgh May 4, 1852
Franklin Alpona Inman, born in Levant February 19, 1854

image 252 of this film:
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F479-NQS : 14 January 2020), Benjamin Franklin Inman, .

Voter Registration July 29, 1867 San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States   6a
Event Note

Great Register, Santa Clara County
San Jose Election District
Registration: August 3, 1867
Benjamin Franklin Inman, age 40, born in Maine, a carpenter, local residence: City of San Jose. near Ashworth Crossing.

 

Death after 1867      
Event Note

last seen in the San Jose voter registration list in 1867.
Wife Eliza Inman remarries in Santa Clara County 1 July 1871 to William Hamlet. Both of their residences were San Diego County. No trace of her afterward.
Son Frank is with his mother in 1870 in San Diego County, and also as a day laborer in Redwood Twp, Santa Clara County. Died, I think, in Woodland, Yolo County, CA in 1939.
Daughter Laura Ellen married Wm Britton and is in San Diego in 1870ff.
Son Nelson is seen on voter registration lists in Santa Clara CA through 1894. May be with daughter Hortensia "Tennie" Bannister in Santa Clara Co in 1930, using the first name "Nicholas."

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Benjamin Inmanabout 1774October 31, 1865
Mother Rhoda DavisAugust 20, 1790after 1860
    Brother     Joseph Inman December 22, 1811
    Sister     Martha Inman November 2, 1814
    Sister     Abigail Inman November 23, 1816
    Sister     Susannah Inman about 1818 December 12, 1903
         Benjamin Franklin Inman March 1826 after 1867
    Sister     Joanna C Inman about 1823 March 9, 1896
    Sister     Mary Elizabeth Inman July 5, 1827
    Brother     Anthony Woodward Inman October 22, 1829 before 1905
    Brother     Alden Inman February 1832 March 18, 1905
    Sister     Rosanna Inman about 1838 January 20, 1916

Families

Family of Benjamin Franklin Inman and Lilly H Chapman
Married Wife Lilly H Chapman ( b. d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage March 1, 1844 Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   7a
Event Note

Bangor Marriage Records
Mr Franklin Inman and Miss Lilly H Chapman, both of Bangor
married March 1, 1844 by Benjamin O Small, minister
image 218 on the film

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Banns were published the previous July, but the fact of the marriage was not recorded with the banns:
Records of publishments, returns of marriages, within the city of Bangor
Mr Franklin Inman, Bangor
Miss Lilly H Chapman, Bangor
date of publishment: July 1, 1843
date of certificate: July 15, 1843
when married: blank
by whom married: blank
image 412 of the film. a different film from the marriage record.

"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-TM6S : 22 July 2021), Franklin Inman and Lilly H Chapman, 15 Jul 1843; citing Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

 

 

Family of Benjamin Franklin Inman and Eliza Willey
Married Wife Eliza Willey ( b. July 9, 1831 d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage December 25, 1848 Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   7b
Event Note

Bangor Marriage Records, Volume 2, 1845 to 1854
25 December 1848
Benjamin F Inman
Eliza Willey

This section of the Bangor records is not in any order and it isn't indexed. I took the word of familysearch for the date. It agrees with the birth of their first child.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Henry A Inmanabout November 1849
Nelson Augustus InmanOctober 11, 1850
Laura Ellen InmanMay 4, 1852
Franklin Alpona InmanFebruary 19, 1854about November 19, 1939

Source References

  1. Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
      • Page: Records of Levant, Penobscot, Maine, Benjamin Franklin Inman family, image 252 on familysearch's film
      • Citation:

        "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F479-NQS : 14 January 2020), Benjamin Franklin Inman, .

  2. 1830 United States Census
      • Page: Bangor, Penobscot Co., Maine, Series M19, Roll 51, Page 260
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5P-BT3 : 20 February 2021), Benjamin Inman, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing 360, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 497,947.

  3. 1840 United States Census
      • Page: Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine, Series M704, Roll 149, Page 179
      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB9-9B47?i=4&wc=31SK-JHH%3A1588666273%2C1588666898%2C1588666064&cc=1786457

  4. City Directories
      • Page: Bangor, 1848 and 1851
  5. 1850 United States Census
      • Page: Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine, Series M432, Roll 265, Page 372
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V3-9YF : 22 December 2020), Benjamin Innman, Newburgh, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  6. California Great Registers, 1850-1920
      • Page: Santa Clara County, July 29, 1867
      • Citation:

        "California Great Registers, 1850-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT6T-7WM : 25 July 2019), Benjamin Franklin Inman, 29 Jul 1867; citing Voter Registration, City Of San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 977,287.

  7. Maine Marriages, 1771-1907
      • Page: Bangor Marriage Records, Mar 1, 1844, Inman-Chapman
      • Citation:

        "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X2-6PV : 14 January 2020), Benjamin F. Inman, 1848.

      • Page: Bangor, Vol 2 - 1845-1854 (maybe), 25 Dec 1848
      • Citation:

        "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X2-6PV : 14 January 2020), Benjamin F. Inman, 1848.