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Benjamin Riley Vassar

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Benjamin Riley Vassar

Birth
Bodega, Sonoma County, California, USA
Death
19 Dec 1919 (aged 60)
Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California, USA
Burial
Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Mount Olive Section, Lot 52
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Benjamin was the son of Samuel Vassar of Missouri and Lydia of unknown surname, born 1844, from Iowa. May 26, 1880 he wed Jane Shinn and she bore them four children: Etta Vassar (1882, California – ); Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Vassar; Grover Cleveland "Cleve" Vassar; and Robert Lee Vassar.
The reader may note three sons with patriotic legal names that are barely known to posterity under Benjamin and Jane. There was a daughter, Etta, who might be missing just because of this...? Also, mention has been made of the family having had wooden markers.
Benjamin was the son of Samuel Vassar of Missouri and Lydia of unknown surname, born 1844, from Iowa. May 26, 1880 he wed Jane Shinn and she bore them four children: Etta Vassar (1882, California – ); Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Vassar; Grover Cleveland "Cleve" Vassar; and Robert Lee Vassar.
The reader may note three sons with patriotic legal names that are barely known to posterity under Benjamin and Jane. There was a daughter, Etta, who might be missing just because of this...? Also, mention has been made of the family having had wooden markers.

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Birth date calculated on age at date of death

A stone for Benjamin was recorded during a 1935 walk-through, but it was missing by a 2003 walk-through; however, burial confirmed via Cloverdale Cemetery burial records (May 2016)

Gravesite Details

Marker confirmed by Phil Carnahan; July 21, 2003. Since lost to time and elements.

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