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Benjamin Franklin Thacker

Male 1857 - 1918  (61 years)    Has 6 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

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  • Name Benjamin Franklin Thacker  [1, 2
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    Born 3 Jan 1857  Collin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Precinct 2, Collin, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Image Transcript
    LnHholdGivenSurnameAgeBirthDateGenderRaceOccupationBirthPlace
    19547ElijahThacker411829MaleWhiteMississippi
    20547JaneThacker301840FemaleWhiteAlabama
    21547JamesThacker101860MaleWhiteTexas
    22547BenjaminThacker91861MaleWhiteTexas
    23547CatherineThacker71863FemaleWhiteTexas
    24547AnnThacker51865FemaleWhiteTexas
    25547HenryThacker21868MaleWhiteTexas
    26547GeorgeThacker671803MaleWhiteMissouri
      Transcript ID is  dbid=7163&iid=4275549_00212   
    Residence 1880  Collin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 19 Sep 1918  Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 10 Siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Thacker   (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Sarah J. Branam
          b. Abt 1840, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
          d. 1901, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I236  Thacker Family Forest
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2017 

    Father Elijah Morgan Thacker
          b. 24 Jun 1829, Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location
          d. Abt 1901, Mineola, Wood County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Sarah J. Branam
          b. Abt 1840, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
          d. 1901, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 29 Sep 1858  Collin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: Elijah Thacker
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      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 29 Sep 1858
      Event Place: Collin, Texas, United States
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      Spouse's Name: Sarah J Branum
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      Reference ID: 18
      GS Film number: 1289595
      Digital Folder Number: 004820362
      Image Number: 00033

      Citing this Record:
      "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K61P-HH1 : accessed 08 Feb 2014), Elijah Thacker and Sarah J Branum, 1858.
    Family ID F101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cora Etter Quinn
          b. 13 Jan 1868, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
          d. 9 Jun 1929, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edgar Franklin Thacker
          b. 26 Apr 1888, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
          d. 14 Dec 1968  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Jan 1857 - Collin County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Reference  Your Name Here. "Benjamin Franklin Thacker". Thacker Family Forest. https://thackerfamilytree.com/getperson.php?personID=I236&tree=thacker (accessed January 15, 2026).

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 8, Collin, Texas; Roll: T9_1296; Family History Film: 1255296; Page: 289.3000; Enumeration District: 29; Image: ..

    2. [S5] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees.