Benjamin Franklin FRIEND
Hattie M. GHOLSON

Husband:  Benjamin Franklin FRIEND
Birth:  23 Oct 1883, Harrisburg, Saline Co., Illinois
Death:  Aft 1950, Hamilton Co., Illinois
Burial:
Father:  Frederick FRIEND
Mother:  Mary E. SHIFFER

Marriage:    1917, Hamilton Co., Illinois    

Wife:  Hattie M. GHOLSON
Birth:  20 Mar 1886, Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois 
Death:  Aft 1950, Hamilton Co., Illinois
Burial:
Father:  Willis Allen GHOLSON
Mother: 
Susan D. GARRISON

Children:   
None 
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Notes:    

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0366, Page 248A), Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 57, Enumeration Date: 31-Jan-1920, Family #175

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S
W/D

POB

Fa.
POB

Mo.
POB

Occupation

In Sch

 FRIEND, Benjamin

 Head

M

34

M

IL

Ger

IL

 Farmer

    

              Hattie

 Wife

F

33

M

IL

IL

IL

 None

    

Ben and Hattie raised Gerald Spence, Hattie's sister Tessie's son, as she died in complications of childbirth.

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0514, Page 257A), Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 16, Enumeration Date: 2-Apr-1930, Family #8

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

Age Marr

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

 In Sch

Occupation

 FRIEND, Ben F

 Head

M

44

M

32

IL

Ger

IL

 

 Farmer

              Hattie M

 Wife

F

44

M

31

IL

IL

IL

 

 None

 SPENCE, Gerald D

 Nephew

M

8

S

 

IL

IL

IL

X

 None

 GHOLSON, Susan D

 Mother L

F

74

W

 

IL

TN

SC

 

 None

1940 Federal Census Data (T627_0809-0841, Page 145A), Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                          Enumeration District: 33-15, Enumeration Date: 14-Apr-1940, Family #55

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

In
Sch

Gr.
Cmp.

POB

Occupation / Industry

 FRIEND, Ben

 Head

M

54

M

 

8

IL

 Farmer / Grain

              Hattie

 Wife

F

54

M

 

8

IL

     

              Geraldine

 Son

M

19

S

 

8

IL

 Farmer / Grain    

The son listed in this census is actually Jearl Dean Spence, their nephew.
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