Person:Benjamin Fairbanks (5)

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Benjamin Fairbanks
b.30 Apr 1826 Mississippi
d.20 Feb 1908 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
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m. 15 Feb 1849
  1. Marie Louise Fairbanks1849 - 1931
  2. William M. Fairbanks1854 - 1917
  3. Henry Dawson Fairbanks1856 - 1887
  4. Anne Fairbanks1878 - 1964
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Name[1] Benjamin Fairbanks
Gender Male
Birth[1] 30 Apr 1826 Mississippi
Marriage 15 Feb 1849 Ascension Parish, Louisiana(her 2nd husband)
to Marie Delphine Gautreau
Census[2] 1850 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Census[3] 1860 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Census[4] 1870 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Death[1] 20 Feb 1908 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Burial[1] New River Baptist Church Cemetery, Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Loyalty oath, 1863

Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1850 census:[2]

Fairbanks, Ben 26 yrs Farmer (real estate = $600) b. Louisiana
      Delphin 30 yrs b. Louisiana
Gonzales, Joseph 15 yrs b. Louisiana
      Fred 14 yrs b. Louisiana
      Josephine 11 yrs b. Louisiana
      Delphine A. 5 yrs b. Louisiana
Fairbanks, Mary 6/12 yr b. Louisiana

Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1860 census:[3]

Fairbanks, Benj. 36 yrs Farmer (real estate = $300; personal estate = $200) b. Mississippi
      Mary 42 yrs b. Louisiana
      Joseph 22 yrs b. Louisiana
      John 21 yrs b. Louisiana
      Josephine 19 yrs b. Louisiana
      Mary [sic] 16 yrs b. Louisiana
      Mary 10 yrs b. Louisiana
      William 6 yrs b. Louisiana
      Dawson 4 yrs b. Louisiana
NOTE: Joseph, John, Josephine, & the 2nd Mary are actually the children of Marie Delphine's 1st husband, Joseph Gonzales.

Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1870 census:[4]

Fairbanks, Benjamin 50 yrs Farmer (real estate = $300; personal estate = $185) b. Louisiana
      Mary 56 yrs Keeping house b. Louisiana
      William 15 yrs Farm laborer b. Louisiana
      Henry 13 yrs At home b. Louisiana
Guedry, Ophelia 13 yrs At home b. Louisiana
Severin, John 6 yrs At home b. Louisiana
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.

    Benjamin Fairbanks

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ascension, Louisiana, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 7B, dweling/family 129/129.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ascension, Louisiana, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 31, dweling/family 204/204.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ascension Parish, Louisiana. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 121A, dweling/family 67/67.
  5.   Louisiana, Confederate Soldiers Index, 1861-1865
    Citing Vol. 1, p. 802.

    Fairbanks, Benjamin, Private, Co. E, 28th (Thomas') Regt. Louisiana Infantry.

    Enlisted 3 Apr 1862, Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
    Present on muster rolls to Oct 1862.
    Muster roll for 31 Oct 1862 to 28 Feb 1863, present on daily duty in Signal Corps.
    Captured & paroled at Vicksburg, 4 Jul 1863.
    Appears on a list of prisoners from the office of the Provost Marshal, Donaldsonville, 30 Jun 1864.

    Remarks: Living on New River [Ascension Parish]. Has a parole as Confederate soldier. Captured at Vicksburg, 7 July 1863.

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