Person:Benjamin Lamar (11)

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Benjamin Burkly Lamar
b.3 Jun 1827 Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA
d.1 Feb 1892
Parents and Siblings
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m. 3 Jun 1819
  1. Letucia Lamar1820 - 1820
  2. Lucretia Lamar1820 - 1820
  3. William Starks Lamar1821 - 1821
  4. Elizabeth Jane Lamar1822 - 1856
  5. Mary Ann Lamar1825 -
  6. Benjamin Burkly Lamar1827 - 1892
  7. Thomas Lamar1829 - 1830
  8. Francis Horr Lamar1831 - 1915
  9. Susan Tramel Lamar1834 -
  10. John Smith Lamar1837 - 1881
Spouse and Children
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m. 1863
  1. John Smith Lamar1864 - 1944
  2. James David Lamar1868 - 1942
  3. Robert Spence Lamar1871 - 1943
  4. Benjamin Dennis Lamar1873 -
  5. Susan Kerr Lamar1875 - 1946
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Benjamin Burkly Lamar
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Jun 1827 Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA
Alt Birth? 3 Jun 1827
Marriage 1863 Callaway, Missouri, USAto Mary Gudgel Dunlap
Death? 1 Feb 1892

Benjamin inherited one-sixth of his father's 150 acre farm in Hancock County and sold it to Jonathan and Nancy Ann (Blincoe) (Lamar) Sawyer March 11, 1851 for $180. Nancy Ann Sawyer was his mother.

In his early life,,, Benjamin Burkly had a very eventful and successful life. He worked on boats that traveled on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers until 1851. He traveled from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to New Orleans, Louisiana. In the Spring of 1851, Benjamin, along with Thomas Henry Sawyer, his brother-in-law, and George Bruner, all from Hancock County, KY, went to California, by way of New Orleans and the Isthmus of Panama, where he was engaged in mining gold and the sawing and lumbering business for five years. However, Thomas Henry Sawyer and George Bruner returned to Kentucky.

In 1852, Thomas Henry and Frances Horr (Lamar) Sawyer visited California. Frances said a deciding factor in going to California rather than Oregon was the opportunity for them to visit with her brother, Benjamin B. Lamar, who was living in California.

Benjamin took one trip to New York City with Gold dust wrapped around his body. He sold the gold dust and bought himself a pair of boots and a new suit. Benjamin got tired of digging gold and wanted to go back to farming.

In 1856, Benjamin B. Lamar moved from California back to Kentucky where he became engaged in farming. After two years, he moved to Calloway County, Missouri where he bought a 159 acre farm and a 200 acre farm. As a farmer in Calloway county, he was very successful in improving the land, growing crops and raising livestock. He was considered to be a self-made man and was not entitled to any ordinary consideration for the manner in which he worked his way up. As a citizenin Calloway County, he was highly respected. At that time it is believed that his brother, John S. Lamar, sister, Susan Tramel (Lamar) Martin and brother-in-law, John C. Martin, had moved from Hancock County, Kentucky to Calloway County, Missouri to live.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree (3). (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;;)
    Database online.

    Record for Benjamin Berkeley Lamar

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