Benjamin Franklin Todd
Birth: 1817
Frankfort
Franklin County
Kentucky, USA
Death: Aug. 10, 1862
Troy
Lincoln County
Missouri, USA
Husband of Eleanor Boucher "Ellen" Carr
Married 18 Sep 1845, Lincoln Co., Missouri
Dr. Todd was only one of many slave holders in Missouri; however, he was picked up by Union troops after he was seemingly speaking out in support of the South. The Calhoun County Union (issue cited above) indicates he was charged with disloyal words and deeds.
Evidently, Dr. Todd was released, and he returned to his home. A great granddaughter, Elinor White Brunkow, stated that he later died a violent death at his own residence. My wife heard the account and repeated it for my benefit. The story goes something like this: Some Union soldiers called Dr. Todd from his house and confronted him concerning the slaves on his property. The doctor tried to assure them that the slaves were free to leave, but at the time they had no place to go. The confrontation escalated, and Dr. Todd was shot dead in front of his family. This account should be modified because later records show that a number of slaves were part of the doctor's personal estate in August of 1864.
History of Lincoln County, Published 1888, pages 404 & 405, in an article about local Civil War Casualties-Dr. Benjamin Todd, living at his home on the Highland Prairie, about ten miles from Troy, who was a Southern sympathizer, though a quiet citizen, was killed at or near his home by a Federal scout.
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP-UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY-SUBMITTED BY LAURA TODD BAKER The following is copied from old applications. "My father Dr. B. F. Todd was taken from his home early on the morning of August 10, 1863, and shot by the yankees, in sight of his family. He left a wife and six young children, the oldest only 14 and a babe two weeks old. They tried to kill my oldest brother, but he escaped and entered the Confederate army and remained till the close of the war."
Information provided by John Matt Todd@ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/15700398/person/300355219
Family links:
Spouse:
Eleanor Boucher Carr Todd (1820 - 1890)*
Children:
Overton Carr Todd (1847 - 1903)*
Mary Ora Todd Todd (1849 - 1922)*
Maria Winston Todd (1852 - 1925)*
Laura A Todd Baker (1855 - 1944)*
Sterling Price Todd (1862 - 1937)*
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