Re: Marrs/Mars (Hugh, Benjamin Franklin, Loren) Berrien Springs, Michigan
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Re: Marrs/Mars (Hugh, Benjamin Franklin, Loren) Berrien Springs, Michigan
patricia twork 5/30/05
Hello,
From what I've come across, Benjamin Franklin Mars married Elizabeth Hartsell, and their son was Loren.
I found in the 1870 census for Michigan, Hugh Mars and wife Harriet ages 74 & 65 with son Franklin and daughter Josephine living with them.
Somewhere I saw someone had a death date for Elizabeth Hartsell of 1851, which must be mistaken and far more likely to have been the birth year...fits with Benjamin Franklin Mars age.
I didn't spend much time on it but the Dibean Index didn't help much... but in my own experience, until I asked a researcher about one of my husband's family marriages they were not to be found there..then the researcher not only found those i was looking for, but a whole bunch of folks who had been "Missed".
All the best,
Jan Hart