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Benjamin Franklin Langdon

Male 1821 - 1888  (67 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Franklin Langdon 
    Born 1821  Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Jun 1888  Harrisville, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13787  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2017 

    Family Rebecca Ellen Maxwell,   b. Est 1825, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1888  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Virginia Langdon,   b. 20 Sep 1846, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1891, Near Porters Bridge, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2017 
    Family ID F4757  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S42] Obituary, http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/cecil/newspapers/whig1888.txt.
      Cecil Whig; Reported 30 Jun 1888; d. abt 23rd Jun
      Death of Mr. Franklin Langdon.
      Mr. Franklin Langdon, a prominent and estimable resident of the Sixth district died at his home at Harrisville on Thursday evening June 21st. He had been a sufferer for several months from an abscess at the small of the back, the result of a fall from a load of hay sixteen years ago. At a post-mortem examination it was found that parts of the vertebra had decayed. He was born sixty-seven years ago at Lancaster Pa., and came to Cecil county when a youth. He won the respect of his neighbors by his upright character. He was postmaster at Rising Sun about 1848. He also served as tax collector for the Sixth district in 1878 and 1879 and took the census of the same district in 1880. His funeral was held on Saturday afternoon last and was largely attended.
      Rev. Dr. S. A. Gayley, pastor, of West Nottingham Presbyterian church of which the deceased was for many years a member officiated. The pall bearers were Job Haines, Alexander Briscoe, Stephen Reynolds, H. H. Haines, Joseph Lincoln and
      Lawson Tosh. The interment was at West Nottingham cemetery. Mr. Langdon leaves a widow, two sons, Randolph and Giles, and one daughter,
      the wife of Mr. J. Granville Richards.