Benjamin Franklin THOMAS

1833 - 1889  (56 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin THOMAS
  Birth	1833
  Gender	Male
  Death	09 Sep 1889	Belleville, Wayne Co., MI
  Burial	Soop Cemetary, Belleville, Wayne Co., MI
  Person ID	I38	Benham Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	Sarah BENHAM,   b. 1842, N.Y. d. 21 May 1880, Belleville, Wayne Co., MI (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	1857	Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
  Children	+ 1. Horace "Hody" THOMAS,   b. 01 Sep 1858, Michigan  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Ella Jane THOMAS,   b. 28 Sep 1860  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Etty Newton "Hattie" THOMAS,   b. 08 Dec 1861  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Rose THOMAS,   b. 08 Sep 1863  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Lydia May THOMAS,   b. 02 Dec 1865  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Frank Ruffus THOMAS,   b. 1876   d. 1889 (Age 13 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Freddie THOMAS,   b. 1876  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In 1857 BF Thomas was a witness in Detroit to the marriage of Eliza Woodbeck Benham Willcox and Charles Gould. Charles was from Ypsilanti at the time of his marriage. JLBW visited the Soop Cemetery in August, 1988. It is off Rt. 94 in Belleville. Their plot is in the southwest corner of the cemetery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1860. Sarah Benham was 18, and BF Thomas 25. They lived in the Ypsilanti - Milan area. 1870 Census. Belleville, Van Buren Twp., Wayne Co., MI. page 35 Thomas, Benjamin Franklin 35 cabinetmaker Ohio Sarah E. 28 hskpr. NY Horace 11 (?) Ella 9 Ettie 8 Rose 6 Oliva "Lydia" 4 1880 Census. Milan, York Twp, Washtenaw Co., MI Thomas, B Frank 48 ? keeps saloon ? Ettie 18 house keeper MI Lydia 14 Helps keep house MI Frank 6 MI (son Franklin, born 1876 (died 1889)