Benjamin Franklin Thomas, Sr

1870 - 1939  (69 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin Thomas  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	18 Nov 1870	Odin, Marion, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	K81J-VHW
  Residence	1920	Songer, Clay, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Burial	1939	Edinburg, Christian, Illinois, USA   [1, 3]
  Death	28 Dec 1939	Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I55424	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Nettie May Copelin,   b. 19 Dec 1880, Wayne City, Wayne, Illinois, USA d. 19 Jul 1976, Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, USA (Age 95 years)
  Children	+ 1. Alva Richard Thomas, Sr,   b. 8 Dec 1906, South Fork, Christian, Illinois, USA d. 27 Feb 1984, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F38039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2026

  
  

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  [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Alva Richard Sr Thomas https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=131048140&indiv=try [S478] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Songer, Clay, Illinois; Roll: T625_303; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 15. Record for Ben Thomas https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=14769730&indiv=try [S1119] Ancestry.com, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Benjamin Thomas https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2542&h=1620505&indiv=try