Benjamin Franklin Sly ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

Benjamin was previously married to Sara Susan Pritchett in 1859, then to Amanda P. Jacobs in about 1863. He had 4 children with each wife for a total of 8 children. He was about 71 years old when he married Sarah Saphronia Vance who was about 23 years his junior.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Benjamin Franklin Sly
Sex: Male
Age: 84
Residence Place: St. Petersburg, Fla.
Address: 636 Boone Court
Burial Date: 7 Sep 1922
Burial Place: Skip Oberlin, Ohio
Death Date: 5 Sep 1922
Death Place: Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
Death Place (Original): St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1837
Birthplace: Canada
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Father's Name: George Sly
Spouse's Name: Sarah Vance Sly

Citing this Record
"Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPMG-9L2 : 23 February 2021), Benjamin Franklin Sly, 1922.
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  Burial Notes:

His gravestone notes a birth year of 1846 while the 1910 and 1920 US Census records, as well as the Florida State death certificate all reflect a birth year of 1837.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Pasadena, CA on 18 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 297, Family 106, Roll 86
Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Benjamin F. Sly..Lodger..72..Indiana..Married 0 years..Own Income

(Living with 3rd wife at a rooming house.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Saint Petersburg, FL on 14 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 16A, District 135, Family 530, Roll 229
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
636 7th Street; Home owned
Benjamin F. Sly..Head..82..Indiana

(Living with 3rd wife.)
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• Death Image: 5 September 1922, in Saint Petersburg, FL. ⁴

• He was buried on 7 September 1922 in the Westwood Cemetery in Oberlin, OH.

Find a Grave Memorial 130285235
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Benjamin married Sarah Saphronia Vance, daughter of Solomon Vance and Eliza Elizabeth Richards, on 24 April 1909 in Pulaski, NY.^{1 2 3} (Sarah Saphronia Vance was born on 25 November 1860 in Orange Township, Ashland, OH,^{3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13} died in 1950 ¹⁴ and was buried in 1950 in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH ¹³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 24 April 1909, in Pulaski, NY. ¹

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Pasadena, CA on 18 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 297, Family 106, Roll 86
Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Istonia W. Jones..Head..62..Alabama..Widowed..Keeper, Rooming House
Benjamin F. Sly..Lodger..72..Indiana..Married 0 years..Own Income
Sarah V. Sly..Lodger..48..Ohio..Married 0 years..0/0
Lena McSweeney..Lodger..60..Wisconsin..Widowed
William E. Pedrick..Lodger..72..Pennsylvania..Widowed..Operator, Coal
Ola Cree*..Lodger..45..Illinois..Widowed
Maryetta Knapp..Lodger..42..New York..Widowed..Own Income
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Saint Petersburg, FL on 14 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 16A, District 135, Family 530, Roll 229
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
636 Boone Court; Home owned
Benjamin F. Sly..Head..82..Indiana
Sarah Sly..Wife..59..Ohio
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Benjamin F. Sly
Sex: Male
Age: 67
Birth Year (Estimated): 1842
Father's Name: Christopher W. Sly
Mother's Name: Anna Brown
Spouse's Name: Sarah S. Vance
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 48
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Spouse's Father's Name: Soloman Vance
Spouse's Mother's Name: Eliza Richards
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1909
Marriage Place: Pulaski, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States (New York, United States)
Source Details: v 1 p 107

Citing this Record
"New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVPZ-TD4 : 31 May 2021), Benjamin F. Sly, 24 Apr 1909, New York, United States; citing ref. ID v 1 p 107, county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 872,941.
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