Benjamin Sherwood Sharer ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  Death Notes:

Given Name: Benjamin
Middle Name: S
Surname: Sharer
Birth Date: 29 January 1913
State: Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Ocala, Marion, Florida
Previous Residence Postal Code: 34481
Event Date: 14 December 1996
Age: 83

Citing this Record:
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J1PB-H47 : accessed 03 Jan 2014), Benjamin S Sharer, 14 December 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Name: Benjamin S Sharer
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Dec 1996
Event Place: Marion, Florida, United States
Age: 83
Race: White
Certificate Number: 144327

Citing this Record:
"Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VVJT-H5H : accessed 03 Jan 2014), Benjamin S Sharer, 1996.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Muscatine, IA on January 1920. ⁸

1920 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 126, Dwelling 346, Household 356, Roll 504
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Benjamin Shaver..Stepson..8..IA

(Living with mother and step-father.)
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• He appeared on the 1925 Iowa State Census in Muscatine, IA in 1 January 1925. ⁴

1925 Iowa State Census
Book 9, Line 145, 1st Ward
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, United States
122 Cook Street
Benjamin Sharer..Stepson..12..7th grade..Susan Whymer..Baptist

(Living with mother and stepfather.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 29 Jan 1913, then his age should have been 11 instead of 12.
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Eldora, IA on 3 April 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 10, Roll 657
Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa
Iowa Training School for Boys
Benjamin S. Sharer..Inmate..17..IA..Barber

NOTE - This was a juvenile detention facility.
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 27 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 21A, District 70-15, Family 477, Roll 1186
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
1519 East Fifth; home rented, $10
Benjamin Sharer..Head..27..IA..9th grade..Truck Drive..earned $1040 in 1939

(Living with wife and daughter.)
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Benjamin married Irene Brown on an unknown date. (Irene Brown was born about 1915 and died on an unknown date.)

Benjamin next married Katherine Lucille Wittich, daughter of George Melchior Wittich and Katherine M. Meyers, on 29 May 1937 in , Muscatine County, IA.^{1 2} (Katherine Lucille Wittich was born on 5 January 1910 in Muscatine, IA,^{1 2 9} died on 16 November 1970 in Muscatine Township, Muscatine, IA ⁹ and was buried after 16 November 1970 in Muscatine, IA ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 27 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 21A, District 70-15, Family 477, Roll 1186
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
1519 East Fifth; home rented, $10
Benjamin Sharer..Head..27..IA..9th grade..Truck Drive..earned $1040 in 1939
Lucile Sharer..Wife..30..IA..4 yrs college
Catherine Sue Sharer..Daughter..1..IA
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Benjamin Sharer
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 29 May 1937
Event Place: Muscatine, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Year (Estimated): 1913
Father's Name: Benjamin Sharer
Mother's Name: Susan Ida Wymer
Spouse's Name: Katherine Lucille Wittich
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 27
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1910
Spouse's Father's Name: George M Wittich
Spouse's Mother's Name: Katherine Meyer

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-KMXY : 5 November 2017), Katherine Meyer in entry for Benjamin Sharer and Katherine Lucille Wittich, 29 May 1937, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,854,315.
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