NameThomas Benjamin French
BirthJun 1857, Illinois
Deathaft 1920
Marriageabt 1882, Missouri
SpouseMargaret Mahala Harper
BirthFeb 1862, Clark Co., Missouri
Death27 Jul 1947, Iowa
Children
Birth5 Nov 1893, Athens, Clark Co., Missouri
Death12 Mar 1968, Pasadena, Harris Co., Texas
Notes for Thomas Benjamin & Margaret Mahala (Family)
This page is not intended to represent a complete family group. I am entering them only to document the parents of Frank K. French who married Cynthia Jones.
Census
1900 census of Clark Co., Missouri, Grant township, enumerated 9 June, lists on p. 4B as family #82/84:
French, Thomas B., 43, b. June 1856, Illinois England England, farmer; Margret M., wife, 38, b. Feb 1862, Missouri Ohio Virginia, married 18 years, mother of 10 children, 10 living; William, son, 17, b. Oct 1882; Sarah E., dau, 15, b. June 1884; Benjamin H., son, 14, b. Jan 1886; Ralf D., son, 12, b. Jan 1888; Fred L., son, 10, b. Nov 1889; Ethel M., dau, 8, b. Dec 1891; Frank K., son, 6, b. Nov 1893; Ina H., dau, 4, b. Dec 1895; Ernest E., son, 2, b. Jan 1898; Edith M., dau, 6/12, b. Dec 1899. All children born Missouri Illinois Missouri.
1910 census of Clark Co., Missouri, Grant township, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 3A as family #61/62:
French, Thomas B., 53, b. Ill Eng Eng, farmer; Margaret M., wife, 48, b. Missouri Ohio Virginia, married 29 years, mother of 11 children (fold makes number living column illegible); Fred S., son, 20; Ethel M., dau, 18; Frank K., son, 16; Ina H., dau, 14; Earnest E., son, 12; Marie E., dau, 10; Margaret F., dau, 8. All children born Missouri Illinois Missouri.