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Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs
Benjamin Bennett Briggs was born on June 2, 1827, in Bristol, New York. He married Abby Crane on October 28, 1852, in Putnam, Indiana. They had one child during their marriage. He died on February 15, 1893, in La Crescenta, California, at the age of 65.
Abby Crane
Abby Crane was born on October 17, 1824, in Berkley, Massachusetts. She married Benjamin Bennett Briggs on October 28, 1852, in Putnam, Indiana. They had one child during their marriage. She died on July 13, 1862, in Santa Paula, California, at the age of 37.
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Irene Crane Briggs and Samuel Lawrence Ward
Irene Crane Briggs was born on August 11, 1853, in Wadsworth, Ohio, her father, Benjamin, was 26, and her mother, Abby, was 28. Samuel Lawrence Ward was born on February 21, 1850, in Oneida, New York. She married Samuel Lawrence Ward on August 1, 1876, in Crawfordsville, Indiana. They had six children in 11 years. She died on October 22, 1932, in Eagle Rock, California, at the age of 79. Samuel died on January 2, 1944 at the age of 93.
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Benjamin Briggs Ward
Benjamin Briggs Ward was born on March 13, 1880, in Tabriz, Azarbayjan-e Gharbi, Iran, his father, Samuel, was 30 and his mother, Irene, was 26. He had two sons and one daughter with Annie Wade Young between 1907 and 1916. He died on January 2, 1929, in Eagle Rock, California, at the age of 48.
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Seymour Paul Ward
Seymour Paul Ward was born on July 16, 1883, in Tabriz, Azarbayjan-e Gharbi, Iran, his father, Samuel, was 33 and his mother, Irene, was 29. He had two brothers and three sisters. He died on April 29, 1951, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 67.
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Irene Louisa Ward
Irene Louisa Ward was born on November 16, 1887, in Tehran, Iran, her father, Samuel, was 37, and her mother, Irene, was 34. She had two sons and three daughters with Albert Kennedy between 1913 and 1927. She died on December 28, 1965, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 78.
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Lawrence Arthur Ward
Lawrence Arthur Ward was born on October 1, 1889, in Tehran, Iran, his father, Samuel, was 39 and his mother, Irene, was 36. He had three sons with Katharine Van Orden between 1923 and 1924. He died on May 29, 1973, in Paso Robles, California, at the age of 83.
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Abby Ward
Abby Ward and her twin sister Gertrude were born on November 24, 1891, in Tehran, Iran, their father, Samuel, was 41 and their mother, Irene, was 38. She had two children with Lawrence Warren Reed and three children with Peter Alexander Kerr. She died on April 6, 1972, in Anaheim, California, at the age of 80.
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Gertrude Ward
Gertrude Ward November 24, 1891, in Tehran, Iran, their father, Samuel, was 41 and their mother, Irene, was 38. She had three brothers and two sisters. She died on May 8, 1962, in San Fernando, California, at the age of 70.
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