Lisk, Dr. Benjamin Franklin
1839 - 1910 (71 years)
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Name Lisk, Benjamin Franklin [1] Title Dr. Born 24 Aug 1839 Wyoming, New York, USA 
[2] Gender Male Occupation Between 23 Feb and 18 May 1875 Central City, Knox, Nebraska, USA [3, 4] Postmaster, Lone Tree Residence 7 Aug 1850 Wyoming, New York, USA [5] Residence 26 Jun 1860 Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA [6] Military Service 17 Sep 1861 Civil War, Sergeant in Company K, 11th WI Infantry Regiment Military Service 22 May 1863 Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA Civil War, Wounded at Siege of Vicksburg, (gunshot through palm of hand) Military Service 12 Oct 1863 Civil War, Promoted to full Captain Commissioned in Company I, 52nd Colored Inf Reg Military Service 10 Jul 1864 Civil War, Discharged from Company I, 52nd Colored Inf Reg Occupation Between 12 Aug 1868 and 25 Apr 1870 Central City, Knox, Nebraska, USA Postmaster, Lone Tree Residence 15 Jun 1870 Lone Tree, Merrick, Nebraska, USA [7] Possessions 10 Apr 1885 [8] Range 26 east of Tallahassee meridianTownship 14 southSection 11Lot SE quarter of NE quarter the section Residence Marion, Florida, USA [9] Residence Grahamville, Marion, Florida, USA [10] Residence 1 Jun 1885 Marion, Florida, USA [11] Residence 2 Jul 1900 Grahamville, Marion, Florida, USA [12] Medical Body not found until Nov 14, 1910 [13] Died 7 Nov 1910 Grahamville, Marion, Florida, USA [13, 14] Cause: Drowned at Grahamville Ferry over the Ocklawaha River, Florida, USA Buried Aft 14 Nov 1910 Silver Springs, Marion, Florida, USA - Ocklawaha Bridge Baptist
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Father Lisk, Alanson H., b. Mar 1806, Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, USA , d. 12 Feb 1895, Wyoming, New York, USA (Age ~ 88 years) Relationship natural Mother Henshaw, Mary, b. Between 7 Jun and 6 Aug 1812, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA , d. 6 Jun 1858, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA Relationship natural Married Bef 1828 Wyoming, New York, USA Family ID F10543 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Thoman, Susan Elizabeth, b. 4 Jul 1848, Crestline, Crawford, Ohio, USA , d. 24 Feb 1924, Fort McCoy, Marion, Florida, USA (Age 75 years) Married 29 Dec 1870 Crestline, Crawford, Ohio, USA [15] Documentary Source Notarized hand copied transcript of marriage record in Susan's widow pension application Children 1. Lisk, Edna Pearl, b. 24 May 1873, Lone Tree, Merrick, Nebraska, USA , d. 23 Apr 1913, Marion, Florida, USA (Age 39 years) [natural]2. Lisk, Philip Clyde, b. 3 Sep 1875, Lone Tree, Merrick, Nebraska, USA , d. 13 Feb 1888, Burlington, Carroll, Indiana, USA (Age 12 years) [natural]3. Lisk, Baby, b. 8 Sep 1877, Lone Tree, Merrick, Nebraska, USA , d. 12 Sep 1877, Lone Tree, Merrick, Nebraska, USA (Age 0 years) [natural]+ 4. Lisk, Percy Franklin I, b. 16 Sep 1881, Grahamville, Marion, Florida, USA , d. 22 Jan 1958, Chattahoochee, Gadsden, Florida, USA (Age 76 years) [natural]5. Lisk, Henrietta, b. 4 Apr 1884, Connor, Marion, Florida, USA , d. 24 Jun 1970, Ocala, Marion, Florida, USA (Age 86 years) [natural]Last Modified 15 Sep 2018 Family ID F10549 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 24 Aug 1839 - Wyoming, New York, USA 
Occupation - Postmaster, Lone Tree - Between 23 Feb and 18 May 1875 - Central City, Knox, Nebraska, USA Residence - 7 Aug 1850 - Wyoming, New York, USA 
Residence - 26 Jun 1860 - Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA 
Military Service - Civil War, Wounded at Siege of Vicksburg, (gunshot through palm of hand) - 22 May 1863 - Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA Occupation - Postmaster, Lone Tree - Between 12 Aug 1868 and 25 Apr 1870 - Central City, Knox, Nebraska, USA 
Residence - 15 Jun 1870 - Lone Tree, Merrick, Nebraska, USA 
Married - 29 Dec 1870 - Crestline, Crawford, Ohio, USA 
Residence - - Marion, Florida, USA 
Residence - - Grahamville, Marion, Florida, USA Residence - 1 Jun 1885 - Marion, Florida, USA Residence - 2 Jul 1900 - Grahamville, Marion, Florida, USA Died - Cause: Drowned at Grahamville Ferry over the Ocklawaha River, Florida, USA - 7 Nov 1910 - Grahamville, Marion, Florida, USA 
Buried - Aft 14 Nov 1910 - Silver Springs, Marion, Florida, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Lisk, Benjamin Franklin
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Notes - Obituaries - Benjamin Franklin Lisk, M.D. (license, Fla., 1885); of Grahamsville; drove into the Ocklawaha River, at the ferry near Grahamsville, November 7, and was drowned, aged 73
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Sources - [S124] Percy Franklin Lisk, State File No. 58-001919.
Father Benjamin Lisk - [S757] US, Civil War Records, Certificate 270582.
- [S419] The Courier (Central City, NE).
Complaints about mail service on May 6, 1875- "Our Postal regulations are not so slack, but that some one is held responsible" - [S419] The Courier (Central City, NE).
Complaints about mail service on May 13, 1875 - "certain exceptions have been taken in regard to the notice of the irregularity of mails published in our last week's edition" - [S12] 1850 USA Federal Census, taken June 1, 1850, Java, Wyoming, USA, New York, USA.
794 Alanson (43) w Wife Mary (38), children Samuel H. (21), Ezra (14), Franklin B. (9), Elizabeth (7), all born NY. - [S15] 1860 USA Federal Census, June 1, 1860, Village of Neenah, Winnebago, p. 55.
480, Ezra Lisk, 24 M Painter NY; Francis Lisk, 21 M Painter NY - [S18] 1870 USA Federal Census, June 1, 1870, Precinct 2, Merrick, NE, p. 5.
38 Ira Prouty 30 OH, Clerk value of personal state $400; Sarah 29 NY keeping house; Frank 5 M WI, Ella F. 3 F WI, Homer 1 M NE all at home; Henry Lisk 60 NY at home; B.F. Lisk 31 NY Grocer and ret. [illegible] value of real estate $5000 value of personal estate $2000 - [S190] Government Land Office Certificate, Bureau of Land Management, April 10, 1885, cert 6779.
- [S21] 1880 USA Federal Census, taken June 1, 1880, Powell Town Dist., Marion, FL p. 3.
18 B.F. 40 NY Physician, both parents NY; Susan Wife 33 OH keeping house, both parents Germany; daughter Edna 7 NE, father NY mother OH; son Philip 4 NE, father NY mother OH - [S39] 1910 USA Federal Census, taken April 15, 1910, Grahamsville Precinct, Marion, FL.
8 B.F. Lisk, 70 NY, both parents NY, Farmer and physician, employer, veteran, owns home and farm freehold, farm schedule 8, married 42 years to; Wife Susan T. 67 OH, both parents Germany, 5 children born, 3 surviving; son Percy F., 28 FL, father NY mother OH, physician; daughter Henrietta, 24 FL, father NY mother OH - [S26] 1885 Florida State Census, District 11, p. 11.
2271 B.F. Lisk 46 NY Farmer, father NY mother MA; Suzan Wife 37 OH, both parents Germany; daughter Edna P. 12 NE, father NY mother OH; son Philip C. 10 NE, father NY mother OH; son Percy F. 3 FL, father NY mother OH; daughter Nettie 1 FL, father NY mother OH; Edna and Philip attended 3rd grade in past year - [S32] 1900 USA Federal Census, taken June 1, 1900, Grahamsville Precinct 11, Marion, FL.
329 Benjamin F. Lisk, b. Aug 1839 NY, 60 yo, both parents b. NY, physician, Owns Home and Farm freehold, Farm Schedule 184; married 30 years to Wife Susan T., b. July 1848 OH, 57 yo, 5 children born, 3 surving children, both parents b. Germany; daughter Edna P., b. May 1880 NE, 20yo, father NY mother OH; son Percy F., b. Sept 1881 FL, 18 yo, 9th grade, father NY mother OH; daughter Henrietta, b. Apr 1884 FL, 16yo, 6th grade, father NY mother OH - [S757] US, Civil War Records, Certificate 722891.
Susan T. Lisk's widow pension has affidavit about his death - [S239] Journal of the American Medical Association, Dec 3, 1910, Volume 55, p. 1996.
Obituaries - Benjamin Franklin Lisk, M.D. (license, Fla., 1885); of Grahamsville; drove into the Ocklawaha River, at the ferry near Grahamsville, November 7, and was drowned, aged 73 - [S757] US, Civil War Records, Certificate 722891.
Susan T. Lisk's widow pension has copy of their marriage certificate
- [S124] Percy Franklin Lisk, State File No. 58-001919.