Benjamin Franklin Burnham

  General Notes:

See general notes on his daughter, Sophia, for various census facts.

The 1920 Federal Census for South Mills Township, Camden Co., NC District 26 records Benjamin (63 - NC/NC/NC) and Mattie L. (57 - NC/NC/NC) Burnham with children Benjamin S. (29), Horace J. (25), Mattie P. (19), Almon I. (15), and Tacy P. (12). Benjamin is a farmer.

The 1930 Federal Census for South Mills Township, Camden Co., NC District 5 records the widower Benjamin F. Burnham (73 - NC/NC/NC) with children Benjamin S.Burnham (38), Tacie Burnham (23), and Horace Burnham (34) and his wife of 1 year, Sarah (29 - Georgia/Georgia/Georgia).

By 1940 Horace moves to Washington D. C.:
The 1940 Federal Census for Washington D. C., District 1-347 records Joseph H. Burnham (46 - NC) with his wife Sarah Burnham (40 - GA) and children Joseph H. (7 - GA) and Clinton E. (0 - D.C.).


From www.findagrave.com:
Benjamin Franklin Burnham
Birth: Feb. 13, 1857
Death: Aug. 4, 1955
Parents: Isaac Burnham (1827 - 1897) - Lovey Burnham (1830 - 1868)
Spouse: Martha Louise Spence Burnham (1862 - 1929)
Children: Sophia Love Burnham Pritchard (1886 - 1946)*
Burial: South Mills Rural Cemetery, South Mills, Camden Co., NC

Benjamin married Martha Louise Spence in 1882 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. (Martha Louise Spence was born on 14 Sep 1862 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, died on 24 Nov 1929 in South Mills Township, Camden Co., NC and was buried in South Mills Cemetery, Camden Co., NC.) The cause of her death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

  Marriage Notes:

North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
Name: Benjamine F Burnham
Gender: Male
Race: White
Spouse: Martha L Spence
Spouse gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Marriage Date: 1882
Marriage County: Pasquotank
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: North Carolina State Archives