Benjamin Franklin Greathouse
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Aug 1841 - , Posey County, Indiana 110
Christening:
Death: 17 Jan 1877 - , Posey County, Indiana
Burial: in Mount Vernon (south of - near Hovey) -Greathouse Cemetery , Posey County , Indiana
Cause of Death:
Events
• He appeared on the census in 1850 in , Posey County, Indiana. 110 Benjamin F Greathouse is listed with John Greathouse as age 9, male, b. Ia (IN)
• He appeared on the census in 1860 in , Posey County, Indiana. 114 Benj F Greathouse is listed with John T. Greathouse as age 18, male, farm hand, b. IN
• Military: 1861-1865, , , Indiana. 246 Civil War, Union Army, 60th Indiana Infantry, Companies F and D, Rank In: Captain, Rank Out: Corporal; He was never wounded or captured.
• He appeared on the census in 1870 in , Posey County, Indiana. 28
Ben F Greathouse, age 28, male, white, farmer, b. IN
Bethena Greathouse, age 21, female, white, housekeeper, b. IN
Arthur D Greathouse, age 3, male, white, b. IN
Charles A Greathouse, age 1, male, white, b. IN
Veronica Combs, age 18, female, white, housemaid, b. IN (future wife of James Madison Greathouse)
John W. Greathouse (brother), age 18, male, white, laborer, b. IN
Parents
Father: John Adams Greathouse (1813-1842)
Mother: Louisa Jane Browning (1820-1862) 37
Spouses and Children
1. *Bethena Welborn (May 1847 - 26 Jun 1914) 28,242
Marriage: 2 Jan 1866 - , Posey County, Indiana 242,247
Children:
1. Arthur David Greathouse (1867-1922) 28
2. Charles A Greathouse (1869-1931) 28
3. S. W. Greathouse (1871-1873) 248
4. Benny F Greathouse (1874-1876) 249
Notes
General:
Source: Vivian M. Taylor - He was a farmer and had a membership in Masonic Lodge. 9