THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Benjamin Polson
           Born: 1805 in Kentucky
        Married: 31 OCT 1843 in Washington County, Indiana
           Died: 30 AUG 1879 in Northfield, Rice County, MN
         Father: John Polson
         Mother: Martha Bryan
        Spouses: Nancy Price King
     Occupation: 1850 Merchant (1)
           Wife: Caroline Graham
           Born: JAN 1820 in Indiana (2)
           Died: after 1900 in Spokane County, Washington
         Father: 
         Mother: 
        Spouses:
Children
01          (M): Worth Polson
           Born: about 1844 in Indiana (3)
           Died:
        Spouses: 
02          (M): Walter Polson
           Born: about 1847 in Indiana (4)
           Died:
        Spouses: 
03          (M): Samuel Polson
           Born: about 1849 in Indiana (5)
           Died:
        Spouses:

Additional Information

Benjamin Polson:

Notes:
Benjamin was listed on the 1850 Federal Census for Paoli, Orange County, Indiana. He was 45 and owned real estate valued at $2,500. He was living with his wife Caroline(29) and his children. Also living with Benjamin was Thomas Kent, 21, a Tinner, born in Indiana; and Nancy Weaver, 30, a mulatto, born in North Carolina.

Footnotes

  1. 1850 Federal Census, Page 462, Line 14.
    Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.
  2. Walter Anderson.
  3. 1850 Federal Census, Page 462, Line 20.
    Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.
  4. Ibid., Page 462, Line 21.
    Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.
  5. Ibid., Page 462, Line 22.
    Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.

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