Benjamin Wygant
Benjamin Wygant was born around 1821 in Pennsylvania. He probably married a woman named Sara in the early 1850s, and they had at least three children: Richard, born around 1852; William, born around 1853; and Caroline, born around 1857. The family lived in Cleveland, Ohio. By 1860, Wygant was working as a grocer, and he owned $400 of personal property. He died sometime after 1864.
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(282)Wygant, Benjamin1821
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

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  • (1031) [writer] ~ Benjamin Wygant to George W. Browning, 7 October 186X
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1860 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Tax Lists, 1819-1869, available from Ancestry.com.