MAJOR, Benjamin Franklin

OBIT: Benjamin Franklin Major, was born in Wooster,Ohio. He is survived by a widow and eight children,three of whom live in Prescott, B.F. Major, Jr, Mrs. W.A. Allen and Harry Ike Major: Mrs.Lee Boren of Phoenix, Charles and Paul Major of Aultman, and by two brothers and two sisters living in Ohio. Franklin Major Born: Ohio 20 Oct 1849 Died: Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona 29 Nov 1924 Buried:Citizens cemetery. Plot: B/06-04 Marker: yes Spouse: Mary Eliza Barrington Parents: John & Eliza Kercher Major Occupation: Farmer Remarks: Death Cert--65 yrs old, COD carcinoma of stomach and inanition, father born in Ohio, mother born in Pennsylvania. From the Prescott Journal Wed Morning Dec. 3, 1924. Pioneer Resident Buried Yesterday B.F. Major, pioneer resident, who died in Phoenix Saturday, was buried in the Citizens Cemetery yesterday morning after funeral services were conducted at Ruffner's chapel at 10 o'clock. Mr. Major came to Prescott in 1881, coming west from Ohio. He was born in Wooster, Ohio, in 1859. He made his home in Groom Creek for many years and at the time of his death, he lived in the Verde Valley. He is survived by a widow and eight children, three of whom live in Prescott, B.F. Major, Jr; Mrs W. A. Allen and Harry Major; Mrs. Lee Boren of Phoenix, Charles and Paul Major of Aultman, and by two brothers and two sisters living in Ohio. (His child were Benjamin Franklin Jr., Younda Gertrude, Kathryn M., Irving David ( killed in World War 1) , Ruth Orpha, Grace Mable , Harry Ike Major, Charles Norman,and Paul Edward.)