Benjamin Frederick Klepper (1830 - 1918)

Born 20 Nov 1830 in Washington County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Mar 1918 at age 87 in Kingston Township, Caldwell, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Frederick Klepper was born November 20, 1830, a son of Jacob Klepper and Catherine (Bowman) Klepper. In 1862 he served during the Civil War in the Tennessee Sixty-third Infantry (Fain's Regiment, Seventy-fourth Infantry).^[1] He married Rebecca, whose surname is unknown, and they had four children.^[2] They lived in Kingston, Caldwell, Missouri, where he was a carpenter.^[3][4] In 1917 he was living in Leavenworth, Kansas in the United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers ^[5]He died March 24, 1918 and was buried in Kingston Cemetery in Kingston.^[6][7] Photo of gravestone.

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZWX-BDL : 4 December 2014), Ben Klepper, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Sixty-third Infantry (Fain's Regiment, Seventy-fourth Infantry), NARA microfilm publication M268 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 348.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M462-FRF : 3 January 2021), Benjamin Clipper, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66J-Q8H : 19 February 2021), Benj Clepper, Kingston, Caldwell, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 184, sheet 348D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,677.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HB-726 : accessed 5 May 2021), Benjamin F Klepper, Kingston Township Kingston city, Caldwell, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 2A, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,844.
5. ↑ "United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH4F-85C : 12 March 2018), Benjamin F Klepper, 1917; citing p. 23779, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1749 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 268; FHL microfilm 1,579,036.
6. ↑ "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2M2S-Z6P : 19 February 2021), Benjamin F Klepper, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,306.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #69283788.