BENJAMIN F. PEPPER (1833 - )

1883 History of St. Clair County MO, page 1203:

BENJ. F. PEPPER, wagon maker, a native of Hampshire County, West Virginia, was born July 13, 1833, his parents being James and
Catherine (Wise) Pepper, originally from Virginia. Benjamin F. was the eldest of a family of seven children. He was reared on his father's farm in Virginia and there obtained his education, remaining at home until 1857, when he emigrated to Hancock County, Illinois. There
he followed farming for eighteen months. Going to Alton he was employed as salesman for J. D. Freeman for three years when he acted as a guard in the prison at that place for a number of years, after which he
worked at carpentering and wagon making in different parts of Illinois until 1871. Then he came to St. Clair County, Missouri, and farmed two
years, soon settling in Roscoe. He has since been occupied in the manufacture of wagons, etc., and also owns a farm of 180 acres. In December, 1858, Mr. Pepper, married Miss Sarah Johnson, a native of New
Jersey. They have two children: Douglas L. and Florence.

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Roscoe Business Directory 1870-80, page 1065:

B. F. Pepper, Wagon Maker

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International Genealogical Index:

Benjamin F. Pepper – Sarah M. Johnson, married 28 December 1858 Jersey Co., IL. Match M534811

Benjamin F. Pepper, son of James Pepper & Catherine Wise. Married Sarah M. Johnson 28 December 1858 Hampshire, W. VA.

Florence M. Peper – F.O. Rustman, married 4 April 1882 Cherokee Co., KS. Batch M725021

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1860 Jersey Co., IL Census – Town of Jerseyville:
Page 27, Line 40, 7 July, Jerseyville P.O.
205/209 Benj. F. Pepper, age 27, male, farming, $75 personal, born VA
Sarah Ann Pepper, age 27, female, born NJ

1870 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Roscoe:
Line 2, 1 August, Taberville P.O.
20/15 Benj. F. Pepper, age 36, white male, carpenter, $1800 real estate, born VA, over age 21
Sarah, age 36, white female, keeping house, born IL
Douglas, age 8, white male, at home, born VA
Florence, age 7, white female, born IL
Eduin, age 4, white female, born IL

1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Village of Roscoe:
Dist. 6, ED 228, Page 16, 28 June
3/3 B.F. Pepper, white male, age 47, married, carpenter, born VA, parents born VA
Sarah L., white female, age 47, wife, married, keeping house, born NJ, parents born NJ
Douglas L., white male, age 19, son, single, at home, attends school, born IL, father born VA, mother born NJ
Florence M., white female, age 17, daughter, single, at home, attends school, born IL, father born VA, mother born NJ
Edwin, white male, age 15, son, single, at home, attends school, born IL, father born VA, mother born NJ

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St. Clair Co., MO Cemetery Records:

Roscoe Cemetery
Edwin B. Pepper, son of B.F. & S.M., 21 November 1865 – 11 January 1881