Benjamin Franklin Faucett [1827-1885]: Benjamin was a native Hoosier, spending his entire 57 years in Indiana. He was raised on the family farms in Hendricks Co. In 1852 he married 16 year old Nancy Clark. They had five children. By 1882, Benjamin had sold his farm in Hendricks Co. and moved the family to Indianapolis where he took up carpentry work. In 1885, Benjamin Faucett died of consumption. He was buried in Shiloh Methodist Cemetery near present-day Avon in Hendicks Co. where his grandparents and great-grandparents were interred. In 1893, Benjamin's sons, James and Charles, had remains and those of grandson, Edwin, removed to a recently purchased family plot at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
Nancy Clark [1836-1911]: Nancy was born in Butler Co., OH. Her family moved o Hendricks Co., IN in 1849. Three years later, she married Benjamin Faucett. Nancy gave birth to five children. She survived Benjamin by 26 years and died in Indy in 1911.
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