Burial Plot: Sec 5,A,A, Lot 35 sp 3
Find A Grave Memorial# 61987777
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Son of Henry Strange b. 1775 Halifax, VA d. 1843 Lynchburg, VA and his wife Lindsey Elizabeth Watts b. 1790 Halifax, VA d. 1843.
" ... [daughter of] Benjamin and Rachel (Gross) Strange, the former born in Tennessee, and who came as a pioneer to California from Missouri in 1856. There were eight children in the Strange family, six of them born in California..." [bio of John Stephen Schilling] Transcribed by Sande Beach. Source: "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 681-682, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
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Chico Daily Record, Tuesday Morning, May 20, 1919, pg 8 col 5: Benjamin Strange, Pioneer, Is Dead. Funeral services for the late Benjamin F. Strange, Chico pioneer, will be held from the Fetters & Williams chapel at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, Rev. Galen L. Rose officiating. Interment will be in Chico cemetery.
Strange, who made his home in Chico until ten years ago, died in San Francisco Sunday from the infirmities of age. He was eight-nine years old, a native of Virginia.
The deceased came across the plains and arrived in Chico sixty-one years ago, when but three houses marked the town. He was at one time the owner of the Bowers and Thomasson ranches. He served as city jailer here and with the late Theodore Renihart planted the trees which now shade the city park.
He was a member of the Odd Fellows and will be laid away in the lodge plot in Chico cemetery.
Strange is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W.T. Harris of San Francisco and Mrs. T.H. Purcell of El Paso, two sons, George W. Strange of Los Angeles, and Samuel Strange of San Francisco; five grand-children, Mrs. Lottie M. Carman and Mrs. Anna M. Hansen, both of Chico; Mrs. Edith Kelly of Calistoga, J.F. Schilling of Sacramento, Tison A. Harris of San Francisco, a great-grandchild, Wayne S. Hansen of Chico, and a nephew, Morris Strange of San Francisco.
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United States Census, 1870
Name Benj Strange
Event Place California
Gender Male
Age 38
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1831-1832
Birthplace Virginia
Page Number 57
Benj Strange M 38 Virginia
Rachael Strange F 36 Missouri
Geo W Strange M 18 Missouri
Thos F Strange M 12 Missouri
Catherine Strange F 9 California
Sarah B Strange F 5 California
Josephine Strange F 3 California
Elvira Strange F 0 California