Name |
Benjamin Franklin SEAGRAVES |
- The Seagraves surname presented for this person is based on the dominant spelling found in the various records researched, but primarily on the name carved on the person's gravestone. HOWEVER, for the common variations of the Seagraves family name of which there are over 20, such as Cegrave(s) Segrave(s), Seagreave(s), Seegrave(s), Segrove(s), Seagrove(s), etc. all of which have been given the Seagraves spelling for clarity and ease of analysis.
Certain variations are used so consistently within a family that they have been retained in this analysis, specifically, SAGRAVES (which also includes Sagrove(s)) and SEAGRAVE. Sagraves was adopted by the early settlers of eastern Kentucky about 1800. Seagrave was the version brought to Massachusetts by the John & Sarah Seagrave family who settled there about 1725.
The Seagraves version is the most common found (about 39%) of all those found on the 1940 census.
A discussion of the name spelling variations can be found on the Home Page of this website.
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Birth |
8 May 1927 |
Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Race |
8 May 1927 |
Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina [3] |
White |
1930 US census |
1930 |
Fuquay Springs, Wake County, North Carolina |
recorded as Bennie Seagraves, 2 10/12, NC, W, son of Cory C. & Mollie J. Seagraves. |
1940 US census |
1940 |
Fuquay Springs, Wake County, North Carolina |
Bennie Seagraves, 12, MC, W, son of Cornelius C. & Millie J Seagraves. |
Draft Registration |
1942 |
Wake County, North Carolina [1] |
Benjamin Franklin Segraves of Box 1008 Fuquay Springs, Wake Co., NC registered for the WW II draft as age 18, born 8 May 1927 in Enfield, NC, employed by the US Maritime Commission, Washington, D. C. |
Activity |
14 Dec 1945 |
Los Angeles County, California [4] |
Benjamin F. Seagraves, age 18, after departing Wilmington, NC on the SS Acadia, arrived at the Port of Los Angeles. |
Death notices |
10 Nov 2008 |
New York [2] |
Benjamin Seagraves, born 8 May 1927, residing at 10543 Mamaroneck, Westchester, New York, died. |
Death |
10 Nov 2008 |
New York [2] |
Burial |
Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, Westchester County, New York, United States [5] |
Person ID |
I2618 |
Seagraves Database |
Last Modified |
2 Feb 2017 |