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Dakin, Benjamin W.

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Last Name Dakin
First Name Benjamin
Middle Name W.
Maiden Name
Death Date 8/22/1893
Birth Date 11/4/1837
Obituary Source
Source Information Morgan Co. Civil War Veterans/Cemetery index
Cemetery Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis
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Other Age 55. Born in Indiana; son of Akin and Mary Harvey Dakin. Civil War veteran; Co. E, 12th Indiana Infantry. He was a merchant in Mooresville: "General dealer in drugs and groceries, established business in 1866. Full and complete assortment of pure drugs and medicines, and full line of family groceries." The federal census for 1880 shows him living in a boarding house in Indianapolis; occupation sewing machine agent.
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