We’re nearing the end of the descendants of William Tarbox and Judith Haskell, as Benjamin Franklin Tarbox was the ninth child and seventh son of this couple. He was born 29 May 1821 in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine.

As I mentioned in Part 1 of the George Rogers Tarbox family sketch, several Tarbox siblings, including George, Deborah, William and Plummer lived in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts in the 1840s.

Benjamin was the fifth Tarbox sibling to live in the newly born industrial city and it was there that he married Harriet B. Stetson on 10 April 1847. Whether Benjamin and Hattie knew each other before their time in Lowell isn’t known, but it’s possible they did since his bride was from Minot, only about 15 miles away from New Gloucester.

Benjamin and Harriet were the parents of nine children, but like the life stories of most of the other Tarbox siblings, only two of their children had children of their own.

Children:

1. Edward A., born c1846, Maine; died 22 October 1919, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine; married Susie G. Morany (possibly Morang), 8 November 1877, Freeport, Cumberland, Maine. They had no children.
2. Franklin A., born c1848, Maine; died 24 August 1891, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine; unmarried.
3. George Henry, born 25 May 1849, New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; died 25 April 1920, Malden, MIddlesex, Massachusetts; married Elizabeth Emeline Edward, 1 September 1872, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. They were the parents of three children – Annie Drew, born 3 June 1873, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 16 June 1955, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts; unmarried, Grace Ethel, born 30 May 1878, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 21 December 1951, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Asahel Blinkworth Blois, 19 September 1904, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts. They had one son who died at birth. The third child was George William, born 31 July 1881, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 25 March 1967; married Margaret C. Swain, 19 June 1907, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, but they had no children. George Henry Tarbox has no descendants today.
4. Amos Tappan, born 22 December 1850, Maine; died June 1851, Maine. Amos has no descendants.
5. Harriet (Hattie) Maria, born 1 May 1852, Maine; died 6 February 1893; unmarried. Hattie has no descendants today.
6. Nellie S., born 22 July 1854, New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; died after 1930, probably Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Peter T. Scott, 1 October 1877, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Peter and Nellie had one son, Walter, but divorced. Walter changed his surname (noted as by court order) to Tarbox. Walter married and had one daughter, who also married and had a daughter. Nellie has descendants today through that granddaughter.
7. Olive Roberts, born 14 October 1856, New Gloucester, Maine; died after 1930; married Charles B. Edwards, c1886. They were the parents of one son, Earl F., born 9 October 1888, but who died on 10 July 1902, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Olive has no descendants today.
8. Charles Sumner, born 23 April 1859, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine; died 1945, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Amelia Rachel Smith, 7 October 1882, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. They were the parents of three children – Henry Sumner, born 26 April 1883, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died after 1920, but never married. Charles Frederick was born 9 June 1884, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 28 October 1954, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Grace Collins, c1909. They were the parents of two daughters who both married and had children. Their third child, Adeline Rachel was born 3 May 1892, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 28 February 1938, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, unmarried.
9. Minnie J., born c1862, Maine; died 12 September 1884, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; unmarried.

Benjamin and Hattie have descendants today, although not many, through daughter Nellie and son Charles Sumner Tarbox.

Tomorrow, we’ll look at the life story of William and Judith’s youngest child who married and had children, daughter, Susan Tarbox.