Benjamin Gardner Wages, Sr
1825 - 1898 (73 years)-
Name Benjamin Gardner Wages [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Suffix Sr Birth Jan 1825 Morgan County, Kentucky, USA 
[3, 4, 5, 6] Gender Male Residence 1850 Morgan County, Kentucky, USA [3] Residence 1860 Licking Station, Magoffin, Kentucky, USA [4] Residence 1870 Black Water, Morgan, Kentucky, USA [5] Residence 1880 Black Water, Morgan, Kentucky, USA [6] Death 18 Jan 1898 Morgan County, Kentucky, USA Person ID I12357 MontyHistNotes_III Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Father Moses Wages, ¶, b. 1794 d. 1850 (Age 56 years) Relationship natural Mother Rebecca Smallwood, ¶, b. 1784 d. 1842 (Age 58 years) Relationship natural Family ID F6331 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nancy Burton, b. 1826, Kentucky, USA d. 1855 (Age 29 years) Children 1. Moses Leander Wages, b. 1845, Kentucky, USA d. 1921 (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. Elizabeth Wages, b. 1848, Kentucky, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Nancy Susan Wages, b. 1850, Kentucky, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Rebecca Wages, b. 1853, Kentucky, USA d. 1897 (Age 44 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F6316 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Family 2 Mary Jane Nester, (Xfer), b. 1825, Virginia, USA d. 1898 (Age 73 years) Marriage 9 Aug 1855 Morgan County, Kentucky, USA [2] Children > 1. Louise Wages, b. 22 Aug 1856, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA d. 15 Aug 1949, Ezel, Morgan, Kentucky, USA (Age 92 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Benjamin Gardner Wages, Jr, b. 1859, Kentucky, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. James H Wages, b. 1863, Kentucky, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Vina Belle Wages, b. 1866, Kentucky, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 5. Martha Catherine Wages, b. 1869, Kentucky, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F6310 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
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Birth - Jan 1825 - Morgan County, Kentucky, USA 
Residence - 1850 - Morgan County, Kentucky, USA Marriage - 9 Aug 1855 - Morgan County, Kentucky, USA 
Residence - 1860 - Licking Station, Magoffin, Kentucky, USA Death - 18 Jan 1898 - Morgan County, Kentucky, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S501] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910).
Record for Louisa Wages
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1213&h=2670&indiv=try - [S477] Dodd, Jordan, comp, Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;).
Record for Benjamin Wages
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4428&h=107430&indiv=try - [S510] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Morgan, Kentucky; Roll: 214; Page: 167b.
Record for Benjamin Wages
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=17400990&indiv=try - [S1315] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: M653_385; Page: 505; Family History Library Film: 803385.
Record for Benja Wagar
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=39717698&indiv=try - [S65] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Black Water, Morgan, Kentucky; Roll: M593_490; Page: 369A.
Record for Benjamin Wages
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=18748208&indiv=try - [S21] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Black Water, Morgan, Kentucky; Roll: 435; Page: 525C; Enumeration District: 086.
Record for Ben Wages
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=17788154&indiv=try
- [S501] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910).