Benjamin Frazier was born on September 24, 1835 in Tennessee. He was the son of Henry Frazier and Delilah Ramsey. Ben had at least 13 siblings: James Frazier (born 1830), Mary A Grazier (born 1832), John Frazier (born 1834), Margaret Jane Frazier (born 1838, William H Frazier, (born 1841), George Frazier (born 1842), Sarah Frazier (born 1844), Elizabeth Frazier (born 1845), Henry Thomas Frazier (born 1847), Issac Frazier (born 1850), Cassender A Frazier (born 1847, and Catherine Frazier (born 1853).
Ben (as he was commonly known) married Parthenia Jane Hitchcock on July 3, 1863, in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. They were married for twenty-nine years and had at least nine children between 1867 and 1892: Benjamin Issac Frazier (born 1867), Laura Zania Frazier (born 1871), Andrew W. Frazier (born 1874), Minnie A. Frazier (born 1876), Charles Joseph Frazier (born 1878), Alice May Frazier (born 1881), Henry George Frazier (born 1885), Olive Edna Frazier (born 1888), and Oda Floy Frazier (born 1892).
Ben died on March 20, 1915 in Visalia, Tulare County, California. He was seventy-nine years old when he passed away. His wife Parthenia passed away in 1892 and Ben never remarried. Ben is buried in Plot #55, next to Parthenia in the Blue Mountain Cemetery in Woody. His electronic Memorial can be view by clicking on the following blue text Memorial of Benjamin Frazier (Courtesy of Find-A-Grave).
