FAMILIES D-H: GLARDON ~ Benjamin Franklin Glardon (1849 - 1931)
The following information, excerpted from the 1900 United States census,
was found in the Darrtown Family Tree - at Ancestry.com
The following family chart was found in the Darrtown Family Tree at Ancesty.com
Benjamin Franklin Glardon was born August 20, 1847 in West Chester, Ohio (Butler county). He died July 29, 1931, at the age of 83, in Darrtown, Ohio.
Known as "Frank," Benjamin Franklin Glardon married Mary D. Vilvens. The marriage date is unknown.
Mary Vilvens was born in 1846 and died in 1892, at the age of 46 years.
Benjamin and Mary had two sons: William Emerson Glardon (1882-1967) and Harrison Lee Glardon (1883-1955).
The two boys were approximately ten and seven years old, when their mother (Mary Vilvens Glardon) passed in 1892.
In 1893, Frank Glardon married Lydia McGlaughlin (1859-1938).
Frank and Lydia had two sons: Ellis "Dugan" Glardon (1894-1967) and Ernest LaFayette Glardon (1898-1975)
Benjamin Franklin Glardon is the Darrtown Pioneer
of the Glardon family branch of the Darrtown Family Tree.
The following following image, which shows Frank Glardon's Civil War pension card was found in the Darrtown Family Tree - at Ancestry.com
The following image and caption at the right were found in the Darrtown Family Tree at Ancestry.com.
The following following image of Frank Glardon's headstone was found in the Darrtown Family Tree - at Ancestry.com
Frank Glardon obituary located
"FRANK GLARDON, VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR, IS CALLED
The ranks of the Civil War Veterans of Butler county were thinned once again today with the passing of Frank Glardon, age 84, well known farmer of Darrtown who died at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning of complications which developed from a sunstroke he suffered two weeks ago. Mr. Glardon was very active until two weeks ago when he was overcome by the heat, while helping his son, Ernest Glardon, with the harvest. Born at West Chester, Mr. Glardon had been a resident of Butler county practically his entire life. He at one time farmed near Oxford, but for the last 20 years had lived at Darrtown. Although Mr. Glardon never joined the G.A.R. he was always proud of the fact that he was a Civil War veteran, having enlisted when only a boy. Mr. Glardon is survived by the widow Mrs. Lydia Glardon who resides at Darrtown, four sons, William, Ernest, Lee and Ellis and one granddaughter. Funeral services for Mr. Glardon will be held Friday afternoon, at the home, with Rev. Franklin G. Markley of Norwood, former paster of the Lindenwald M.E. church here officiating. Interment will be made in the Darrtown cemetery. Spouse: Lydia Glardon (1859 - 1938)* Children: Ellis Thornton Glardon (1894 - 1967)* Ernest L Glardon (1898 - 1975)* Burial: Darrtown Pioneer Cemetery - Darrtown, Butler County, Ohio,
Created by: Jerri Conrad - Record added: Jul 12, 2009 - Find A Grave Memorial# 39369741"
Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Glardon - Birth: 1847, Death: 1931
The original obituary was published in the Hamilton Evening Journal - date: July 29, 1931, page 17
"July 25: ... Mr. Frank Glardon resting in his bed; overcome by heat last week. His throat seems to be paralyzed. He cannot swallow any food.
July 28: ... Mr. Frank Glardon is not expected to recover from his sun stroke. Very low this p.m.
July 29: … Mr. Frank Glardon passed out of this life 9 AM. Webb undertaker. Services Friday 2 PM. A hard-working, old gentleman."
Miller diary notes the demise and death of Frank Glardon
Mr. L.A.Miller's 1931 diary includes the following notations.