Other Events and Attributes:

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• _UID: B3FE290BFF7D4E56AB5B457145732A0FB2BC
• Census: Aug 1850, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Military: 1855, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; listed among the enrolled militia
• Census: 1 Jun 1855, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Military: 1857, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; listed among the enrolled militia
• Census: 22 Jun 1860, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  South Abington
• Military: 16 Apr 1861, South Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; joined Co. E, 4th Reg't Massachusetts Infantry as a Sgt for a 3-month term
• Military: 22 Apr 1861, Hampton, Hampton (City), Virginia, United States; mustered into Co E, 4th Massachusetts Infantry; Address:
  Fort Monroe
• Military: 22 Jul 1861, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; mustered out of Co E, 4th Massachusetts Infantry
• Occupation: 1867, Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; railroad clerk
• Census: 16 Jun 1870, Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey, United States
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, South Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  Washington St.
• Military: 24 Feb 1900, Massachusetts, United States; applied for an Invalid Pension from the Civil War
• Census: 13 Jun 1900, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  270 School St.
• Residence: 1904, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  270 School St.
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  270 School St.
• Residence: 1915, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; working as assessor; Address:
  270 School St.

Notes:

There is a death record in 1845 for a Benjamin Peterson, age 8, listed as son of Franklin. Another record says he could be the son of Washington. But, since this Benjamin appears in the same family as Franklin and the rest of the family in 1855, I really do not believe the 1845 Benjamin is this one.

Military:
On 24 Feb 1900, he applied for an invalid pension from the Civil War.
Application Number 1244813, Certificate Number 1002830.

On 8 Jan 1915, his widow applied for a Widow's pension as well.
Application No. 1039558, Certificate No. 792981

Census:
They are next door to Benjamin's father in 1900. Benjamin's birth date is recorded as Oct 1836, but Maria's is Oct 1843. I believe hers, but all other records point to his in June.

Benjamin married Maria Beers on 1 May 1867 in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States. Maria (daughter of William Beers and Rebecca B.) was born in 1844 in Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]