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Genealogist Maureen O'Brien has provided the following information.
Benjamin Francois Duprey was baptized in Bridport, Vermont, on January 6, 1855. His parents were John and Sophronie Laroque Dupres.
Jane E. Cockle was born in Huntington, Vermont, on March 21, 1851. Her parents were William and Phebe Harris Cockle.
Benjamin Francois Duprey and Jane E. Cockle were married in New Haven, Vermont, on December 3, 1872.
Their only child Jennie Mae Duprey was born in New Haven, Vermont, on February 7, 1874.
Jane E. Cockle died in New Haven, Vermont, on December 13, 1874, ten days after Jennie was born. See: Find A Grave. In the 1880 census, Jennie was living with her grandparents, William and Phebe Harris Cockle.
Benjamin Francois Duprey married Mercy Louise Preston in New Haven, Vermont, in 1881. They had two children, Minnie in 1884 and Lena may in 1888. Mercy Louise died in New Haven in 1900.
Daughter Jennie Mae Duprey married Lawrence Hayes at St. Mary's Cathedral in Burlington, Vermont, on January 5, 1891. Their daughter Mary Mabel Hayes was born in Williston on May 8, 1890, and baptized the day of their marriage. See: Lawrence and Jennie Duprey Hayes.
Benjamin Francois Duprey married Emma Dastrons in New Haven, Vermont, in 1904.
Benjamin was living on a farm in Wysox Township, Illinois, in the 1910 census. Wysox is 25 miles northeast of Fulton, illinois. He was living with the family of Antoine and Cassie Dean, who were from Vermont. When Antoine was one year old, he was lining with his mother Betsy Dean in Bristol, Vermont, with his grandparents, Callixte John and Sophronie Laroque Dupres.
Source: Vergennes, April 17, 1913. |
Benjamin Francois Duprey died in 1913, probably in Wysox Township where he was living with his nephew Antoine Dean.