Families of Benjamin Justus Sutherland

BENJAMIN JUSTUS SUTHERLAND, son of MARY TURMAN and JOHN SUTHERLAND, was born in 1851 in Wisconsin, and died June 7, 1912.⁸⁵³³ He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

He married (1) EMMA ELDORA WEBB on September 20, 1876 in Green County, Wisconsin.⁴²¹ She died April 8, 1890 in Green County, Wisconsin.⁸⁵³⁰

He married (2) OCTAVIA JULIA GRAY on October 9, 1890 in Dane County, Wisconsin.⁴²¹ She died June 18, 1944 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.⁸⁵³¹ She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of EMMA ELDORA WEBB and BENJAMIN JUSTUS SUTHERLAND:

1. JESSIE EMMARETTA SUTHERLAND, b. October 30, 1878, Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁶⁵³ m. PAUL JOSEPH WEIRICH on June 26, 1900 in Green County, Wisconsin⁴²¹; d. April 22, 1951, Wisconsin.⁸⁵⁴⁷

Children of OCTAVIA JULIA GRAY and BENJAMIN JUSTUS SUTHERLAND:

2. HERBERT STANLEY SUTHERLAND, b. June 30, 1895, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁶⁵³ m. THELMA LUCILLE GOTTLIEB on May 10, 1920 in Hennepin County, Minnesota²⁰²⁴; d. May 28, 1973, Sarasota County, Florida.⁹⁹
3. MERLE EVALINE SUTHERLAND, b. January 1, 1897, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁶⁵³ m. NEWMAN ALFRED VAN TASSEL on October 19, 1916 in Winona, Minnesota²⁰²⁴; d. August 1, 1978, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.⁸⁵³²
4. ALVIN THOMAS SUTHERLAND, b. March 10, 1899, Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁶⁵³ m. LEE WAINE MOORE on June 9, 1923 in Hennepin County, Minnesota²⁰²⁴; d. August 18, 1971, San Diego, San Diego, California.⁸⁵⁴³

Obituaries

Portage Daily Democrat, June 17, 1912⁸⁵³³

Ben J. Sutherland

Ben J. Sutherland, 61, proprietor of the Schofield cottages in Kilbourn, died June 7. Burial was in Monroe, his birthplace.

Wisconsin State Journal, June 19, 1944⁸⁵³¹

Mrs. Sutherland

Mrs. Octavia Julia Sutherland, 87, widow of the late Benjamin J. Sutherland, Albany, died Sunday night at a Madison nursing home after a long illness.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Merle Van Tassell, Madison; a step-daughter, Mrs. Paul J. Weirich, Monroe; two sons, Herbert S., Brainerd, Minn., and A. T., Madison; a granddaughter, Mrs. William Zunke, Akron, O.; two grandsons, First Lieut. Newman Van Tassel, with the army forces in England, and Naval Aviation Cadet Jack Sutherlan, Murray, Ky., and two sisters and a brother.

Services will be at 9 a. m. Tuesday in the Frautschi funeral home, the Rev. R. M. Atkins of the First Methodist church officiating. BUrial will be at Monroe.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
August 3, 18604814	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Mary Turman John Sutherland Benjamin Justus Sutherland Clarence J. Sutherland
June 1, 18704815	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Mary Turman John Sutherland Benjamin Justus Sutherland Clarence J. Sutherland
June 1, 18804816	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Benjamin Justus Sutherland Emma Eldora Webb Jessie Emmaretta Sutherland
June 20, 19007153	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Benjamin Justus Sutherland Octavia Julia Gray Jessie Emmaretta Sutherland Herbert Stanley Sutherland Merle Evaline Sutherland Alvin Thomas Sutherland
April 15, 19103440	Forest, Winnebago, Iowa	Benjamin Justus Sutherland Octavia Julia Gray Herbert Stanley Sutherland Merle Evaline Sutherland Alvin Thomas Sutherland
January 7, 1920902	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon	Octavia Julia Gray
April 12, 19308539	La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin	Merle Evaline Sutherland Newman Alfred Van Tassel Newman Van Tassel Jessica Elinor Van Tassel Octavia Julia Gray
April 24, 19407094	Madison, Dane, Wisconsin	Alvin Thomas Sutherland Lee Waine Moore Son Octavia Julia Gray