BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MANSIER

Benjamin Mansier

Benjamin F. Mansier, aged 70, an old resident of Colchester, passed away at his home in Colchester on the front porch while peacefully resting after several hours of hard work. Heart trouble, the malady increasing because of his over-exertion was given as the cause for his death at the inquest.

Published in the Argus-Search Light on 10/6/1920

[Laura's note: While this obit and the Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, as well as several census records, spell his last name "Mansier", on his tombstone his name is spelled "Mansir". It is possible "Mansir" is the spelling his descendants chose to go with, as there are Mansir descendants in the Colchester area today.]