Benjamin R. Field (1828-1903) was a son of Abraham Field (1793-1870) and Grace Rainey (1797-1863) of Gibson County, Indiana.

Grace Field Smith (1867-1889) was a daughter of Benjamin and his first wife Lydia Ella Brown (1827-1869). She was born in Gibson County, Indiana on 10 March 1867 and married James S. Smith (1862-1939), son of James S. Smith (1835-1862) and Sarah Ann Davis (1836-1869) on 27 January 1886 in Gibson County. She died of tuberculosis, called, at that time, consumption, just three years after her marriage.

Sarah Field Turpen (1860-1889) was born in Gibson County on 21 January 1860 and was another daughter of Benjamin and Lydia. She married William Henry Turpen (1858-) on 1 February 1888 and died just over one year later on 12 March 1889

The obituary is from the Princeton Clarion, 14 March 1889, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana

Another obituary for both Sarah and Grace.

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