Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor.  "A History of Central Washington,
Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys."
Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929.  p. 187.
 
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BOURN

     deceased.   Mr. Bourn and family became residents of Wenatchee in 1916. Mr.
Bourn was a native of Washington, having been born at Walla Walla. April 12,
1864.  He followed farming the greater portion of his life. In Wenatchee he was
engaged in the insurance business. On November 10, 1889, he was married to Miss
Kathrine Riggs, a native of Missouri.  She came of a pioneer family who came to
Washington near the mid-seventies. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Bourn: Elsie J., (Mrs. C. E. Munsell) ; Mildred F. (Mrs. Dan H. Neher) ; Milton
F., Emma (Mrs. C. T. Haskell) ; Agnes (Mrs. Fred Terry), now of Rock Island,
Washington; Robert E., and Bessie, living at Rathdrum, Idaho.
     Mrs. Bourn passed away many years ago, and Mr. Born died September 22,
1921.

     
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