Background
UPDIKE, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 4, 1887 in Independence, Kansas. Son of M. S. and Catherine (Louis) Updike.
Board of Port Commissioners Sec retary
UPDIKE, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 4, 1887 in Independence, Kansas. Son of M. S. and Catherine (Louis) Updike.
Common School.
Elected member, Port Commissioners, Toledo, since 1928.
Member: Masons; American Legion.
Spouse Nellie V. King, May 28, 1918.