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<span style="color:#006400">'''LATIMER, Benjamin Fleetwood'''</span> (1840-1915), Catalina Island resident for many years. He was born in South Carolina. 
In 1860 he married Eugenia Hoskins (1842-1922) and they had 8 children. All three sons died young:
:	1. Repps Anna "Eppie" Latimer (1862-1885)
:	2. Lou M. Latimer (1866-1870) 
:	3. Elizabeth Irene Latimer (1868-1952)
:	4. Oliver Latimer (1870-1870)
:	5. Benjamin Fleetwood Latimer (1875-1875)
:	6. Eugenia Latimer (1876-1953)
:	7. Dottie Hoskins Latimer (1880-1966)
:	8. Leota Latimer (1883-1947)

The family moved from Texas to Avalon in 1890. By 1904 they were living at the Isthmus.
By the 1910 census he was living in Avalon with his daughter Dottie and her family (husband and son.)
He died in Los Angeles on July 2, 1915 and is buried in the Santa Barbara Cemetery. 



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=====<span style="color:#006400">In the News~</span>=====


'''August 8, 1894 [LAT]:''' “There are undelivered telegrams at the Western Union telegraph office for Mrs. B.F. Latimer.”


'''February 1, 1904 [Catherine Maclean Loud diary]:''' “Thirty-seven business men of Avalon went to the Isthmus on the steamer Torqua, with Capt. Vincent Moricich at the wheel and Jack Crow the engineer. The men visited B. F. Latimer. Ed Stanton placed the Torqua at the disposal of the men.
Mrs. C. A. Bryant, the wife of the manager of the Avalon Stage Co., is here.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Waller found a paper nautilus (Argonauta Pacifica) at Camp Whittier. It is 3 ½ inches across. It was placed in the aquarium.”


'''February 2, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The businessmen of Avalon had a gala time yesterday afternoon and evening when they went in a body to make a call on B. F. Latimer, the host of ‘The Barracks’ at the Isthmus. Through the kindness of Ed Stanton, superintendent of the island, the steamer Torqua was placed at the disposal of the party, Captain Vincente Moricich at the wheel and Jack Crow, engineer.”


'''February 2, 1904 [LAH]:''' “Banning Company places theie power yacht Torqua at their disposal, are guests of Landlord Latimer. Avalon, Feb. 1.— The most important social event of the year was pulled off yesterday when the business men of the island attended a banquet at the Isthmus. Through the courtesy of Superintendent Stanton of the Banning company the yacht Torqua was placed at the disposal of the party and forty enthusiasts, headed by Messrs. Bloseu, Fairchild, Johnson and Scott with musical instruments, and Clarence Weaver with a hand organ—not musical—marched along for a record run up the coast...”


'''December 27, 1910 [LAT]:'''  “Avalon, Dec. 26.—Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, Col. and Mrs. B.F. Latimer of this place were host and hostess. A Christmas feast was served for them by daughters. Before marriage to her husband, Mrs. Latimer was Miss U. Hoskins of Murphresboro, Tenn. As a Confederate soldier, Col. Latimer was connected with the Eighteenth Tennessee Infantry and distinguished himself upon several occasions during the war. Nineteen years the couple have made their home at Avalon. Four daughters and five grandchildren are alive. At the recent election Col. Latimer was elected Justice of the Peace.”


'''January 13, 1914 [LAT]:'''  “Seining for bread. Pleading guilty to violating the fish and game laws, Jack Novick and B. Bidulich of this place were fined $10 in Justice B.F. Latimer's court today. Novick told a pitiful story to the court that he had been compelled to haul a seine 'because he had no money to buy bread.' Deputy Fish and Game Warden Farnsworth stated that he arrested the men after watching them haul the seine at Banning's Beach. Since the enforcement of the  new law setting aside the waters of Catalina Island as a game fish preserve, seiners have fished outside the three-mile limit.”