Minnie Mae Sears

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Minnie M. Hartsock, wife, in the household of Frank E. Hartsock
• Census: 1920, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Minnie Hartsock, wife, in the household of Frank E. Hartsock

Minnie married Frank Eugene Hartsock on 24 Sep 1891 in Greene County, Ohio, United States. Frank was born on 14 Apr 1865 in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 18 Sep 1927 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1927 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Leroy Eugene Hartsock was born on 5 Dec 1891 in Ohio, United States; and died.
2. Raymond Samuel Hartsock was born on 24 Mar 1893 in Greene County, Ohio, United States; died on 11 Nov 1977 in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
3. Anna Marie Hartsock was born on 2 Mar 1899 in Ohio, United States; and died.
4. James Sears Hartsock, Sr. was born on 9 Mar 1901 in Spring Valley, Greene County, Ohio, United States; died on 9 Dec 1988 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Dec 1988 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.

Aaron married Anna Mary Benham. Anna (daughter of Samuel Benham and Mary Ann Jones) was born on 17 Dec 1853 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; died on 12 Nov 1922 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 14 Nov 1922 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Anna M. Benham, in the household of Samuel Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Anna Benham, in the houseehold of Samuel Benham

George married Lavina Hatfield on 17 Mar 1847 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Lavina (daughter of William Hatfield and Sarah Benham) was born about 1828 in Ohio, United States; died in 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Lavinia Hatfield, in the household of William Hatfield

Other Events:

• Occupation: Cooper
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Benham, cooper, head of household
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of his father, John Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Benham, laborer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Benham, farm laborer, head of household

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Samuel Benham.

Samuel married Mary Ann Jones on 25 Aug 1839 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Mary was born about 1822 in Virginia, United States; died in 1888; was buried in 1888 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Mary A. Benham, wife, in the household of Samuel Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Anna Benham, in the houseehold of Samuel Benham
• Census: 1880, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Mary A. Benham, wife, in the household of Samuel Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as William Hatfield, farmer, in the household of William Hatfield

William married Sarah Benham on 23 Dec 1824 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Sarah (daughter of John Benham and Abigail Nutt) was born on 6 Jan 1807 in Greene County, Ohio, United States; died on 4 Jan 1850 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jan 1850 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; Sarah's children were beneficiaries in the will of their grandfather, John Benham

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Sarah Hatfield, deceased.

Other Events:

• Military: War of 1812
• Birth: Jul 1785
• Property: 12 Oct 1813; purchased 49 acres for $200 from Aaron Nutt
• Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer
• Census: 1830, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer
• Census: 1840, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer, head of household
• Will: 21 Jun 1862, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 7 May 1870, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary (her mark) Nutt
Witness: John Price and I. George Reeder
vC, p273

Will:


Last Will and Testament of John Benham
—In the name of the Benevolent Father of All:
I, John Benham Senior, of the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio do make and publish this my last will & testament.
—Item 1st - I give and devise to my beloved wife Abigail Benham , in lieu of her dower, the farm on which we now reside, situate in Washington Township Montgomery County, Ohio, containing about fifty acres, during her natural lifetime.
—Also, all the good and chattles belonging to me at the time of my decease, she however selling so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay just debts.
—Item 2nd - I will and devise my grandchildren, being the children of Sarah Hatfield, deceased; Richard Benham, deceased; John Benham, deceased, ten dollars each, to be paid to them by my Executors after the decease of my said wife.
—Item 3rd - After the decease of my said wife, I direct that my said farm be sold by my Executors hereinafter named and the proceeds thereof, together with the proceeds of chattle property that may be unconsumed by my said wife be equally divided amongst my children as follows: Mary Silver, Aaron Benham, Ivens Benham, Samuel Benham, Charlotte Blair, Lydia Meterd, Tildia June Surface, William P. Benham, and Levi Benham, provided any of the above named children should decease before they should receive their shares, then I direct that their share be divided between those that may be living, and that their children be paid ten dollars each as the grandchildren before mentioned.
—I do hereby nominate and appoint David Thatcher and Sydney D. Maxwell, Executors of this my last will and testament hereby authorizing them to sell, and deeds to make and to purchasers for the Real Estate before mention in such manner either private of public sale at any time after the decease of my said wife. I further authorize and impower them to adjust and settle all business of any nature whatsoever. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this twenty first day of June A.D. 1862.
John Benham (seal)
—Signed sealed and acknowledged by said John Benham as his last will and testament, in our presence, and signed by us at his request in his presence.
W. G. Ewing, Jr.
S. L. Clutch

Died:

OBITUARY
Dayton Daily Journal
26 April 1870 - Pg 3, Col 5
Another of our Pioneer Fathers Gone
—John Benham, son of Richard and Lydia, (maiden name Robins) was born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, August 11th, 1784, and died at his late residence, three-fourths of a mile north of Centreville, Montgomery county, April 23d, 1870, after a long and lingering illness, aged 85 years, 8 months and 12 days. Whilst a child, his parents moved to Pennsylvania - from there to the West, landing on the banks of the Ohio river where Cincinnati now stands, on New Year's day, 1790.
—He said the place at that time contained only one log cabin. Fort Washington was occupied by the army, and in a small fort, or stock-house, lived three or four famiies. His father tore up their boat and built a shanty against a large elm tree, in which the family spent the remainder of the winter. This was on the bank of the river at the foot of Main street. His father then bought one acre of land on the second bottom fronting on Main street for ten shillings - built a log house on it, and moved there in the spring of 1791; some time afterward, one half of the lot was sold for ten dollars to Jas. Kemper. His uncle, Robert Benham had the first shingle roofed house in Cincinnati.
—The first brick house there was built by James Gruniman, also the first mill on Millcreek. The building of both he distinctly remembered. He saw the armies of Harman, St. Clair and Wayne leave Cincinnati for the Indian counrty. Fort Washington was a four-square building with a block-house at each corner, making it then an eight-square fort.
—He lived in Cincinnati seven years, and saw the three first burials. The first was a soldier from the fort; the other two died at his father's house. Their names were Sullivans and Samuel Dugood. He moved from Cincinnati to a creek near Montgomery, now in Hamilton county, his father's object being to open a farm. But they had neither horses or plows. The first corn crop was put in entirely with hoes - corn-hills being made here and there, where an opening could be found. The crop was tended by himself and two sisters. One day he and one of his sisters were hunting rushes, when their dog was attacked by a bear, and was about to prove too much for the dog, when he fell to work on the bear with a club, killing him! He came to this county in 1804, and was married to Abigal Nutt, July 11, 1805, and they were the parents of 15 children, 9 of whom are still living. At the time of his coming into this county, hunting parties were very common, in whch he took a liberal part, with the follwing remembered persons: The Becks, Irwins, Dunkins and Baileys. On his first visit to Dayton, he found a few log cabins surrounded by hazel bushes and quite a pond of water on Main street. The most prominent men in Dayton at that time were Compton, merchant, and Cooper, who owned a Tub Mill, which stood about where the Patterson Saw-mill now stands. The millers name was Holt. In the war of 1812 he served two terms, one in Captain McClellan's company in 1812, in 1814 he served in Captain Joseph Ewing's company. In politics he was a Democrat, in religion a Universalist, and by profession and practice an honest man.

John married Abigail Nutt on 12 Jul 1805 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Abigail (daughter of Aaron Nutt and Mary Archer) was born on 24 Sep 1790 in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky, United States; died on 6 Jul 1868 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jul 1868 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Obituary: unknown
• Birth: 24 Sep 1790, Dry Ridge, Bourbon County, Virginia, United States
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Abigail Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Abigail Benham, wife, in the household of John Benham
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of her husband, John Benham
• Death: 30 Jul 1868, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

Bourbon County was formed on October 17, 1785 from sections of Fayette County, Virgina. Bourbon became part of the new state of Kentucky when it was created in 1792. Dry Ridge is now in Grant County, Kentucky.

Obituary:

OBITUARY
Death of a Pioneer -- One by one, and rapidly, the pioneers are passing away. On the 6th of July Mrs. Abigail Benham, wife of Mr. John Benham, of Centerville, in this county, closed her mortal career, at the ripe age of seventy-eight years. About eleven years ago she was struck with the palsy, and during that long period she was confined to her room--an almost helpless invalid. The maiden name of Mrs. Benham was Abigail Nutt. She was born in New Jersey, October 24, 1790. Her parents emigrated to Kentucky, then a wilderness, in 1796, and kept a public house at Dry Ridge.
—In 1800 they removed to Centerville, Ohio, and there, at the age of fourteen years, Abigail married John Benham. Her wedded life thus continued during a period of sixty-four years. She was the mother of fifteen children, now living. Her grand children number seventy-two; great grand-children, forty-one; great great grand, one. Her funeral took place on the 7th of July. The sermon on the occasion was preached by a member of the Society of Friends, her parents having been members of that denomination. (Dayton Journal) Note: Some dates and locations seem to be incorrect-pbh