Benjamin Honeyman b. Abt 1832 Miami County, Ohio, United States d. 20 Oct 1911 Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States: Tangled Roots

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Name	Benjamin Honeyman
Born	Abt 1832	Miami County, Ohio, United States [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
Census	1850	Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States [4]
	as Benjamin Honeyman, farmer, in the household of Benjamin Honeyman
Census	1860	Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States [5]
	as Benjamin Honeyman, farm laborer, in the household of Benjamin Honeyman
Census	1870	Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States [6]
	as Benjamin, farmer, head of household
Census	1900	Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States [7]
	as Benjamin Honeyman, landlord, head of household
Census	1910	West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States [8]
	as Benjamin Honeyman, own income, head of household
	Address: Miami Street
Name	Benjamin Hunnaman [6]
Will	19 Sep 1911	Miami County, Ohio, United States [9]
Died	20 Oct 1911	Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States [3, 10]
	Cause: of fracture of the hip, uremia and shock
Buried	22 Oct 1911	West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States [11]
	Address: Riverside Cemetery
Probate	10 Nov 1911	Miami County, Ohio, United States [12, 13]
Person ID	I4052	TangledRoots
Last Modified	19 Jun 2021

Father	Benjamin Honeyman, b. 13 Feb 1789, Rumley, Hampshire County, Virginia , d. 9 Feb 1876, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States (Age 86 years)
Mother	Mary Knife, b. 10 Jun 1797, Frederick County, Maryland, United States , d. 4 Jan 1835, Miami County, Ohio, United States (Age 37 years)
Married	Abt 1817	Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States
Family ID	F1172	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Mary Catherine Miller, b. Dec 1849, Maryland, United States , d. 26 Mar 1923, West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States (Age 73 years)
Married	8 Mar 1866	Miami County, Ohio, United States [14]
Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
Family ID	F1849	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Benjamin and Mary had no children. He was very, very wealthy, owning over 1100 acres in Miami County, Ohio; also a number of town properties. Oddly enough he did not inherit his wealth and he could not read nor write, but figured in his head.

WILL
Dated 19 September 1911
Miami County Probate Court, p418-421
Proven 10 November 1911
In the name of the Benevolent Father of All, I, Benjamine Honeyman, of West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, being of sound mind and disposing memory do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking al wills by me heretofore made.
Item I - I desire that all my just debts including thse of last sickness and burial be paid.
Item II - I give and devise to Josephine Lesh and her daughter May M. Lesh Harshbarger share and share alike, the following described real estate, situate in the County of Miami, State of Ohio, and in the Township of Union: being the undivided one half of thirty acres of land situate in County of Miami, State of Ohio, Township of Union. Being part of the S.E. quarter of Sec. 11, Town 6, Range 5, E. Being the land deeded from Susie Fox to Benjamine Honeyman as recorded in deed book 117, Page 475, Records of Miami County, Ohio. Also Twenty Acres, being part of the East half of the S.W. quarter of Sec. 11, Town 6, Range 5, East in said Miami County, State of Ohio, and Township of Union; Also the undivided one half of Thrty acres, more or less being a part of the S.E. quarter of Sec. 11, Town 6, Range 5, East, in said County of Miami, State of Ohio and Township of Union. The last two described tracts more fully described in deed from Isiah Frank Thomas, Administrator to Benjamine Honeyman, as recorded in Vol. 117, Page 476, The amount herein devised to contain Fifty Acres more or less.
Item III - I give, bequeath and devise the remainder of my porperty both personal and real of every kind and description absolutely and in fee simple to my beloved wife, Mary C. Honeyman.
Item IV - I hereby nominate and appoint my Wife, Mary C. Honeyman, executrix of this my last Will and Testament, and request that no bond be required of her.
...In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of September, 1911.
Benjamine (his mark) Honeyman)
Signed b(by the said Benjamine Honeyman making his mark), published and declared by the above named Benjamine Honeyman as and for his last Will and Testament in presence of uys, who in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his request have here subscribed our names as witnesses.
E. W. Spitler
U. Grant Earnest
Carrie Neer Earnest

Sources

[S1024] Ancestral File (TM).
Benjamin honeyman, b. 1832, Miami, Ohio
[S206] Based on Census Records.
1860: age 27, born Ohio
1870: age 35, born Ohio
1910: age 77, born Ohio
[S535] Burial: Riverside Cemetery - West Milton, Photographed June 16, 2008 by Pat Hormell,.
Benjamin Honeyman 1832 - 1911
West Milton, Miami County, Ohio
Benjamin Honeyman 1832-1911
Photographed June 16, 2008 by Pat HormellWest Milton, Miami County, Ohio
Benjamin Honeyman 1832-1911
Photographed June 16, 2008 by Pat Hormell
[S1355] 1850 Federal Census: Ohio, Miami County, Union Township, p291.
DW 2049-2052
...line 13 - Benjamin Honeyman, age 56, male, white, farming, born Va.
...line 14 - Hannah Honeyman, age 52, female, white, born Md.
...line 15 - Eli Honeyman, age 21, male, white, farming, born Ohio
...line 16 - Andrew Honeyman, age 19, male, white, farming, born Ohio
...line 17 - Benjamin Honeyman, age 17, male, white farming, born Ohio
...line 18 - Mary Honeyman, age 15, female, white, born Ohio
...line 19 - Cerena Honeyman, age 13, female, white, born Ohio

2050-2053
...line 20 - Samuel Curtis, age 30, male, white, farming, born Ohio
...line 21 - Susan Curtis, age 27, female, white, born Penn
...line 22 - Lemuel Curtis, age 10, male, white, born Ohio
...line 23 - Noah Curtis, age 7, male, white, born Ohio
...line 24 - Sarah E. Curtis, age 3, female, white, born Ohio

DW 2057-254
...line 27 - Esther E. Eller, age 5, female, white, born Ohio (listed with parents William and Elizabeth Eller)
Union Township, Miami County, Ohio p291
[S1356] 1860 Federal Census: Ohio, Miami County, Union Township, pg. 4.
DW 26-24
...line 05 - Benjamin Honeyman, age 71 male, farmer, born Virginia
...line 06 - Hannah Honeyman, age 50, female, born Pennsylvania - Note: age difference - same person?
...line 07 - Eli Honeyman, age 29 male, farm laborer, born Ohio
...line 08 - Benjamin Honeyman, age 27 male, farm laborer, born Ohio
...line 09 - Serenia Honeyman, age 21 female, born Ohio

DW 27-25
...line 10 - Jacob Curtis, age 37, male, white, farmer, born Ohio
...line 11 - Mary Curtis, age 31, female, white, born Ohio
...line 12 - John Curtis, age 11, male, white, born Ohio
...line 13 - Emanuel Curtis, age 9, male, white, born Ohio
...line 14 - Mary Curtis, age 6, female, white, born Ohio
...line 15 - James Curtis, age 3, male, white, born Ohio
...line 16 - Eli Curtis, age 8/12, male, white, born Ohio
Union Township, Miami County, Ohio p4
[S115] 1870 Federal Census: Ohio, Miami County, Union Township, p8.
DW 60-58
... line 1 - Benjamin Hunnaman, age 35, male, white, farmer, born Ohio
... line 2 - Mary K. Hunnaman, age 24, female, white, keeping house, born Maryland

DW 61-59
... line 3 - Michael Knife, age 76, male, white, farming, born Maryland, cannot write
... line 4 - Mary Knife, age 68, female, white, keeping house, born in Pennsylvania
...line 5 Susanna Neal, age 78, female, white, living with sister at home, born Maryland
...line 6 Isaac Helmick, age 7, male, white, attg school, born Ohio
lTippecanoe City, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio p8
[S145] 1900 Federal Census: Ohio, Miami County, Union Twp., pg. 21B.
DW 506-525
...line 58 -Benjamin Honeyman, head, white, male, born Mch 1840, age 60, married 32, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia, landlord
...line 59 - Catherine Honeyman, wife, white, female, born Dec 1849, age 50, married 32, 1 child born, none living, born Maryland, father born Maryland, mother born Maryland
Union Township, Miami County, Ohio p21B
[S1404] 1910 Federal Census: Ohio, Miami County, Union Township, pg. 4B, line 100.
Benjamin Honeyman, head, male, white, age 77, married 44 yrs., born Ohio, father born West Virginia, mother born Pennsylvania, own income
West Milton Village, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio p4B
[S1494] Ohio: Miami County Probate Records, Wills - v11; p418-421; Benjamin Honeyman.
Miami County, Ohio
Dated: 19 September 1911
Recorded: 10 November 1911
Mentioned in the will: Josephine Lesh and her daughter May M. Lesh Harshbarger; wife Mary C. Honeyman
Executrix: Mary C. Honeyman
Witnesses: E. W. Spitler, U. Grant Earnest and Carrie Neer Earnest
Miami County, Ohio v11, p418Miami County, Ohio v11, p418
[S488] Ohio: Department of Health, Death Certificate 1908-1953, #55161 Benjamin Honeyman.
Benjamin Honeyman
Place of Death: Miami County, Milton, Ohio
male, white, born 1832, age 79, married
Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation Farming
Father: Benjaman Honeyman, born Ohio
Mother: Do not know
Date of Death: Oct 20 1911
Cause of Death: Fracture of Hip, Uremia and shock
Buriel: Riverside Cemetery Oct 22 1911, West Milton
Miami County, Ohio #55161
[S535] Burial: Riverside Cemetery - West Milton, Photographed June 16, 2008 by Pat Hormell,.
Benjamin Honeyman 1832 - 1911
Photographed June 16, 2008 by Pat HormellWest Milton, Miami County, Ohio
Benjamin Honeyman 1832-1911
Photographed June 16, 2008 by Pat HormellWest Milton, Miami County, Ohio
Benjamin Honeyman 1832-1911
Photographed June 16, 2008 by Pat Hormell
[S1494] Ohio: Miami County Probate Records, Administrators and Executors Docket v8; p156; Benjamin Honeyman; Film #555272.
Miami County, Ohio
Administrator's and Executor's Docke t v8, p156 Film #555272
[S1494] Ohio: Miami County Probate Records, Settlements - v6; p241-242; Benjamin Honeyman; Film #556535.
Miami County, Ohio Probate
Executors, Administrators and Guardians Settlements v26, p241 Film #556535Miami County, Ohio Probate
Executors, Administrators and Guardians Settlements v26, p241 Film #556535
[S530] Ohio: Miami County, Probate Court, Marriages v. G-H 1854-1871, vH, p221 #10171 - Benjamin Honeyman and Mary Catherine Miller.
State of Ohio, Miami County
Benjamin Honeyman and Mary C. Miller, married 8 Mar 1866, by William Jay M. G. License issued March 6, 1866
Miami County, Ohio vH p221 #10474