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1814 - 1877 (63 years)
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Name |
Moses N. Benham [1] |
Born |
29 Jun 1814 [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Beneficiary |
24 Mar 1869 [2] |
in the will of his father, Richard Benham |
Census |
1870 |
Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States [3] |
as Moses Benham, farmer, head of household |
Buried |
Jul 1877 |
Miami County, Ohio, United States [4] |
Address: Fletcher Cemetery |
Died |
13 Jul 1877 |
Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States [5] |
Person ID |
I5240 |
TangledRoots |
Last Modified |
30 May 2021 |
Father |
Richard Benham, b. 15 Mar 1789, Hamilton County, Northwest Territory, United States , d. 23 Mar 1870, Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States (Age 81 years) |
Mother |
Moriah Nutt, b. 22 Jul 1797, Dry Ridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States , d. 8 May 1849, Miami County, Ohio, United States (Age 51 years) |
Married |
1813 |
Montgomery County, Ohio, United States |
Family ID |
F394 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Married - 19 Jan 1837 - Montgomery County, Ohio, United States |
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| Census - as Moses Benham, farmer, head of household - 1870 - Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States |
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| Buried - Address: Fletcher Cemetery - Jul 1877 - Miami County, Ohio, United States |
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| Died - 13 Jul 1877 - Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States |
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Notes |
WILL
Probate Court, Miami County, Ohio
v3, p654
...Be it remember that on the 23d day of July 1877, the last will and testament of Moses Benham dec'd. was filed, admitted to probate and ordered to be recorded together with the Testamony; which wll Testimony __, are as follows, to wit:
...Will - In the name of the Benevolent Father of All, I moses N. Benham of Miami Co. Ohio, do make and publish my last will and testament:
Item First: I give and bequeath and devise to my wife Nancy Benham in lieu of her dower the land on which we now live situate in Brown Township, Miami County Ohio, containing about Eleven acres, and also the old home farm situate in Johnson Township, Champaign County Ohio, containing about eighty acres , and also all my personal property including every thing that maybe left at my decease so long as she remains my widow. 2nd. Item. at the death of my wife the real estate aforesaid and any personal property that may be left therein I give and devise to my daughters. Mary J. Griffis, Catherine Harvey, Clarissa Gray equally and their heirs except to the amount of one hundred dollars which at the death of my wife I give to Cornelius America if the said Cornelius America shall not be living at the death of my wife then the hundred dollars left to him to be equally divided between my above named daughters or their heirs. In testimony hereof I herewith set my have and seal this 7th day of May A. D. 1877.
Moses N. Benham
...Signed and acknowledged by said Moses N. Benham as his last Will and testament in our pressence and signed by us in his presence. L. G. Seines, Theodore Wheaton
...The State of Ohio, Miami County, ss: Miami Probate Court.
...Personally appeared in open court, L. G. Simes and Theodore Wheaton, the subscribing witnesses to the last Will and Testament of Mosess N. Benham deceased, who being duly sworn according to law, depose and say, that the paper before them, purporting to be his last Will and Testament; that the said Moses N. Benham, now deceased, is the Will of said deceased, and at the request of the Testator subscribed their names to the same as witnesses in his presence and in the presence of each other; that they saw the said Moses N. Benham dec'd sign and seal said Will and heard him acknowledge the same to be his last Will and Testament; that the said Moses N. Benham at the time of making, signing and sealing said Will, was of legal age and of sound mind and memory and under no undue or unlawful restraint whatsoever as they verily be believe.
L. G. Simes
Theodore Wheaton
...Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, this 23d day of July 1877
A. L. McKinsey, P J
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Sources |
- [S297] Information from Lucille Wattles, email dated March 22, 2005.
Moses N. Benham b: June 29, 1814 d: July 13, 1877
- [S1494] Ohio: Miami County Probate Records, v3 Will; p323-324; Richard Benham; Film #555693.
Miami County, Ohio
Dated: 24 March 1869
Recorded: 19 May 1870
Executors: none listed
Witnesses: J. N. Frazier and W. S. Carter
Mentioned in the will: wife; son George H. Benham; daughter Catherine Benham; son Moses N. Benham; son William S. Benham; daughter Clarasa Kelly; daughter Eliza Ferrasdall; son Aaron N. Benham; grand daughter Eliza Jane Rolf; grand daughter Mary Wooley; David C. Manning as Guardian of George H. Benham and Catherine Benham;
Miami County, Ohio
v3, p323, Film #555693Miami County, Ohio
v3, p323, Film #555693
- [S115] 1870 Federal Census: Ohio, Miami County, Brown Township, p40.
DW 335-333
...line 16 - Moses Benham, age 55, male, white, farmer, born Ohio
...line 17 - Nancy Benham, age 57, female, white, keeping house, born Ohio
Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio p40
- [S1888] Find A Grave, Moses N. Benham.
Moses N. Benham, b. June. 29, 1814, d. Jul. 13, 1877, Burial: Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher, Miami County, Ohio
- [S519] Ohio: Miami County, Death Records v. 1-2 1867-1894, Moses Benham, v1, p128, #134.
Benham, Moses: Date of Death: 1877 July 13; widowed; Age: 63y 10m (or11) 14d; Place of Death: Brown Tp.; Place of Birth: not known; farmer; white; Cause of Death: cancer; Place of Residence: Brown Tp.,
- [S297] Information from Lucille Wattles, email dated March 22, 2005.
Nancy Jane Woolett m: January 19, 1837
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