Augustine Harriot Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Augusta Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Augustus Benham, farm laborer, in the household of John Benham
• Military: 20 Sep 1861–8 Sep 1864; Civil War, Co. C, 1st Ohio Infantry
• Census: 1910, Wabash, Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana, United States; as A. H. Benham, merchant, head of household

Notes:

During the war of the rebellion, all three of the sons were in the army at one time, 1864. Augustus was in the First Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Second Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps; was in the following battles: Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, Chickamauga, Orchard Knob, Mission Ridge, Snake Creek Gap, Buzzard Roost Gap, Resaca and Pumpkin Vine Creek; was wounded three times during the war, in consequence of which he missed some of the battles in which his regiment was engaged; he served his time of enlistment, and was mustered out of the service about August, 1864. (Source: Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1973, a reproduction of, "History of Montgomery County, Ohio", (original published - Chicago, Illinois: W. H. Beers & County, 1882), Biographical Sketches, Washington Township, pg. 26)

His brother, Joseph P. and sister Harriet M., testified that Augustine had lived at Centerville to 1866 when he went to Union County, Ohio. Augustine's own statement of his moves after his army service show that he was of Centerville, Ohio until October 1866, a farmer
...of Milford Center, Ohio to November 1867, a butcher
...of Decatur, Illinois to November 1868, butcher and coldkeeper
...of Springfield, Illinois to Fall 1869, vegetable gardener
...of Wabash, Indiana to 1905, restauraunter and family grocer
...of San Jose, California to 1907
...of Wabash, Indiana to 1910
...of Pomona, California to the date of his testimony. He was pensioned 26 March 1874. He had a gunshot wound in his right ankle from Dalton, Maryland, and a wound in his forehead from Chickamaugua. His son and daughter both testified. (Source: notes by CJ)

Augustine married Ida Lucy Rose on 4 Apr 1865 in Milford Center, Union County, Ohio, United States. Ida was born about 1843 in Ohio, United States; died on 21 Mar 1918 in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Hattie L. Benham, niece, in the household of Joseph P. Benham