Aaron Nutt

Other Events:

• Military: was in the Revolutionary War - Soldier, teamster and scout under Captain Shreve
• Occupation: Auctioneer, tailor
• Occupation: Tavernkeeper in Kentucky and Centerville, Ohio
• Occupation: Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was the firt Clerk and Treasurer
• Tax Record: 1786, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Tax Record: 1788, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence: 1798; in Ohio
• Occupation: 20 May 1811, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; a shopkeeper; Address:
  opened the first store
• Land Patent: 20 Jul 1812, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; purchased 324.51 acres (Land Patent CV-0074-276); Address:
  East half of Section 25, Township 2, Range 6
• Property: 27 Jul 1813, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 1/2 acre for $25.00 to Daniel McNeal; Address:
  Lot #6 (a part of the E½ of Section 25, Township 2, Range 6)
• Property: 27 Jul 1813, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 1/2 acre for $250.00 to Isaac Woodward; Address:
  (Lot #5, the east half of Section 25, Township 2, Range 6)
• Property: 2 Aug 1813, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 63 acres for $620 to John Beck; Address:
  (a part of the east half of Section 25, Township 2, Range 6)
• Property: 12 Oct 1813, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 49 acres for $200.00 to John Benham; Address:
  (part of the E½, Section 25, Township 2, Range 6)
• Property: 12 Oct 1813, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 52.28 acres for $200.00 to Levi Nutt Jr.; Address:
  (part of the east half of Section 25, Township 2, Range 6)
• Property: 25 Oct 1813, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 100 acres for $1000 to Peter Crager; Address:
  (beginning at the northwest corner of the east half, Section 25,
• Property: 31 Dec 1813, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 50 acres for $700.00 to Aaron Nutt, Jr.; Address:
  Lot #6 (part of the East half of Section 25, Township 2, Range 6
• Property: 26 Aug 1814, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; ****sold for $200.00 to John Gottiddagh
• Property: 7 Feb 1815, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 1/2 acre for $75.00 to James Buchels, Jr.; Address:
  (north part of the half acre lot of land numbered three on the e
• Property: 16 Aug 1816, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 100 acres for $150.00 to Ashael Wright; Address:
  (the south part of the lot lying and being in the town of Center
• Property: 23 Jun 1817, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 1/2 acre for $240.00 to John Norcross; Address:
  (lot numbered six on the east side of Main Street including stre
• Property: 28 Apr 1818, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; purchased 1/2 acre for $300.00 from William Blair; Address:
  (Cross street Lot number fourteen, including 1/2 of said street
• Property: 13 Jun 1818, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; sold 33 square rods and 462 square links for $200.00 to John Archer, Sr.
• Property: 2 Jun 1819, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; purchased 2 acres for $75 from David Creamer; Address:
  (lot Numbered ten on the plat of said town of Centerville)
• Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Aaron Nutt, Sr.
• Census: 1830, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Aaron Nutt
• Census: 1840, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Aaron Nutt
• Will: 9 Oct 1841, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 23 Aug 1842, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
• History / Bio: 1882; The History of Montgomery County, Ohio (Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882), p362
• Newspaper: 22 Sep 2010; Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio), 16 September 2020, p111

Notes:

Record of the Nutt Family
by Joseph Nutt
June 24, 1894
...Your grandfather, Aaron Nutt, was a native of New Jersey. He was about six months old when the family moved to a point in Pennsylvania. From hearsay, it was Red Stone. After living there a while, his family, left for Kentucky. There they lived several years at different places. Your great grandparents kept tavern most of the time. Among their patrons they could claim such persons as General William Henry Harrison and wife. This incident I have frequently heard spoken of by different members of the family. My father used to tell it in this way: "One evening a lady with her servant rode up to the door and asked if they could have entertainment for the night. She was told they could. She alighted and the horses were unloaded of their baggage and cared for. After supper and an evening spent in social chat your great grandfather said his wife left the room to prepare bed for the lady who soon followed her and stood looking on for a while as the bed was being made. Then she spoke and said: 'I carry my bed clothing with me, but it will not be unpacked tonight for your clothing suits me.' Then she told me who she was. Some time after that," your great grandfather said, "one evening a gentleman rode up and wanted to know if he could have entertainment for the night. He was told he could. Then he wanted to know if he could have the same bed to sleep in that his wife had occupied some time ago. He told me who was. He was told he could have the same bed, which satisfíed him." In 1840 , when the General passed through Centerville, father asked him if he remembered the circumstance; "I do, and you too," was the reply.
...The family lived some years in Kentucky, but were not altogether satisfied with it on account of slavery and imperfect land titles. Hearing good reports from the Northwest from Judge Symmes coming into the neighborhood, a number of neighbors concluded to call on the Judge, who had made a large purchase of land from the government in the Miami Valley, and obtained from him a description of his land with terms and prices. Your great grandfather, Benjamin Robbins, and I think David and Benjamin Archer, who were also brothers-in-law of your great grandfather, were members the company calling on the Judge. When talking with the Judge the rule was one at a time. After your great grandfather had his say and stepped back for the next man this man said, as he pointed at your great grandfather, "Judge, you will not take that man, will you?" pointing to father. "Why not?" said the Judge. "Why," said the man, "he is a Quaker and will not fight the Injuns." "Well," said the Judge, "he is just the kind of a man I want, peacable colonists, not fighting ones."
...Returning home the company was soon made up and started with the surveyors for the Northwest. They landed on what now is the southeast farm adjoining Centerville. Camp was made, but Indian signs were soon discovered which caused a removal about a mile northeast, where a new camp was erected in a ravine. Here the company remained undisturbed, finishing up their work in the month of February, 1797. The wild rye was then up to the horses sides at a place just east of where the Methodist church now stands. After the surveying was finished and the platting done cuts were drawn for choice. Benjamin Robbins got first choice; he chose the west half of section 25; your great grandfather got last choice and took east of the above section. He always said he thought "Benny made a poor choice." The above section is now divided by the Dayton and Lebanon turnpike.
...After all had made their selections of land they started on the return to Kentucky. In the following spring Benjamin Robbins moved onto his wilderness land, being about the second family settling in what is now Washington township, Montgomery County, Ohio. He was ten days coming from Cincinnati, reaching here about April 6th, 1797. Your great grandfather came two years later, April 1st, 1799. His brother-in-law Robbins generously offered room in his cabin for his household goods but he said he would not unload until he had a cabin of his own. He started out for assistance in the erection of one and went as far as where Franklin now is to secure sufficient help. Every man that was invited came on the day appointed for the building of the cabin. They cut the logs, made the clap-boards and covered it and the family occupied it that night. Bedsteads were made by driving forked sticks into the ground and laying poles across, with one end between the house logs. He often said it looked very discouraging but they had good health and he had the help of two good boys. Your Uncle Levi and your grandfather must have done well in the way of clearing land for I find that he had a tan yard running as early as 1802. I copy a few entries from the tan yard book just as I find them, Orthography and all:

Aug. 11, 1802, Jonathan Munger brot a cow hide marked J.M.
Aug. 13, 1802, Jameds Snowden brot a horse hid marked J.S.
March 23, 1803, Justice Luce brought a steer hid marked J.L..
March 23, 1803, Peter Borders brot a bull hid marked P.B.
Arpil 11, 1803, John Cotrel brough a deer skin marked J.C.
April 13, 1803, Andrew Boyl brought a hid and a peace and a bear skin.
June 4, 1803, Conrad Carter brought a cow, a calf, four hogs, a dog and a bear skin.
Many other entries like these, heifer, sheep, and groundhog skins.

...In addition to the farm and the tan yard he opened the first tavern in the township. Its sign was a pair of bucks horns. He also opened the first store in Centerville, in May, 1811. The stock he brought from Baltimore, Maryland, in a cart. His visit to Baltimore and the purchasing of a stock of goods was brought about in this way. In the year 1811 he had to make payment for the land he had entered, or lose it. So in 1810 he went to work and raised all the corn he could and fattened hogs and also raised a lot of poultry. In company with some of his neighbors the produce was hauled to Cincinnati in wagons. Here they loaded two flat boats and set sail for New Orleans on December 13th, 1810, reaching that point in 67 days. The trip was prolonged by their stopping and coasting at different points on the river, selling his produce at good prices. Sausage sold at 37-1/2 cents per pound; cheese was sold at wholesale to traders met on the river; landing at New Orleans the remainder of the stock was soon sold. Then from information obtained from the captain of a vessel just in from Baltimore that prices were far better there than at New Orleans he bought a boat load of stuff from a man he found to be homesick. He bought these at reduced prices and shipped for Baltimore, where he made good sales and was soon clear of the stock. Then he thought he must do more trading. Accordingly he purchased a horse and cart, loaded same with goods, and brought them to Centerville where he opened the first store. It was on the present site of Mrs. N. V. Maxwell's residence. His license, or permit for selling, bears the date May 20th, 1811, signed B. VanCleve, clerk- C.P.P.
...Among the wholesale prices for 1815 I find: Lead pencils 31-1/4 cents; British Oil 37-1/2 cents per bottle; peppermint 28 cents per bottle; Godfrey's Cordial 37-1/2 cents per bottle; Bateman's drops 37-1/2 cents per bottle; camphor 30 cents per bottle; nutmegs 18 cents; needles 6-1/4 cents; allspice 75 cents per pound; apron check 50 cents per yard; lonsy $1 per yard; pink cambric 75 cents per yard; canbric $2.25 per yard; jaconett $1.62 per yard; pewter dishes $2.25 each. Retail prices: tea $2.50 a pound; 8 penny nails 21 cents; coffee 50 cents per pound; calico 87-1/2 cents per yard. This store was continued to near the close of 1817.
...To give the tan yard a good start he sold one hundred acres off the north end at $4 per acre. Then your grandfather was placed in the tan yard to learn the trade of a tanner. He operated there until about the year 1827, when he sold to Benjamin Hatfield, his son-in-law.
...Mary Nutt, the first wife of your great grandfather, died Sept. 22, 1817. He was again married Jan. 11th, 1818, to Martha Craig, whose maiden name was Pedrich. From this union were two children: Joseph, born Dec. 11th, 1818, and John born March 3rd, 1823. John married Annie Evans, the daughter of David and Rachel Evans. They were the parents of ten children, only four of whom are now living, namely, Robert, Edward, John Joseph and Howard.
...I will now give lengthy quotations from my brother's biography, published in the county history. In speaking of our father, Aaron Nutt, he says: "He was left fatherless at an early age, his mother marrying again. The boy was apprenticed to John Lippencott, a tailor, in 1776, for a term of seven years. Serving his employer nearly that time on the tailor board. At about this time the armies of the Revolution, under command of General Washington, were very active in the state of New Jersey, and as these were indeed trying times for our country and soldiers were much needed, both old and young were earnestly solicited to join the American forces. It was at this juncture that Lippencott was drafted into the military service, and as Aaron Nutt's apprenticeship was about to expire, Lippencott made this proposition to him; that if he would enter the army and serve Lippincott's time out he would in tum set him free. The proposition was accepted and Aaron Nutt joined a military company commanded by his cousin, Captain Israel Shreve. While in the ranks he was in one little skirmish with British light Horse and came off victorious. After that his services were principally that of teamster and riding spy. He never asked for or received any pension, but assisted others in procuring theirs."
...As his children married off he gave them each a farm located as follows: To John and Abigail Benham on the south side of the 100 acres he had sold. To Levi next south of them. To Aaron, your grandfather, the next tract south. To John and Sarah Beck the next south. He retained the remainder of the land for himself. To Richard and Moriah Benham he offered a farm on Hole's Creek, or a house and land in Centerville. They chose the latter. Samuel Harlan had a farm of in Centerville of his own. there he and Bathsheba lived until about 1830, when they moved to Park county, Indiana. I have now shown how the children were located.
...Quoting again from the Biography: "The father used to take pleasure in standing on his own premises and looking at the smoke as it came out of the chimneys of fíve of his children's homes. Here he was settled and remained during the balance of his life. Surrounded by a large circle of friends and relatives, who were always interested in his presence, he often gladdened the hours with recitals of events in which he had frequently been an active participant.
...He was a man of eminently correct habits of life, possessing a very superior constitution, temperate, industrious, and of a cheerful disposition, even marked to the end. When warned of approaching dissolution he seemed ready and willing to meet the change. The disease of which he died, though not of frequent occurrence, was incident to old age, and in this case, according to his skillful physician, Dr. A. B. Price, one of the most extraordinary cases of the kind ever known to the profession. The pain was very severe. It was first manifested in the left eye, after a while completely destroying the organ. The pain then passed to the heel and great toe of the right foot, then successively untill all the toes were in a like manner involved, then the foot was drawn up and dried until it seemed as hard and lifeless as stone. Earnest hopes were strongly entertained the disease could be arrested, but at the close of about the ninth month the powers of the constitution could stand the pressure no longer and death kindly terminated his struggle, June 2nd, 1842. Thus passed the life of a man, aged 83 years, 10 months and 16 days, who had never known what a real sickness was, and even used his tobacco up to within a few days of the last. His remains were buried in the old cemetery, one-half mile of Centerville, between the graves of his two wives. Peace to their remains.
Joseph Nutt, June 24th, 1894

...From 1785 to 1789 they lived in Redstone Fort, Pennsylvania. From 1790 to 1796 they lived at Dry Ridge, Kentucky which was in then Bourbon County but is now (1977) in Grant County. It is between Cincinnati, Ohio and Lexington, Kentucky on highway 75. They also lived in Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky. In 1796 they moved to Centerville, Ohio. Three of their young children died of smallpox within a three week period in May of 1794. (Compiled by Irene L. Shrope, Nutt Family of Ohio and New Jersey, Revised and Up-Dated 1993 (Vandalia, Ohio: Authorized Distributor Donald A. Nutt, 1992), pg. 32.)

...In the spring of 1798, Mr. Nutt moved up with his family from Kentucky, stopping at his brother-in-law's (Robbins) cabin, he having moved up the year previous. Robbins wanted Nutt to unload his plunder and live with him until his cabin was built, but Nutt declined, saying, "No, I will unload my stuff into my own cabin."
...He went nine miles over to Franklin, the little settlement on the Miami at the mouth of Clear Creek, for help at the "raising", which, with the aid of six gallons of whisky, was done in a day, and the family occupied the cabin at night. He afterward put up a tavern sign of the "buck horns", of which he was landlord for many years.
...The Indian alarm in 1799 was an emergency that the settlers knew well how to meet; stockades were to be put up in all the neighborhoods large enough in which to quarter all of the families and strong enough to protect against savage attack. The horrors of Indian warfare were known too well to all.
...The settlers down in Mr. Nutt's neighborhood rallied at once and built a strong block-house, with stockage to enclose a spring on Peter Sunderland's land the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 26, east of and near to the road, and about a mile north of Centerville. Arrangements were complete for the dozen or more families down there to assemble, but scouts from the more exposed settlements reported that the Indians were not preparing for war against the whites; and it is probable that the block-house was not occupied.
...The Government had been lenient with the settlers in collection of money for land, but the time coming for settlement, Mr. Nutt went to Kentucky, hoping to collect what had long been due him there; failing to get it he determined to make a trip with produce to the New Orleans market.
...He, with others, built two flat-boats at Cincinnati, and, loading with horses, pork and poultry, started in December, 1810, upon a trading and coasting trip down the river, and sold out at New Orleans. Mr. Nutt within a few days bought a cargo of produce and shipped it around by sea to Baltimore, making a good profit on the venture.
...With part of his money he bought in Baltimore a horse and cart which he loaded with dry goods and brought overland to his home, arriving at Centerville after an absence of five months; in his own language, "as fat as a house pig", and besides his stock of goods, with money enough to pay his debts.
...With this stock of goods he opened the first store in Centerville. His license to sell the goods, dated May 20, 1811, was signed by Benjamin Van Cleve, Clerk, M. O.
...The children of Aaron and Mary Nutt were born before the family moved from Kentucky--Levi, February 5, 1780; Sarah, July 7, 1781; Mary, April 28, 1783; Aaron, May 31, 1787; Abigail, September 24, 1790; Ann, October 24, 1792; Bathsheba, February 2, 1795; Moriah, August 22, 1797.
...Mary his wife died at their home in Centerville September 22, 1817.
...January 11, 1818, Aaron Nutt married Widow Martha Craig, daughter of Isaac and Hannah Pedrick, born in Salem County, N. J., and came West with her parents to Warren County, Ohio, in 1805 or 1806.
...Their son Joseph Nutt was born at Centerville December 11, 1818; John was born March 3, 1823.
...Aaron Nutt died June 2, 1842; Martha, his widow, died March 20, 1856, aged nearly seventy-six years; they, with his first wife Mary, are buried in the old cemetery a half mile north of Centerville. (Referemce: "The History of Montgomery County Ohio", a reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana. Original by W. H. Beers & County, Chicago, Part I) pg. 362 - 364)

...In 1804, Aaron Nutt, paid on the 100 acres of the north end of his half-section of land, a tax of .50 cents. A few years later he sold the land for $4.00 per acre. (Referemce: W. H. Beers, History of Montgomery County, Ohio (1882; Reproduction, Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1973) Part II, Washington Township, pg. 22)

...The first store in Centerville was kept by Aaron Nutt, Sr., on the same lot on which the only dry goods store in the town now stands. His first stock of goods Mr. Nutt hauled in a cart from Baltimore. This was in the spring of 1811. Previous to this, Mr. Nutt had lost the money with which he expected to pay for his Ohio property by lending it to an irresponsible man in Kentucky. In 1810, seeing he must make some extra exertion in order to discharge his obligation, Mr. Nutt raised all the produce he was able to and purchased as much more as his means would permit. In company with John Price, Peter Sunderland and others, he loaded this on two flat-boats at Cincinnati, on the 13th of December, 1810, and started to "coast" down to New Orleans. They had many queer experiences with the Southern "aristocracy." At one point, when enumerating his commodities to a Southern lady, Mr. Nutt mentioned lard. "Have you lard?" quickly asked this daughter of the South. Upon his assuring her that he had it both in quantity and quality, she responded: "If you have lard, I'll take a barrel; so many of those dirty flat-boatmen come along here and want to sell me hog's fat, and I won't have that dirty stuff." He assured her that he had genuine lard, and she said she would send the "nigger" down to bring it up. This she did, and Mr. Nutt received his pay, congratulating himself that he had learned to call things by their right names, while the lady was not a little pleased to find one boatman who did not sell hog's fat.
...Arriving at New Orleans, these gentlemen sold their remaining stock at very advantageous prices. Peter Sunderland found that he had sold so much of his goods on credit that he had scarcely money enough to bring him home. But Mr. Price and Mr. Nutt had fared better, and, happening to meet with a sea Captain from Baltimore, who told them of fabulous prices paid for produce in that city, Mr. Nutt determined to invest in a flat-boat load which had just come in and take it there. The Captain who gave them information as to prices carried them both and Mr. Nutt 's merchandise to Baltimore, where he found prices even better than had been represented. Having again sold out his produce, Mr. Nutt invested in a horse and cart and a cart load of dry goods. These he hauled overland to Centerville, in the spring of 1811, fat and hearty from his sea voyage, and with enough money in his pocket to pay all his debts.
...We give below a copy of the "permit" which gave him the authority to start a store in Centerville:

The State of Ohio
Montgomery County SS. To All Who Shale See These Presents:
Be it known that by virture of the power in me vested by a law of this state entitled "An act for granting license and regulating ferries taverns and stores." Permission is hereby granted to Aaron Nutt Sr of Washington Township in this county to keep a store and vend merchandise at his house in said township from the date hereof until the next term of our court of Common Pleas to be holden at Dayton on the second Monday of September next according to the statute in such case made and provided. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas at Dayton the twentieth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eleven.

...Van Cleve, clk., M. C. P. p. t....Mr. Nutt was still in the business in 1815, and we find this list of wholesale prices for that year; Lead pencils, 31 cents; Britich oil, 37-1/2 cents per bottle; peppermint, 28 cents per bottle; Godfrey's cordial, 37-1/2 cents per bottle; Bateman's drops, 37-1/2 cents per bottle; camphor, 5- cents per bottle; nutmegs, 18 cents; darning-needles, 6-1/2 cents; allspice, 75 cents per pound; apron check, 50 cents per yard; linsey, 81 per yard; pink cambric, 75 cents per yard; cambric, $2.25 per yard; Jackanett, $1.62 per yard; pewter dish, $2.25.
...Among other things we notice that the retail price of tea, in 1813, was $2.50 per pound; of 8-penny nails, 21 cents per pound; coffee, 30 cents per pound; calico, 87-1/2 cents per yard.
...But probably the most expensive article which the early settlers had to buy was salt. Benjamin Maltbie paid $26.87-1/2 for a barrel of salt in Cincinnati.
...The first tavern kept in the township was by Aaron Nutt, Sr. This house, or, more properly, log cabin, was opened up about 1800, just north of the town plat, where Frank Harris now resides. Its sign was a pair of buck's horns, and it enjoyed a moderate share of patronage, but was only continued a short time.
...Washington Township has not had much experience with slaves, but there are one or two incidents worthy of mention which occurred in the earlier days. There was a law in Ohio in the forepart of this century under which indigent persons were sold to the lowest bidder, not as slaves, but as paupers, kept at publci expense. We take the following entry from Aaron Nutt, Sr's, journal, relative to one of these public sales:

"June 20, 1819.--Seel was advertise July 3: was sold to the Loest Bidder, which was Levy Nutt; sold for $50 by Aaron Nutt. Sener. & Isack woodward, oversers
of the Poor for washington township."

...This could in no case be called a sale for the personal liberty of the above mentioned person, who, by the way, was a colored woman, but the Overseers of the Poor merely let out the contract of keeping her to the person who was willing to do it for the least money. (Referemce: W. H. Beers, History of Montgomery County, Ohio (1882; Reproduction, Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1973) Part II, Washington Township, pg. 11, 12.)

...December 15, 1816, Montgomery County, Ohio: Isaac Middleton an orphan age 14 chose Aaron Nutt as his guardian. Case 257 - Doc C-1, page 116.
...Moses Nutt Branson, son of Samuel Branson and Charlotte Nutt was orphaned and he ran away and went to live with Aaron Nutt, Sr. in about 1817. Aaron Nutt, Sr. was a brother of Moses Nutt, grandfather of Moses Nutt Branson.

By Sandra Baer, Contributing Writer
3:22 PM Friday, September 17, 2010 Dayton Daily News
...Aaron Nutt called a man of ‘correct habits’
Having a neighbor like Aaron Nutt would be a dream come true for most people. A multitalented man, he was just as much at home in the woods with a gun as he was in young Centerville where he surveyed land, operated a tannery where leather was made and constructed his house and sidewalks in town. He also was known for being a fine tailor, a skill he learned from the ages of 14 to 21 when he apprenticed with a local tailor in Mount Holly, N.J.
...Born into a Quaker family on July 17, 1758, Nutt retained his Quaker values and didn’t actively fight the British during the Revolutionary War, but instead served in the New Jersey Militia as a scout and a teamster.
..“He was a man of eminently correct habits of life, possessing superior constitution, temperate, industrious and of a cheerful disposition even marked to the end,” wrote, Nutt’s son, Joseph, of his father.
...On April 1, 1799, Nutt arrived in Centerville, spelled Centreville at the time, from Kentucky where he had lived since 1788. He traveled through thick wilderness to survey and claim 320 acres of land in what is now the center of town.
...Although, he was offered a place to store his belongings until a cabin could be built, Nutt, who was planning to build quickly, refused saying, “I am not going to unpack until I enter my own cabin.”
...Traveling with Nutt was his wife Mary Archer Nutt, whom he had wed in 1779, and their six children. Prior to the move, the couple had buried three children, who were victims of smallpox in Kentucky.
...Mary Nutt died at the age of 61 in 1817.
...Nutt married a Warren County woman, Martha Pedrick Craig, in 1818 and they went on to start their own family, which included two sons, Joseph and John. The Nutt land became fragmented as Nutt gave each of his children a portion of his land.
...Although he was a busy man, Nutt also owned a tavern, The Sign of the Bucks Horn, and ran for office in Washington Twp., where he served as supervisor of roads and overseer of the poor.
...In 1842, Nutt died and was buried in the old Centerville Cemetery next to his two wives.

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary Nutt
Witness: Aaron Nutt, Jr and David NcNeal
vC, p168

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary Nutt
Witness: James C. Anderson and Richard (his mark) Benham
vC, p167

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary (her mark) Nutt
Witness: John Benham and Levi Nutt
vC, p228

Property:

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

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt, Sen and Mary (her mark) Nutt
Witness: Isaac Woodard and Wm. McCain
vC, p299

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary Nutt
Witness: Isaac Woodward and George Reeder
vC, p270

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary (her mark) Nutt
Witness: Josiah Clawson and Isaac Wordward
vC, p321

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary (her mark) Nutt
Witness: John Price and William Codington
vD, p14

Property:

Aaron Nutt, Sr. and Mary his Wife of Montgomery County, Ohio
Sold 1/2 acre including street and alley for $75.00
to James Buchels, Jr. of Montgomery County, Ohio
The north part of the half acre lot of land numbered three on the east side of Main Street in the Town of Centerville
Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary (her mark) Nutt
Witness: John Price and Isaac Woodard
Recorded: 26 July 1815, Deed Records vol. D, page 302-303

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary Nutt
Witness: John Price and William Dill
vE, p292

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary Nutt
Witness: William Buckles and James Russell
vF, p147

Property:

Signed: William (his mark) Blair, Sen and Elizabeth (her mark) Blair
Witness: George Reeder and Brin Blair
vG, p25

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt senr and Martha Nutt
Witness: W. J. Lodge and John Edwards
vG, p418

Property:

Signed: David Creamer
Witness: Peter Creamer and H. T. Hatson
vG, p395

History / Bio:

Aaron Nutt
Who came to this county from Kentucky, was a soldier of the Revolution. After that war he came west with his little family, seeking a home and land that were due him under the bounty laws of the Government.
His parents, Levi and Ann, lived in Monmouth County N. J., where, July 17, 1758, their son Aaron was born. The father died when his boy was but two years old, who, when he became old enough, was apprenticed by his mother to a tailor. During his last year of apprenticeship, the war of the Revolution being then in progress, his boss was pressed into the army, but induced Aaron to go in his stead by giving him the rest of his time, and setting him free. Inspired with the patriotism of the times, and although not yet twenty years of age, he gladly accepted the opportunity of entering the country's service, and at once enlisted.
After the expiration of his term of enlistment, he, on the 4th of May 1779, married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Archer, born November 28, 1756. About the close of the war, when so many soldiers were attracted by the glowing accounts of the rich lands west of the mountains Aaron Nutt moved with his family as far west as Redstone Old Fort, Pennsylvania, where they lived for a time, and when by reason of the aggressive movements against the Indians in the Northwest, it became safe, he moved to Central Kentucky, where near one of the block-houses on the "Dry ridge," the divide between the Kentucky and Licking Rivers, he kept tavern for several years. With the opening of traffic along the Ohio River, and the tide of emigration setting in so strongly to the lands northwest of the Ohio, his business was greatly reduced. He determined to again change location.
After a visit to the Miami Valley, he, in 1796, came with a party of surveyors from Cincinnati as far as where Centerville now is, and selected 320 acres of land, the east half of Section 25, Town 3, Range 6, between the Miami Rivers, his brother-in-law Benjamin Robbins taking the west half. These two tracts were separated by the Dayton & Lebanon pike; the north half of the town of Centerville platted upon parts of them. Joseph Nutt, son of Aaron, owns and lives upon part of the land entered by his father nearly one hundred years ago.
In the spring of 1798, Mr. Nutt moved up with his family from Kentucky, stopping at his brother-in-law's (Robbins) cabin, he having moved up the year previous. Robbins wanted Nutt to unload his plunder and live with him until his cabin was built, but Nutt declined, saying, "No, I will unload my stuff into my own cabin."
He went nine miles over to Franklin, the little settlement on the the Miami at the mouth of Clear Creek, for help at the "raising," which, with the aid of six gallons of whisky, was done in a day, and the family occupied the cabin at night. He afterward put up a tavern, sign of the "buck horns," of which he was landlord for many years.
The Indian alarm in 1799 was an emergency that the settlers knew well now to meet; stockades were to be put up in all the neighborhoods large enough in which to quarter all of the families and strong enough to protect against savage attack. The horrors of Indian warfare were known too well to all.
The settlers down in Mr. Nutt's neighborhood rallied at once and built a strong block-house, with stockage to inclose a spring on Peter Sunderland's land the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 26, east of and near to the road, and about a mile north of Centerville. Arrangements were complete for the dozen or more families down there to assemble, but scouts from the more exposed settlements reported that the Indians were not preparing for war against the whites; and it is probable that the block-house was not occupied.
The Government had been lenient with the settlers in collection of money or land, but the time coming for settlement, Mr. Nutt went to Kentucky, hoping to collect what had long been due him there; failing to get it he determined to make a trip with produce to the New Orleans market.
He, with others, built two flat-boats at Cincinnati, and, loading with horses, pork and poultry, started in December, 1810, upon a trading and coasting trip down the river, and sold out at New Orleans. Mr Nutt within a few days brought a cargo of produce and shipped it around by sea to Baltimore, making a good profit on the venture.
With part of his money he bought in Baltimore a horse and cart which he loaded with dry goods and brought overland to his home, arriving at Centerville after an absence of five months; in his own language, "as fat as a house pig," and besides his stock of goods, with money enough to pay his debts.
With this stock of goods he opened the first store in Centerville. His license to sell the goods, dated May 20, 1811, was signed by Benjamin Van Cleve, Clerk, M. C.
The children of Aaron and Mary Nutt were born before the family moved from Kentucky—Levi, February 5, 1780; Sarah, July 7, 1781; Mary, April 28, 1783; Aaron, May 31, 1787; Abigail, September 24, 1790; Ann, October 24, 1792; Bathsheba, February 2, 1795; Moriah, August 22, 1797.
Mary his wife died at their home in Centerville September 22, 1817.
January 11, 1818, Aaron Nutt married Widow Martha Craig, daughter of Isaac and Hannah Pedrick, born in Salem County, N. J., and came West with her parents to Warren County, Ohio, in 1805 or 1806.
Their son Joseph Nutt was born at Centerville December 11, 1818; John was born March 3, 1823.
Aaron Nutt died June 2, 1842; Martha, his widow, died March 20, 1856, aged nearly seventy-six years; they, with his first wife Mary, are buried in the old cemetery a half mile north of Centerville.

Newspaper:

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) 16 September 2020, p111
Aaron Nutt called a man of "correct habits"
Having a neighbor like Aaron Nutt would be a dream come true for most people. A multitalented man, he was just as much at home in the woods with a gun as he was in young Centerville where he surveyed land, operated a tannery where leather was made and constructed his house and sidewalks in town. He also was known for being a fine tailor, a skill he learned from the ages of 14 to 21 when he apprenticed with a local tailor in Mount Holly, N.J.
Born in a Quaker family on July 17, 1758, Nutt retained his Quaker values and didn't actively fight the British during the Revolutionary War, but instead served in the New Jersey Militia as a scout and a teamster.
"He was a man of eminently correct habits of life, possessing superior constitution, temperate, industrious and a cheerful disposition even marked to the end," wrote Nutt's son, Joesph of his father.
On April 1, 1799, Nutt arrived in Centerville, spelled Centreville at the time, from Kentucky where he had lived since 1788. He traveled through thick wilderness to survey and claim 320 acres of land in what is now the center of town.
Although, he was offered a place to store his belongings until a cabin could be built, Nutt, who was planning to build quickly, refused saying "I am not going to unpack until I enter my own cabin."
Traveling with Nutt was his wife Mary Archer Nutt, whom he had wed in 1779, and their six children. Prior to the move, the couple had buried three children, who were victims of smallpox in Kentucky.
Mary Nutt did at the age of 61 in 1817.
Nutt married a Warren County woman, Martha Pedrick Craig, in 1818 and they went on to start their own family, which included two sons, Joseph and John. The Nutt land became fragmented as Nutt gave each of his children a portion of his land.
Although he was a busy man, Nutt also owned a tavern The Sign of the Bucks Horn, and ran for office in Washington Twp., where he served as supervisor of roads and overseer of the poor.
In 1842, Nutt died and was buried in the old Centerville Cemetery next to his two wives. by Columist Sandra Baer

Aaron married Mary Archer on 4 May 1779 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Mary (daughter of Joseph Archer and Sarah Shreve) was born on 28 Nov 1756 in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died on 22 Sep 1817 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1817 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aaron married Martha Pedrick on 13 Jan 1818 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Martha was born on 21 Aug 1780 in Pedricktown, Salem County, New Jersey, United States; died on 20 Mar 1856 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Mar 1856 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

...By 1845 Levi, with his wife, Sarah and their oldest son, Aaron, with his wife, Jane, and their daughter Ellen (Eleanor) had moved to Franklin County, Indiana. In about 1842 Levi's son Caleb, with his 2nd wife, Arena A. (Burnham) and his sister, Harriet who had married Moses Nutt Branson moved to Sidney, Ohio. The exact date of his move is not known however there is a record of his second child, John Joseph's birth at Centerville, in 1836 and his third child, Jasper Newton, also born in Centerville in 1837, but his fourth child, Francis Marion Nutt was born in Sidney, Ohio in July of 1844.
...Levi's will was dated 03 September, 1834, recorded 15 January, 1836 and Probated 02 December, 1845 with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Liberty, Union township, Union County, Indiana.
...Levi had received from his father 52.28 acres in Section 25, township 2, Range 6 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio for $100.00. In 1813 he sold the remaining 50 acres as recorded in Book 'C', page 299 of Deeds. He had previously sold 1/2 acre to his father-in-law and 1.5 acres to the Sugar Creek Baptist church. In 1825 he purchased the SW 1/4 section 14-T10-R1W in Union township, Union county, Indiana. When his widow, Sarah died in 1845 there was 100 acres of land to be distributed among his heirs.

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.....By 1845 Levi, with his wife, Sarah and their oldest son, Aaron, with his wife, Jane, and their daughter Ellen (Eleanor) had moved to Franklin County, Indiana. In about 1842 Levi's son Caleb, with his 2nd wife, Arena A. (Burnham) and his sister, Harriet who had married Moses Nutt Branson moved to Sidney, Ohio. The exact date of his move is not know however there is a record of his second child, John Joseph's birth at Centerville, in 1836 and his third child, Jasper Newton, also born in Centerville in 1837, but his fourth child, Francis Marion Nutt was born in Sidney, Ohio in July of 1844.
.....Levi's will was dated 03 September, 1834, recorded 15 January, 1836 and Probated 02 December, 1845 with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Liberty, Union township, Union County, Indiana.
Levi had received from his father 52.28 acres in Section 25, township 2, Range 6 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio for $100.00. In 1813 he sold the remaining 50 acres as recorded in Book 'C', page 299 of Deeds. He had previously sold 1/2 acre to his father-in-law and 1.5 acres to the Sugar Creek Baptist church. In 1825 he purchased the SW 1/4 section 14-T10-R1W in Union township, Union county, Indiana. When his widow, Sarah died in 1845 there was 100 acres of land to be distributed among his heirs.

Levi married Sarah Moon on 15 Aug 1802 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Sarah was born on 4 Dec 1784 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 1 Aug 1845 in Bath Township, Franklin County, Indiana, United States; was buried in Aug 1845 in Franklin County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John Beck about 1802 in Northwest Territory, United States. John was born on 15 Aug 1778 in Centerville, Northwest Territory, United States; died on 8 May 1841 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Death: 22 Sep 1817, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Other Events:

• Property: 31 Dec 1813, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; purchased 50 acres for $700.00 from Aaron Nutt, Sr.; Address:
  lot # 6 (being part of the east half of Section 25, Township 2,
• Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1830, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1840, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
• Will: 19 Apr 1842, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

Aaron Nutt, Jr. was a tanner. his will was dated 19 April, 1842 and was recorded on 01 November, 1842 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. Will Book D, p. 42

note: Nutt, Aaron Jr. -heir- guard. Aaron Sunderland of Simpson & Marion Nutt. (#3434 pg. 126)

Will also recorded in Shelby County, Ohio, pg. 190

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary (her mark) Nutt
Witness: Josiah Clawson and Isaac Wordward
vC, p321

Aaron married Jane Irwin on 20 Jan 1806 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Jane was born on 29 May 1786 in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States; died on 5 Feb 1862 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Feb 1862 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

Abigail married John Benham on 12 Jul 1805 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. John (son of Richard Benham and Lydia Robbins) was born on 11 Aug 1782 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States; died on 23 Apr 1870 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Apr 1870 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Birth: 24 Oct 1792, Dry Ridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States

Other Events:

• Religion: Baptist
• Birth: 2 Feb 1795, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
• Beneficiary: 9 Oct 1841; in the will of her father, Aaron Nutt

Bathsheba married Samuel Harlan on 15 Jan 1814 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Samuel (son of George Harlan and Margery Baker) was born on 13 Feb 1777 in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States; died on 27 Feb 1868 in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Nutt
• Birth: 22 Jul 1797, Dry Ridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
• Birth: 22 Aug 1797, Dry Ridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
• Birth: 22 Aug 1797, Dry Ridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States

Moriah married Richard Benham in 1813 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Richard (son of Richard Benham and Lydia Robbins) was born on 15 Mar 1789 in Hamilton County, Northwest Territory, United States; died on 23 Mar 1870 in Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 26 Mar 1870 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 9 Oct 1841; in the will of his father, Aaron Nutt
• Executor: 9 Oct 1841; Joseph and John Nutt were named as executors in the will of their father, Aaron Nutt
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph Nutt, carpenter, in the household of Martha Nutt
• Census: 1860, New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph Nutt, clerk, head of household
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph Nutt, farmer, head of household
• Occupation: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; Farmer
• History / Bio: 1882; The History of Montgomery County, Ohio (Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882), p270
• Census: 1900, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph Nutt, landlord, head of household

Notes:

...As a very young boy Joseph Nutt commenced driving a cart and doing small jobs about the town and working on the small farm. When in his twelth year, he hauled in the cart all the stone for making a complete pavement from the schoolhouse, one-fourth mile north of town, to the Baptist Church on the west side of town. His father and Joseph Beck laid the walk, which did good for many years. For its protection, the Town Council made it a finable offence to ride or drive on it. So carefully was it guarded that the school teacher had been known to leave school on seeing a traveler on the walk and hurry up to town and have a warrant in the hands of the Marshal by the time the offending party would reach the village.
...On the 28th of April, 1824 he went, as an apprentice, into the chair-making business. He served three years faithfully and made the trade his principal business up to the spring of 1844 when he went to New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio and sold goods for Israel Harris, Jr., and Samuel Lemar, for nearly six years. In January 1850 he joined the employ of John Grant, Esq., the principal merchant in New Burlington and remained with him until April, 1857. On 29 January, 1856 Joseph married Miss Elizabeth Amanda Weaver of New Burlington, New Jersey. In May of 1857 they went to Chicago, Illinois where they remained until August of 1858 when they returned to New Burlington.
...In the spring of 1861 they went to Centerville, Ohio and settled on the old homestead, becoming the owner thereof half by purchase and half by legacy. He was one of the few men in town to own land originally purchased by his father from John Cleves Symmes (father-in-law of President William Henry Harrison) The deed was made by James Madison, President of the United States.
...Joseph was the oldest native-born citizen on the town plat. He never loaded a gun, pistol or firearm of any description, he did pull the trigger a few times making one shot that would be creditable to any sportsman. (Source: Compiled by Irene L. Shrope, Nutt Family of Ohio and New Jersey, Revised and Up-Dated 1993 (Vandalia, Ohio: Authorized Distributor Donald A. Nutt, 1992), pg. 197.)

...Joseph Nutt was living in Centerville, Ohio in 1900. From the newspaper "Bellbrook Moon" dated 01 july, 1903:
Joseph Nutt, one of Centerville's wealthiest and most respected citizens died last Sunday morning. Buried Tuesday afternoon Mr. Nutt was not only loved in the community in which he lived but made warm friends with all he met. The community loses one of it's best citizens. (Source: Compiled by Irene L. Shrope, Nutt Family of Ohio and New Jersey, Revised and Up-Dated 1993 (Vandalia, Ohio: Authorized Distributor Donald A. Nutt, 1992), pg. 195)

Birth:

Mentioned in the will of Aaron Nutt as son Joseph Nutt.

History / Bio:

p270
—Joseph Nutt, farmer, P. O. Centerville. The eldest of the two children (Joseph and John) of Aaron and Martha Nutt, was born in Centerville, Ohio, December 11, 1818. Parents both natives of New Jersey; his father was the son of Levi Nutt, and he the son of Adam Nutt, a native of Wales, who landed in New Jersey early in the last century. Aaron, on his mother's side, was the grandson of Barzilla Ivens, a noted merchant of his day; he was also a noted man for the size of his family; he was married three times and was the father of twenty-one children who were all able at one and the same time to set at the table and help themselves to a square meal. Joseph's mother was the daughter of Isaac and Hannah Pedrick, of Pedricktown, N. J.; she emigrated with them to Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, in 1806, remaining there a brief period; her father purchased a farm near the present village of Clio, Greene County, Ohio, and removed to it. The family were all worthy members of the Society of Orthodox Friends. The subject of this sketch can't quite claim to be anything more than the son of pioneers (for date of father's arrival see brother's biography); never had any land to clear or brush to pick; never assisted in building the pioneer cabin with its cat and clay chimney, clapboard-roof held on with weight poles, or in laying down the solid puncheon floor; or in erecting the sweep at the well for the "old oaken bucket;" but have worn buckskin pantaloons, leather-crown hat and thread shirt-buttons. His father (Aaron) was a tailor by trade, and was an experienced hand in manufacturing buckskin into wearing apparel. The last pair of buckskin pants he made was in the summer he was eighty-one years of age. Mr. N. V. Maxwell, one of our present worthy citizens, was then carrying on tailoring, and took in the job conditionally, viz., if he could get "Uncle Aaron" Nutt (by which familiar title he was well known) to make them he would do so, as for himself he frankly admitted he could not make them; they were made and all parties satisfied with the job. Mr. Maxwell, to this day, takes delight in referring to that job, and saying "Uncle Aaron" was the oldest journeyman he ever employed. He was also a good hand with a sickle in a harvest field; the summer he was eighty years old, he lead the reapers once through in his son Aaron's wheat field. He was also an excellent auctioneer, if not the first, he certainly was among the first; had quite a patronage in Montgomery, Warren and Greene Counties. Before the subject of this sketch was large enough to put a collar on the horse, he commenced driving the cart and doing small jobs about town and working on the small farm. When in his twelfth year, he hauled in the cart all the stone making a complete pavement from the schoolhouse, one-fourth mile north of town, to the Baptist Church on the west side of town. His father and Joseph Beck laid the walk, which did good service many years. For its protection, the Town Council made it a finable offence to ride or drive on it. So carefully was it guarded that the school teacher has been known to leave his school on seeing a traveler on the walk, and hurry up to town and have a warrant in the hands of the Marshal by the time the offending party would reach the village. The 28th of April, 1834, he went as an apprentice to the chair-making; served three years faithfully; made the trade his principal business up to the spring of 1844; then went to New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio, and sold goods for Israel Harris, Jr., and Samuel Lemar, nearly six years. In January, 1850, went into the employ of John Grant, Esq., the principal merchant then in New Burlington; remained with them until April, 1857. Mr. Nutt was married, January 29, 1856, to Miss E. A. Weaver, of New Burlington. May, 1857, moved to Chicago; remained there until August, 1858, returning to New Burlington, and remained there until the spring of 1861; then removed to Centerville on the old homestead, where he now lives, becoming the owner thereof by half purchase and half legacy, and one of the few men in the township owning the land originally purchase by the father from John C. Symmes, but the deed was made by James Madison, President of the United States. There are other tracts in the township deeded by the President to the heads of some of the families now living thereon, but they are mostly second-hand purchases.
—When Aaron Nutt with other men were in consultation with Judge Symmes, organizing a pioneer company, one of them said to the Judge, "You will not take that man, will you?" pointing to Aaron Nutt. "Why not?" said the Judge. "Why," said the man, "he is a Quaker, and will not fight the Indians." "Just the man I want," said the Judge; "I want a peaceable colony." Aaron Nutt was never a member of any religious society, but his religious sentiments were in full accord with the Orthodox Friends, wore the garb and used the plain language of that society. The following incident shows the respect the Indians have for the name of William Penn. Sometime after Aaron Nutt had settled here and Dayton something of a place, he was going up there one morning, when he met a company of Indians. After passing them, he found a sack of roots and herbs in the road and readily concluded it belonged to the Indians just passed. So he would carry the sack into town and leave it at the store of H. G. Phillips, who told him he knew the Indians, they had been in the store that morning, and on their next visit he would hand over the sack, and did so, saying to the Indian that—"It was a William Penn man that had found it." "Ugh," said the Indian, "he good man; he good man." The subject of this sketch (Joseph) is now the oldest native born citizen on the town plat; never loaded a gun, pistol or firearm of any description, have pulled the trigger a few times making one shot that would be creditable to any sportsman. Mr. Nutt is the father of five children, as follows: Anna, Laura, Samuel, Weaver, William Pedrick, Clarence Emory Nutt, of whom only two are living, viz., Samuel W. and Clarence E.

Joseph married Elizabeth Amanda Weaver on 29 Jan 1856. Elizabeth was born in Oct 1838 in New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; died on 12 Jun 1927 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jun 1927 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Assistant physician, Hospital for the Insane, Indianapolis
• Occupation: Farmer and teacher until 1845
• Beneficiary: 9 Oct 1841; in the will of his father, Aaron Nutt
• Executor: 9 Oct 1841; Joseph and John Nutt were named as executors in the will of their father, Aaron Nutt
• Education: 1848, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; Address:
  Rush Medical College
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Nutt, carpenter, in the household of Martha Nutt
• History / Bio: 1882; The History of Montgomery County, Ohio (Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882), p272

Notes:

...After the death of his father in 1842, John remained at home with his bereaved mother, working the little farm, attending and teaching school, and so continued until the end of August, 1845, when, on solicitation of Dr. John Evans, then of Indianapolis, Indiana, he accepted a kind invitation to study medicine with him. So, bidding adieu to his old home and all of its surroundings, he embarked on board the Voress line of stage coaches for what seemed to be the far-distant west. Here he commenced his medical studies, spending the winters, however, in Chicago, attending Rush Medical College, from which institution he graduated in the spring of 1848. Returning to Indianapolis, he made application to the commissioners of the hospital for the insane for the position of assistant physician, and being successful in due time received the desired appointment, and early thereafter entered upon the duties of the office in this new State institution and soon had the satisfaction of assisting in the reception of the first patients ever admitted for treatment in that place. In October, 1851, he severed his connection with the hospital and marrying Annie, the youngest daughter of David and Rachael Evans, of Waynesville, Ohio, moved within a few days thereafter to the city of Chicago, Illinois, where with a devoted wife and family he remained comfortably living in Glencoe, one of the city's most beautiful suburbs, overlooing both far and wide the cooling waters of Lake Michigan.
...Annie and John were the parents of eleven childdren but only four sons lived to adulthood. John, the youngest of these also became a doctor specializing in orthopedic surgery. (Source: Compiled by Irene L. Shrope, Nutt Family of Ohio and New Jersey, Revised and Up-Dated 1993 (Vandalia, Ohio: Authorized Distributor Donald A. Nutt, 1992), pg. 204.)

...John Nutt, M.D., Chicago, Illinois. John Nutt was the younger of two sons, Joseph and John, and only children of Aaron and Martha (Craig, formerly Pedrick) Nutt, and was born on the old homestead in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, March 3, 1823. His parents were natives of New Jersey, and were respectively widower and widow; at the time of their marriage, January 11, 1818, by James Russell Esq., of Centerville. Aaron Nutt was left fatherless at an early age. His mother marrying again, the boy, Aaron, was apprenticed to John Lippencott, a tailor of 1776, for a term of seven years, serving his employer nearly that time on the tailor-board. At about this period, the armies of the Revolution, under the command of Gen. Washington, were very active in the State of New Jersey, and as these were indeed trying times for our country, and soldiers were much needed, both old and young were earnestly solicited to join the American forces. It was at this juncture that Lippincott was drafted into the military service, and Aaron Nutt's apprenticeship about to expire, that Lippencott made this proposition to him, that if he would enter the army and serve his, Lippencott's time out, he would in turn set him free. The proposition was accepted, and Nutt Joined a military company commanded by his cousin, Capt. Israel Shreve. The evening before the battle of Monmouth, the company had a little skirmish with a company of English light horse, and came off victorious. Nutt was quite near the English Captain, and saw the American soldier shoot him in the breast. He fell from his horse and jumped a fence and fell dead by the side of it. Nutt, in looking at him after death, pronounced him the handsomest man he ever saw. Next day, the main battle was fought, the day, an excessively hot one, the Americans threw off their coats and knapsacks, as they marched into the field, forty-eight abreast. After the battle, twelve wagons loaded with bread and drawn by oxen were brought on the ground for the Americans. After this, Nutt's military service was in riding as a scout and driving team; of the latter, he did a large amount. He never asked for or received any pension, but assisted many others in procuring theirs. On Tuesday, the 4th day of May, 1779, he was married to Mary Archer, daughter of Jospeh and Sarah Archer, of New Jersey. From this union there were nine children, of whom none are now living. Three died in early life, the remaining six lived to be heads of families. The father used to take great pleasure in standing on his own premises and look at the smoke curling out of the chimneys of five of his children--the sixth one lived some four miles distant. In 1786, he removed with his family from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, where he remained only a few years, and then moved to Kentucky, living at different points, among which the following places are remembered: On the Dry Ridge he lived a long time, keeping a tavern there; did the same in the town of Versailles; from Kentucky he removed to what is now Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, in the spring of 1798, having previously been there with the surveyors in February, 1796, and selected his land. Here he settled in a wilderness of woods, and where in his new abode he remained with only a slight change of habitation during the balance of his life. Surrounded with a large circle of truly worthy friends and relatives who were always interested in his presence, as he so often gladdened the hours with earnest recitals of events of which he had not infrequently been an active participant.
...He was man of eminently correct habits of life, possessing a very superior constitution, temperate, industrious and of a cheerful disposition, even marked to the end, and when warned of approaching dissolution seemed ready and willing to meet the change. The disease of which he died was, though not of frequent occurrence, incident to old age, and in this case, as was pronounced by his skillful and ever attentive physician, Dr. A. B. Price, one of the most extraordinary cases of the kind ever known to the profession. The pain, which was very severe, was first manifested in the left eye, which after awhile completely destroyed that organ. The pain then passed to the heel and great toe of the right foot, then successively until all the toes were in a like manner involved, then the foot mortified, was drawn up and dried until all seemed as hard and lifeless as stone, and blackened with the deadly progress of the disease, which continued for a period of many months, at the closing of which time a distinct point or line of demarkation appeared within four inches of the knee. Death of the foot and leg below having already occurred and here separation of not only the living from the dead flesh, but also the larger bone was already manifest, so that earnest hopes were strongly entertained that an arrest was probable, and that an improved condition might be looked for; but at the close of about the ninth month the powers of the constitution could stand the pressure no longer, and gradually yielding, death kindly terminated this protracted struggle June 2, 1842, and thus passed the life of a man aged eighty-three years ten months and sixteen days, who had never known what real sickness was, and even used his tobacco up to within a few days of the last. his remains are buried in the old cemetery one-half mile north of Centerville, between the graves of his two wives. "Peace to their remains."
...John, after the death of his father, remained at home with his bereaved mother, working the little farm and attending and teaching school, and so continued until the last of August, 1845, when, on solicitation of Dr. John Evans, then of Indianapolis, Ind., he accepted a kind invitation to study medicine with him. So, bidding adieu to his old home and all of its surroundings, he embarked on board the Voress line of stage coaches for what then seemed to be the far-distant West. Here he commenced his medical studies, spending the winters, however, at Chicago, attending Rush Medical College, from which institution he graduated in the spring of 1848. Returning to Indianapolis, he made application to the commissioners of the hospital for the insane for the place of assistant physician, and being successful in due time received the desired appointment, and early thereafter entered upon the duties of the office in this then new State institution, and soon had the satisfaction for assisting in the reception of the first patients ever admitted to treatment in that place. In October, 1851, he severed his connection with the hospital and, marrying Annie, the youngest daughter of David and Rachael Evans, of Waynesville, Ohio, moved within a few days thereafter to the city of Chicago, Illinois, where, with a devoted wife and four comely boys, he now remains comfortably living Glencoe, one of the city's most beautiful suburbs, overlooking both far and wide the cooling waters of Lake Michigan. (Source: W. H. Beers, History of Montgomery County, Ohio (1882; Reproduction, Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1973, Part II, Biographical Sketches, pg. 272, 273)

Birth:

Mentioned in the will of Aaron Nutt as son John Nutt.

History / Bio:

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—John Nutt, M.D., Chicago, Illinois. John Nutt was the younger of two sons, Joseph and John, and only children of Aaron and Martha (Craig, formerly Pedrick) Nutt, and was born on the old homestead in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, March 3, 1823. His parents were natives of New Jersey, and were respectively widower and widow; at the time of their marriage, January 11, 1818, by James Russell Esq., of Centerville. Aaron Nutt was left fatherless at an early age. His mother marrying again, the boy, Aaron, was apprenticed to John Lippencott, a tailor of 1776, for a term of seven years, serving his employer nearly that time on the tailor-board. At about this period, the armies of the Revolution, under the command of Gen. Washington, were very active in the State of New Jersey, and as these were indeed trying times for our country, and soldiers were much needed, both old and young were earnestly solicited to join the American forces. It was at this juncture that Lippincott was drafted into the military service, and Aaron Nutt's apprenticeship about to expire, that Lippencott made this proposition to him, that if he would enter the army and serve his, Lippencott's time out, he would in turn set him free. The proposition was accepted, and Nutt Joined a military company commanded by his cousin, Capt. Israel Shreve. The evening before the battle of Monmouth, the company had a little skirmish with a company of English light horse, and came off victorious. Nutt was quite near the English Captain, and saw the American soldier shoot him in the breast. He fell from his horse and jumped a fence and fell dead by the side of it. Nutt, in looking at him after death, pronounced him the handsomest man he ever saw. Next day, the main battle was fought, the day, an excessively hot one, the Americans threw off their coats and knapsacks, as they marched into the field, forty-eight abreast. After the battle, twelve wagons loaded with bread and drawn by oxen were brought on the ground for the Americans. After this, Nutt's military service was in riding as a scout and driving team; of the latter, he did a large amount. He never asked for or received any pension, but assisted many others in procuring theirs. On Tuesday, the 4th day of May, 1779, he was married to Mary Archer, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Archer, of New Jersey. From this union there were nine children, of whom none are now living. Three died in early life, the remaining six lived to be heads of families. The father used to take great pleasure in standing on his own premises and look at the smoke curling out of the chimneys of five of his children—the sixth one lived some four miles distant. In 1786, he removed with his family from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, where he remained only a few years, and then moved to Kentucky, living at different points, among which the following places are remembered: On the Dry Ridge he lived a long time, keeping a tavern there; did the same in the town of Versailles; from Kentucky he removed to what is now Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, in the spring of 1798, having previously been there with the surveyors in February, 1796, and selected his land. Here he settled in a wilderness of woods, and where in his new abode he remained with only a slight change of habitation during the balance of his life. Surrounded with a large circle of truly worthy friends and relatives who were always interested in his presence, as he so often gladdened the hours with earnest recitals of events of which he had not infrequently been an active participant.
—He was man of eminently correct habits of life, possessing a very superior constitution, temperate, industrious and of a cheerful disposition, even marked to the end, and when warned of approaching dissolution seemed ready and willing to meet the change. The disease of which he died was, though not of frequent occurrence, incident to old age, and in this case, as was pronounced by his skillful and ever attentive physician, Dr. A. B. Price, one of the most extraordinary cases of the kind ever known to the profession. The pain, which was very severe, was first manifested in the left eye, which after awhile completely destroyed that organ. The pain then passed to the heel and great toe of the right foot, then successively until all the toes were in a like manner involved, then the foot mortified, was drawn up and dried until all seemed as hard and lifeless as stone, and blackened with the deadly progress of the disease, which continued for a period of many months, at the closing of which time a distinct point or line of demarkation appeared within four inches of the knee. Death of the foot and leg below having already occurred and here separation of not only the living from the dead flesh, but also the larger bone was already manifest, so that earnest hopes were strongly entertained that an arrest was probable, and that an improved condition might be looked for; but at the close of about the ninth month the powers of the constitution could stand the pressure no longer, and gradually yielding, death kindly terminated this protracted struggle June 2, 1842, and thus passed the life of a man aged eighty-three years ten months and sixteen days, who had never known what real sickness was, and even used his tobacco up to within a few days of the last. his remains are buried in the old cemetery one-half mile north of Centerville, between the graves of his two wives. "Peace to their remains."
—John, after the death of his father, remained at home with his bereaved mother, working the little farm and attending and teaching school, and so continued until the last of August, 1845, when, on solicitation of Dr. John Evans, then of Indianapolis, Ind., he accepted a kind invitation to study medicine with him. So, bidding adieu to his old home and all of its surroundings, he embarked on board the Voress line of stage coaches for what then seemed to be the far-distant West. Here he commenced his medical studies, spending the winters, however, at Chicago, attending Rush Medical College, from which institution he graduated in the spring of 1848. Returning to Indianapolis, he made application to the commissioners of the hospital for the insane for the place of assistant physician, and being successful in due time received the desired appointment, and early thereafter entered upon the duties of the office in this then new State institution, and soon had the satisfaction for assisting in the reception of the first patients ever admitted to treatment in that place. In October, 1851, he severed his connection with the hospital and, marrying Annie, the youngest daughter of David and Rachael Evans, of Waynesville, Ohio, moved within a few days thereafter to the city of Chicago, Illinois, where, with a devoted wife and four comely boys, he now remains comfortably living in Glencoe, one of the city's most beautiful suburbs, overlooking both far and wide the cooling waters of Lake Michigan.

John married Annie Evans in Oct 1851 in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, United States. Annie was born in 1828; died in 1902 in Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Aaron Nutt went to Union County, Indiana in 1825. All of his children went with him except Harriet who had married. (She must have married twice.) This family is recorded on every Federal Census from 1830 through 1880 as living in Union Township (Liberty), Union County, Indiana.(Source: Compiled by Irene L. Shrope, Nutt Family of Ohio and New Jersey, Revised and Up-Dated 1993 (Vandalia, Ohio: Authorized Distributor Donald A. Nutt, 1992), pg. 46.)

Aaron married Jane Forbes on 16 Jan 1823 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Jane and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1830, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1840, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Caleb married Elizabeth Bennett on 25 May 1826 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Elizabeth was born about 1806; died on 3 Jun 1832; was buried in Jun 1832 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also a daughter of Levi Nutt and Sarah Moon, his wife, was Harriet Nutt, born Jan. 28, 1807 who married Moses N. Branson in Montgomery County, Ohio July 8, 1821. (Source: Joseph Nutt, Record of the Nutt Family (Joseph Nutt, 1824)

Harriet married Moses Nutt Branson on 8 Jul 1821 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Moses (son of Samuel Branson and Charlotte Nutt) was born on 28 Dec 1801 in Burlington, New Jersey, United States; died on 3 Jul 1877 in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Ellen Nutt

Notes:

Birth:

Mentioned in the will of Aaron Nutt, Jr. as Matilda Hatfield.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married Benjamin Hatfield on 16 Nov 1826 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Benjamin was born on 20 Jul 1804; died on 10 May 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

...When Irwin Nutt was a young man he learned the tanner's trade from his father, but he followed that trade for only a short time. After acquiring a fair common school education in the district school, he spent six months in the seminary at Xenia, Ohio where he prepared himself for teaching, and occupation that he followed for a time.
...In 1832, when twenty-one years of age, he united with the Methodist Episcopal church and remained a faithful and useful member for the rest of his life giving freely of his time and money in its behalf.
...He married Miss Barbara W. Persinger, of Green County in 1834, then in 1836 they settled in Shelby county and bought a piece of timber land one mile north of Sidney, where he built a cabin and began to clear the land. His busy axe soon enlarged the clearing and in time fertile fields took the place of the dense forest, and as the product of his toil he was able to command not only the necessities, but also some of the luxuries of life. In the work of developing the homestead he was greatly aided by his faithful wife, who did her part in spinning and weaving flax and wool for the family garments as well as aiding in the outdoor work, in addition to performing her usual household duties and rearing a family of seven children.
...In 1854 Irwin Nutt rented his farm out and moved to Pemberton, Ohio where he engaged in the buying and shipping of grain, but three years later he returned to his farm and remained there until 1873. By this time all his children had married and settled in homes of their own and a lonely air pervaded the old homestead... and as he express it, ... "the clock ticked too loudly on it's shelf". At the earnest solicitation of his children, he again rented out the old farm and he and his wife spent the rest of their lives with the children, residing for a while with one, then with another.
...When he died in 1880 he was living in the home of his youngest daughter, Mary Malinda, wife of Dr. john Campbell Lilley at Quincy, Ohio. His remains were brought to Sidney and lay in state at the Methodist Episcopal church for two days when interment took place in the Graceland cemetery. His funeral procession was one of the largest seen in Sidney up to that time.
...He was among the first members of The Worshipful Master mason Lodge &73 in 1865/66. Other positions that he held included: Assessor of Clinton Township in 1843, justice, 1848, Trustee in 1862, 1866 and 1867. Justice again in 1870. He was a Justice of the Peace from 17 April, 1848 until 08 April, 1870. (Reference:
Compiled by Irene L. Shrope, Nutt Family of Ohio and New Jersey, (1992 Revised and Up-Dated 1993), pg. 102)

...Irwin Nutt was born in Montgomery county, near Centerville, O., January 31, 1811, being a son of Aaron Nutt, Jr. In his youth he learned the tanner's trade, which, however, he followed for but a short time. After Acquiring a fair, common school education in the district school, he spent six months in the seminary at Xenia, O., where he prepared himself for teaching, which occupation he followed for a time. In 1834 he married Miss Barbara Persinger, of Green county, O., who was born September 27, 1812. In 1836, with his wife and daughter, Louisa M. who was then one year old, he came to Shelby county and bought a piece of timber land one mile north of Sidney, where he built a cabin for himself and family and began to clear the land. His busy axe soon enlarged the clearing and in course of time smiling fields took the place of the dense and gloomy forest, and as the product of his toil he was able to command not only the necessities, but also some of the luxuries of life. In the work of developing the homestead, he was greatly aided by his faithful wife, who did her part in spinning and weaving the flax and wool for the family garments, also aiding in the outdoor work, in addition to performing her usual household duties and rearing her family of seven children. This family consisted of four sons and three daughters, as follow; Louisa M., born 1835, married Joseph Wilkinson; Edmund E., Margaret J., born 1840, who became the wife of James Middleton; William A., born 1843, who married Elenor C. Lillie; Mary M., born 1845, who became the wife of Dr. J. C. Lillie of Logan county, O.; J. Newton, born 1848, who married Mae Price and John M. born 1851, who married Ella Smith.
...In 1854 Irwin Nutt rented his farm and moved to Pemberton, O., where he engaged in the business of buying and shipping grain, but three years later he returned to his farm and there remained until 1873. By this time his children had all married and settled in homes of their own and a lonely air pervaded the old homestead--as he expressed it, "the clock ticked too loudly on its shelf." At the earnest solicitation of his children, he again rented out the old farm and he and his wife spent the rest of their lives with their children, residing for a while with one, then with another. He died in Quincy, O., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Lillie, on March 7, 1880. In 1832, when twenty-one years of age, he had united with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which for the rest of his life he remained a faithful and useful member, giving freely of his time and money in its behalf, and when his end came the final summons found him prepared to enter into the eternal mansions. His remains were brought to Sidney and lay in the state at the M. E. church from Monday until Tuesday afternoon, when interment took place in Graceland cemetery. His funeral procession was one of the largest seen in Sidney up to that time. He was among the first members of Temperance Lodge No. 73, F. & A. M., and during his life held all the offices up to and including that of worshipful master. His wife survived him until April 5, 1905, and was also buried in Graceland cemetery, Sidney. (Reference: "History of Shelby County, Ohio and Representative Citizens" (Evansville, Indiana, A Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc. 1973) pg. 432)

Birth:

Mentioned in the will of Aaron Nutt, Jr. as Irwin Nutt.

Other Events:

• Name: Permilla Broadaway

Notes:

Birth:

Mentioned in the will of Aaron Nutt, Jr. as Permelia Broadaway.

Notes:

Birth:

Mentioned in the will of Aaron Nutt, Jr. as Nelson Nutt.

Notes:

Birth:

Mentioned in the will of Aaron Nutt, Jr. Dickson Nutt.

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 19 Apr 1842; in the will of his father Aaron Nutt

Notes:

Birth:

Mentioned in the will of Aaron Nutt, Jr. as Marion Nutt.

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.

Sarah married William Hatfield on 23 Dec 1824 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. William was born on 31 Jan 1799 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 16 Dec 1877 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Dec 1877 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States; as Mary Silver, in the household of Peter W. Silver
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of her father, John Benham, as Mary Silver
• Census: 1870, Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan, United States; as Mary Silver, in the household of Peter W. Silver
• Census: 1880, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States; as Mary Silver, wife, in the household of Peter W. Silver

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Mary Silver.

Mary married Peter Wilson Silver on 9 Dec 1830 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Peter was born on 16 Sep 1809 in Frankfort, Fanklin County, Kentucky, United States; died on 12 Apr 1883 in Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Richard Benham
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; Richard's children were beneficiaries in the will of their grandfather, John Benham

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Richard Benham, deceased.

Richard married Catharine Everhart on 31 Mar 1836 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Catharine and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, chair maker, head of household
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, painter, head of household
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; John's children were beneficiaries in the will of their grandfather, John Benham

Notes:

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

John came to Montgomery County, Ohio with his parents in 1813. He was a Treasurer in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio in 1829 until 1831. (Source: Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1973, a reprodution of, "History of Montgomery County, Ohio", (original published - Chicago, Illinois: W. H. Beers & County, 1882), Biographical Sketches, Washington Township, pg. 26)

John married Albina Clevern Burnham on 9 Mar 1837 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Albina was born on 17 Oct 1815 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 18 Jan 1895 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jan 1895 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of her father, John Benham, as Lydia Meterd

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Lydia Meterd.

Lydia married John Fredrick Metherd on 7 Jun 1846 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. John was born on 5 Mar 1823 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; died on 7 Sep 1898 in Ridgeville, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Aaron Benham
• Census: 1850, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as A. Benham, wagon maker, head of household
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Aaron Benham, wagon maker, married within the year, head of household
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Adam Benham, wagon maker, 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 Aaron Benham, journeyman carpenter, head of household
• Occupation: 1870; carpenter

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Aaron Benham.

Aaron married Mary Ann Archer on 7 Jan 1836 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Mary (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 6 Mar 1813 in Greene County, Ohio, United States; died on 7 Sep 1848 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1848 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aaron married Martha J. Kearns on 23 Apr 1850 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Martha was born in 1828 in Virginia, United States; died in 1860 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aaron married Sarah Ann Morris on 7 Aug 1861 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Sarah was born about 1832 in Ohio, United States; died before Dec 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Ivens Benham, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Evan Benham, bee keeper, head of household
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of his father, John Benham
• Census: 1870, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Ivans Benham, tailor, head of household
• Death: 28 Mar 1889

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Ivens Benham.

Ivens married Mary Hughes on 20 Apr 1837 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Mary was born in May 1820 in Ohio, United States; died after 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of her father, John Benham, as Tildia Jane Surface

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Tilda Jane Surface.

Matilda married Jacob Surface on 2 Nov 1842. Jacob was born in 1821 in Virginia, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of her father, John Benham, as Charlotte Blair

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Charlotte Blair.

Charlotte married William Harrison Blair on 8 Mar 1840 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. William was born about 1813 in Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; died on 3 Jan 1871 in Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as William Benham, cooper, head of household
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of his father, John Benham
• Census: 1870, Mad River Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as William P. Benham, journeyman cooper, head of household

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as William P. Benham.

Family/Spouse: Mary _____. Mary was born about 1835 in Indiana, United States; died before 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary E. O'Neal on 1 Jan 1868 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Mary was born in 1838; died on 9 Jan 1896 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Levi Benham, farmer, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Levi Benham, farmer, 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 Levi Benham, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Stranger Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Levi Benham, widower, boarder, farm laborer, in the household of Frank Ream
• Census: 1900, Sheridan Township, Daviess County, Missouri, United States
• Census: 1920, Fairmount Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Levi Benham, grandfather, in the household of Harry Rehm

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Levi Benham.

Census:

Marg. Norris, age 23, female, keeping house also listed in this household.

Died:

OBITUARY
LEVI BENHAM DIED TUESDAY
—Mr. Levi Benham died Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Rehm. The funeral services were held at the Rehm home Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by the Rev. H. H. Fowler, Interment at Glenwood cemetery.
—The music was furnished by Mrs. Frank Frame and Mrs. Roy Stotts.
—Levi Benham was born at Centerville, Ohio, April 21, 1831. He married Miss Amy Alexander April 15, 1857. Two children survive them, one daughter, Roxana, now Mrs. Frank Rehm, and one son, Web Benham, both of Leavenworth County.
—He lived many years in New York, from where he came to Leavenworth County, where he spent his last days. (Source: Information received from Lucille Wattles, email dated April 5, 2005. "His obituary appeared in the Bonner Springs Chieftain, 1 December 1921, p. 1:6, Microfilm # B379")

Levi married Amy Adelia Alexander on 15 Apr 1857 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Amy was born about 1834 in Indiana, United States; died about 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Nathaniel Benham, farmer, in the household of John Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, in the household of John Benham

Other Events:

• Occupation: Stone Mason
• Religion: Universalist
• Birth: 1 Feb 1815, Warren County, Ohio, United States

Aaron married Sarah Harlan in 1832 in Putnam County, Indiana, United States. Sarah was born on 20 Jun 1812 in Barren County, Kentucky, United States; died on 20 Feb 1887 in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States; was buried in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Birth: 22 May 1817, Ridgeville, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Death: 6 Aug 1852, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, United States

Ann married Samuel Wade on 30 Jul 1840 in Parke County, Indiana, United States. Samuel was born on 28 Jan 1815 in Butler County, Ohio, United States; died after 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshua married Sarah Mattox in 1837. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Israel married Mary Hunt on 4 Aug 1842. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Asenath Hunt in 1843. Asenath was born on 23 Feb 1822 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States; died on 1 Jan 1911 in Parke County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Seneca married Elmira Mullen on 14 Nov 1848. Elmira and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Mitchell on 27 Sep 1849. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Franklin married Ellen Mitchell in Jun 1853. Ellen and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Isaac Newton Mitchell on 15 Jan 1850. Isaac and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Lucinda Ann Cook in 1853. Lucinda and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 24 Mar 1869; in the will of her father, Richard Benham

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of Richard Benham as daughter Clarasa Kelly.

Clarissa married James W. Kelley on 17 Mar 1842. James and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 24 Mar 1869; in the will of his father, Richard Benham
• Census: 1870, Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Moses Benham, farmer, head of household

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

Moses married Nancy Jane Woolett on 19 Jan 1837 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Nancy was born on 18 May 1812; died on 3 Nov 1898; was buried in Nov 1898 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; as Wm. L. Benham, farmer, head of household
• Beneficiary: 24 Mar 1869; in the will of his father, Richard Benham

William married Mary Moon on 21 Sep 1848 in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. Mary was born on 18 Jan 1830 in Shelby County, Ohio, United States; died on 9 Jul 1917 in Johnson Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jul 1917 in Plattsville, Shelby County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas C. Wooley on 16 Dec 1837. Thomas and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Aaron Bennum, in the household of Richard Bennum
• Beneficiary: 24 Mar 1869; in the will of his father, Richard Benham
• Census: 1880, Menard County, Illinois, United States; as Aaron Benham, farmer, head of household

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of Richard Benham as son Aaron N. Benham.

Aaron married Lydia Rachel Covault on 1 Jan 1862 in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. Lydia was born on 3 Jul 1844; died on 23 Sep 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Eliza Bennum, in the household of Richard Bennum
• Beneficiary: 24 Mar 1869; in the will of her father, Richard Benham

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of Richard Benham as daughter Eliza Ferrasdall.

Eliza married John H. Van Arsdale on 5 Jun 1856. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Laura Nutt, in the household of Joseph Nutt
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Laura Nutt, in the household of Joseph Nutt

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Nutt, in the household of Joseph Nutt
• Census: 1900, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel W. Nutt, son, shoe salesman, in the household of Joseph Nutt

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as William Nutt, in the household of Joseph Nutt

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Clarence E. Nutt, farmer, head of household

Clarence married Minnie Esther Weller on 23 Jun 1897 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Minnie was born on 1 Mar 1874 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; died on 13 Sep 1959 in Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in 1959 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

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

Other Events:

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

Lavina married George Sears on 17 Mar 1847 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. George was born on 26 Mar 1824 in Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States; died on 17 Sep 1896 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1896 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

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

Other Events:

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

Other Events:

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

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:

• Occupation: Grocer, Washington Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph Benham, farmer, in the household of John Benham
• Military: Between 2 May 1864 and 25 Aug 1864; Civil War, 131st Regiment, National Guards
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph Benham, laborer, in the household of Albina Benham
• Census: 1880, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as J. P. Benham, grocer, head of household
• Census: 1900, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

...Joseph P. Benham, merchant, Centerville. Joseph P. Benham, son of John and Albina Benham was born in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio December 17, 1838. His father, born October 17, 1811, in Greene County, Ohio came with his parents to Montgomery County, Ohio, when about two years old. The larger part of his life was spent in Montgomery County. Died in Centerville April 28, 1862. Albina Benham, born October 17, 1815, in Pennsylvania, came with her parents to Greene County, Ohio, March, 1820; moved from Greene to Warren County, Ohio, March, 1825; then from Warren to Montgomery county, Ohio, in March, 1827. Married, March 9, 1837, to John Benham, Jr.; from this union were six children, three sons and three daughters, five of whom are now residents of Montgomery County, Ohio. The eldest child, Augustus, resides in Wabash, Ind.; is a merchant of that place. During the war of the rebellion, all three of the sons were in the army at one time, 1864. While they were in the tented field, the mother was at home in the agricultural field. That year, she raised five acres corn, one hundred bushels of Irish potatoes and nine bushels of sweet potatoes. Of the above farming, she hired out but one and one half days plowing in the crop; the balance of the work she did with the hoe. Of the potato crop, a neighbor farmer said he had out a much larger patch and only raised ten bushels.
...Joseph's principal occupation was farming up to the time he went into the army; was a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment National Guards; served his entire time at Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, Md.; mustered out of service latter part of the summer of 1864; discharge papers signed by Edward Stanton, Secretary of War, December 15, 1864. Again engaged in farming until the fall of 1870; then taking a Western trip, spending the winter of 1870 and 1871 with a traveling One-Dollar Store in Illinois; also paid a visit to relatives in Missouri, and returned home in the spring of 1871. Joseph rented a suitable room up-town for the office, and added a small stock of groceries; made that his business, his actual capital being $32. Prosperity has attended him, and business increased until he is now the owner of the best business property in town, with several smaller pieces of less value. Since the death of his father, he has been looked upon as the head of the family, which at that time was mother and three sisters. Since then two sisters have married; family now mother, one sister, niece and himself. (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. 260)

Other Events:

• Military: Civil War, Co. B, 93rd Ohio Volunteers - Private
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Andrew Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Andrew Benham, clerk, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Andrew Benham, journeyman plasterer, in the household of Albina Benham

Notes:

Andrew was in the Ninety-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Second Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps. The regiment was commanded by Col. Charles Anderson and Lieut. Col. Hiram Strong, who was a native of this township. The regiment left Dayton toward the latter part of August, 1862, and marched direct to Kentucky, where Andrew was taken prisoner and paroled on the second day of September, 1862. Was duly exchanged in January, 1863; returned to his regiment, and went through the following battles: Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Pine Mountain, Burnt hickory, Chattahoochie River, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Columbia, Franklin and Nashville; mustered out of the service June 15, 1865. (Source: Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1973, a reprodution of, "History of Montgomery County, Ohio", (original published - Chicago, Illinois: W. H. Beers & County, 1882), Biographical Sketches, Washington Township, pg. 26)

Family/Spouse: Eula A. Smith. Eula was born in 1841; died in 1920; was buried in 1920 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Jennie Pollock on 19 Feb 1871 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Jennie was born about 1846; died after 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Hattie Benham
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Harriet Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Harriett Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Hattie Benham, teacher, in the household of Albina Benham
• Census: 1880, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Hattie M. Benham, sister, in the household of Joseph Price Benham
• Census: 1900, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Elizabeth married William Vaughan on 18 May 1871 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. William was born on 31 Mar 1848; died on 12 Aug 1904; was buried in Aug 1904 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Ella Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Eleanor Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Ella Benham, in the household of Albina Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1850, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as D. Benham, in the household of A. Benham
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as David Benham, in the household of Aaron Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as David Benham, farm laborer, in the household of Adam Benham
• Census: 1880, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as David Benham, farmer, head of household

Notes:

John M. Benham told his grandchildren that David was living with them in Kosciuscko and Elkhart Counties, Indiana. David had a wife and children when he left to go west. Nothing was ever heard from him after that. (Source: John Hartsock, family group sheets dated May 4, 2000)

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, in the household of A. Benham
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as John M. Benham, in the household of Aaron Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farm laborer, in the household of Adam Benham
• Military: Between 1861 and 1865; Civil War, C. Co., Ohio Infantry
• Census: 1870, Pawnee Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States; as John Benham, works on farm, head of household
• Census: 1880, Joshua Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States; as John M. Benham, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1900, Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, United States; as John M. Benham, father, farmer, in the household of Argus Benham
• Census: 1910, Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, United States; as John Benham, laborer, head of household

Notes:

From Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio. He served in the Civil War from 1861 - 1865 in the same company as Augustine Benham. He was captured during this service and was in Andersonville Prison at the same time as his uncle William P. Benham. He was in Centerville from his discharge in 1865 for six months, then near Milford, Indiana; then in Taylorville, Christian County, Illinois; then near Mackanaw, Tazwell County, Illinois; then near Bushnell, Illinois; then near Fiatt, Fulton County, Illinois. In 1902 he was in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois age 64. (Source: notes from CJ)

John married Eliza Ann Miller on 11 May 1867 in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Eliza was born on 2 Dec 1847 in Indiana, United States; died on 8 Mar 1917; was buried in Mar 1917 in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as S. J. Benham, in the household of A. Benham
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Sarah Benham, in the household of Aaron Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Sarah Benham, in the household of Adam Benham

Sarah married James Champion on 6 Oct 1858 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. James was born on 8 Mar 1838 in Ohio, United States; died on 24 Jul 1902 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as M. E. Benham, in the household of A. Benham
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Mary E. Benham, in the household of Aaron Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Mary E. Benham, in the household of Adam Benham

Mary married William Asman on 22 Dec 1868 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Lydia Benham, in the household of Adam Benham
• Census: 1870, Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Lydia Lindamood, in the household of Nelson Lindamood
• Census: 1900, Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Lydia A. Long, wife, 4 children/2 living, in the household of James Long

Lydia married Andrew Nelson Lindenrmuth on 2 Jan 1870 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Andrew was born in 1818 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 25 May 1894 in Alexandersville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in 1894 in Moraine, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married James Long on 6 Sep 1894 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. James was born in Jun 1855 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 24 Dec 1908 in West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mollie Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Rachel Benham, in the household of Adam Benham
• Census: 1880, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Louisa Colvin, wife, in the household of Samuel Colvin
• Census: 1900, Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Rhael L. Colvin, wife, 3 children born-3 living, in the household of Samuel S. Colvin
• Military Pension: 30 Sep 1908; filed a Declaration of Wife for one-half of Samuel Colvin's Military Pension
• Census: 1910, West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Louisa R. Colvin, keeper of boarding house, 3 children born-3 living, in the household of Samuel Colvin; Address:
  240 West Pease Avenue
• Military Pension: 15 Dec 1914; filed a Declaration for Widows Pension
• Census: 1920, West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Louisa R. Colvin, widow, keeper of a boarding house, head of household; Address:
  34 Geiger Lane

Notes:

Louisa Benham ran a boarding house in her home in West Carrollton, Ohio. At different times her sons and daughter-in-laws lived with her and helped in the day-to-day work.

Military Pension:

Affidavit: 30 September 1908 - Declaration of wife Under Act of March 3, 1899 Louisa states she is Mrs. Louisa Colvin, aged 56 years, a resident of West Carrollton County of Montgomery, State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration under the act of March 3, 1899, in order to obtain one-half of the pension due or to become due her husband, Samuel Colvin who is a resident pensioner of the United States, and who is an inmate of National Military Home, Dayton, O. That her husband served as a Corporal in Co. A 89, Reg. Ohio Vol Inf.
16 February 1909 General Affidavit In the matter of Louisa Colvin under the Act of March 3-1899 in order to obtain one-half of the pension due her husband Samuel Colvin. We make the affidavit that Louisa Colvin is not divorced from her husband Samuel Colvin and that she is a woman of good moral character, always commanding the respect of the community. We further make affidavit that Louisa Colvin is in necessitous circumstances. She maintains her family by keeping a boarding house. She also has the care and maintenance of her husband Samuel Colvin's aged father. Signed: J.B. Shannon and W. M. Shade
2 March 1909 General Affidavit State of Ohio, County of Montgomery In the matter of Louisa Colvin receiving one half pension of Samuel Colvin. We declare that affidavit of the said Louisa Colvin is true and correct. We have known her for several years and are her neighbors and know she is in needy circumstances. She keeps a boarding house and the income scarcely gives her a living. Signed: A. H. Manning and Harvey Gassert

Military Pension:

5 January 1915 - Pensioner Dropped Certificate No. 204892, Pensioner Samuel Colvin, Service A 89 Ohio Inf. I have the honor to report that the name of the above-described pensioner was last paid at $18- to Sept 4, 1914 has this day been dropped from the roll because of death Dec. 1, 1914.
15 December 1914 Declaration for Widow's Pension. The final paper is a copy of a returned check with the information that the pensioner died Apr 30-21 (Last paid at $30 to Mar 4 1921.

Louisa married Samuel S. Colvin on 16 Jul 1873 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Samuel (son of Abraham Colvin and Cecelia A. Smith) was born on 14 Feb 1843 in Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio, United States; died on 1 Dec 1914 in West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 4 Dec 1914 in West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as George W. Benham, in the household of Adam Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as George Benham, in the household of Aaron Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Charles Benham, in the household of Aaron Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Lewis Benham, in the household of Aaron Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Robert Benham, in the household of Ivens Benham
• Census: 1860, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Robt. Benham, farm hand, in the household of Evan Benham
• Census: 1870, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Robert Benham, farm laborer, in the household of Ivans Benham

Robert married Clarinda Adaline Surface on 13 Jul 1871. Clarinda was born in 1842; died on 16 Dec 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Ann Ward

Lydia married George Washington Ward on 25 Dec 1859 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. George (son of James Ward and Hannah Fry) was born on 12 Dec 1837 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 26 Jan 1919 in Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 28 Jan 1919 in Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Cynthia Benham, in the household of Ivens Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, in the household of Ivens Benham
• Census: 1860, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farm hand, in the household of Evan Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as William Benham, in the household of Ivens Benham
• Census: 1860, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Wm. Benham, farm hand, in the household of Evan Benham
• Census: 1870, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as William Benham, in the household of Ivans Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Albert Benham, in the household of Ivens Benham
• Census: 1860, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Albert Benham, in the household of Evan Benham
• Census: 1870, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Albert Benham, farm laborer, in the household of Ivans Benham
• Census: 1900, Sheridan Township, Daviess County, Missouri, United States

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Gertrude Benham, in the household of Evan Benham
• Census: 1870, Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Gertrude Benham, in the household of Ivans Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Eliza Benham, miliner, in the household of Samuel Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Jennie Benham, in the household of Samuel Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as James Benham, farm laborer, in the household of Samuel Benham

James married Margaret Shimp on 25 Nov 1871. Margaret was born about Mar 1851 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 7 Mar 1893 in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: housepainter
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Wesley Benham, in the household of Samuel Benham
• Census: 1900, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Wesley J. Benham, paper hanger, head of household; Address:
  201 Brown Street
• Census: 1910, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Wesley Benham, boarder, widowed, house painter, in the household of Frank E. Hartsock
• Census: 1920, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Wesley Benham, uncle, widowed, house painter, in the household of Frank E. Hartsock
• Residence: 1935, Warren County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  Warren County Home
• Census: 1940, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Wesley Benham, inmate, same residence in 1935; Address:
  Warren County Home

Wesley married Mary E. Githens on 23 Jun 1875 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Mary was born in Jun 1858; and died. [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

Family/Spouse: Aaron Franklin Sears. Aaron (son of George Sears and Lavina Hatfield) was born on 12 Jan 1848 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; died on 23 Dec 1932 in Sugar Creek Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Dec 1932 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph Benham, in the household of Samuel Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph Benham, in the houseehold of Samuel Benham
• Census: 1880, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Joseph F. Benham, son, farm laborer, in the household of Samuel Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Theodore Benham, in the household of William Benham
• Census: 1870, Mad River Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Theodore S. Benham, apprentice cooper, in the household of Wm. P. Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Thomas C. Benham, in the household of William Benham
• Census: 1870, Mad River Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Thom. C. Benham, in the household of Wm. P. Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Roxana Benham, in the household of Levi Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Roxanna Benham, in the household of Levi Benham
• Census: 1880, Stranger Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Roxanna Ream, wife, in the household of Frank Ream
• Census: 1920, Fairmount Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Roxana Benham, mother, in the household of Harry Rehm

Roxana married Frank Xavier Rehm on 19 Nov 1877 in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. Frank was born on 18 Nov 1851 in Germany; died on 21 Dec 1932; was buried in Dec 1932 in Basehor, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Web Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as William Benham, in the household of Levi Benham
• Census: 1880, Stranger Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Webster Benham, farm laborer, in the household of Frank Ream
• Census: 1900, Fairmount Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States
• Census: 1910, Happy Township, Graham County, Kansas, United States

Family/Spouse: Mildred _____. Mildred and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; as James M. Benham, in the household of Wm. L. Benham
• Birth: 1 May 1850, Johnson Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States

Other Events:

• Physical Description: 12 Sep 1918; medium height, medium build, blue eyes and red hair
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Champaign County, Ohio, United States
• Occupation: 12 Sep 1918, Champaign County, Ohio, United States; farmer
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Champaign County, Ohio, United States

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Lawrence W. Nutt, in the household of Clarence E. Nutt