Lucy was the daughter of Irish immigrants Alexander Dunlap and Matilda Cain, who married between 1830 and 1834. They welcomed their first child, son Alexander Jr., on 29 Nov 1834 while in Pennsylvania. In 1936, they made their way to the city of Troy, Miami Co., Ohio, where Lucy was born in the fall of 1838. Alexander and Matilda were blessed with eleven children—Alexander (29 Nov 1834), Lucy (11 Oct 1838), William Thomas (c.1841), James (1843), George W. (c.1845), Charles (c.1847), Isabelle (1849), Rebecca J. (1851), Elizabeth Ellen (Jun 1853), Solomon (12 Sep 1856), and an unidentified child who died in infancy.
After Rebecca's birth in 1851, the family left Ohio and journeyed by wagon to their homestead in Green Township, Indiana. Elizabeth Ellen joined the family there in 1853. Sadly, four years after the move, the family lost husband and father Alexander in 1856 at age 52.
The 1860 Census found the family on their farm, three miles west of Argos in Green Township, Marshall Co., Indiana. Head of household was Matilda Dunlap, widowed, aged 46. Eldest son Alexander, aged 26, was managing the family farm and tending to the welfare of his nine younger siblings—Lucy, aged 21, William, aged 19, James, aged 16, George, aged 15, Charles, aged 13, Isabelle, aged 11, Rebecca, aged 9, Elizabeth, aged 7, and Solomon, aged 4. Isabelle was challenged with some sort of physical disability.
A year after that census, Lucy married Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Bennett on 26 Mar 1861 in Marshall County, Indiana. As bad luck would have it, the Civil War broke out a month later on 12 Apr 1861. Frank joined the war effort, enlisting in the Indiana Infantry as part of Co. E of the 17th regiment. The regiment was organized in May 1861 at Camp Morton in Indianapolis and Frank mustered in on 12 Jun 1861. Back home, Lucy was three months pregnant with daughter Tillie.
Frank's regiment left Indiana on July 1st and was engaged in building fortifications at Camp Pendleton for a month before being sent to Cheat Mountain. The regiment mixed it up with the Confederate Army at the Green Brier River on October 3rd. Back home, Lucy delivered daughter Tillie on 21 Nov 1861, almost exactly nine months to the day after she and Frank wed.
On November 30th, Frank's unit was sent to Louisville, Kentucky and was assigned to Nelson's division. They were at Camp Wickliffe for two months between December 10th and February 10th, after which they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they stayed until March 29th, arriving in Shiloh on April 8th. The regiment was involved in the siege of Corinth and then in the attack on Forrest, after which they marched to Louisville and fought at Munfordville. While the unit was camped at Bardstown, Kentucky, four soldiers deserted on 1 Oct 1862, Frank Bennett among them. Perhaps fearful of retribution, Frank disappeared rather than returning home to his family.
By the 1870 Census, Lucy, aged 32, was back living with her mother Matilda Dunlap, aged 55. Also there were Lucy's siblings Alexander, aged 36, William, aged 29, James, aged 28, George, aged 25, Charles, aged 23, Isabelle, aged 21, Rebecca, aged 19, Elizabeth, aged 17, and Solomon, aged 13. Lucy was enumerated with her maiden name, but listed last on the record was Lucy's 8-year-old daughter Tillie, enumerated with the Bennett surname.
A month before the next census was enumerated, Lucy married second-husband Anson Badgley on 16 May 1880 in Marshall Co., Indiana. It was also a second marriage for Anson. He had previously married Martha Allen on 31 Jul 1865 and they had four children together— (dau.) Frances (c.1866), Mary (c.1868), William (c.1870) and G. Ira (c.1872). Lucy, aged 41, appeared with Anson, aged 41 and farming, and her four step-children on the 1880 Census, taken in Walnut Township (Argos area), Marshall Co., Indiana between June 19th and 21st. Lucy's daughter Tillie, aged 19, was not living with her mother, step-father and step-siblings. She was living nearby with her uncles William and Solomon and her aunt Isabelle, and next door to her aunt Ella French (aka Elizabeth Ellen Dunlap) and Ella's husband Jordan.
The year 1880 was also the year Lucy lost her mother Matilda.
Without that 1890 Census, it is difficult to track a family unless there are other records for them. In 1891, Lucy's daughter Tillie married Joseph Eugene Marshall, the son of Andrew Marshall and Nancy Reed. They would have two sons together—an infant who was born and died on 13 Jul 1892, and Harold J. two years later on 3 May 1894. Another big change in Lucy's world would have been her divorce from Anson Badgley.
When the 1900 Census was taken, Lucy was living with Tillie and Joseph. Joseph Marshall, aged 40, was noted as a sheriff. Tillie, aged 38, reported that she had had two children, only one still living, that being 6-year-old Harold. Lucy (Lucia on the record), aged 68, was listed last on the record, noted as widowed and using her Bennett surname rather than Badgley. She reported that Tillie was her only child.
A number of pages from Marshall County's 1910 Census have such badly faded ink that they are impossible to read. I suspect that is why the family doesn't show up in a search using Ancestry.com's transcribed on-line records. I did find a petition for a Civil War widow's pension on 10 Dec 1917 for the widow of Benjamin Bennett, Co. E. 17th Indiana Infantry. To qualify for a widow's pension, the following requirements had to be met: 1) that the soldier served at least 90 days in the War of the Rebellion and was honorably discharged, 2) there is proof of the soldier's death (death cause need not have been due to Army service), 3) that his widow is without other means of support than her daily labor, and 4) that the widow was married to the soldier prior to June 27, 1890. Somehow, Lucy must have been able to substantiate Frank's death and get around the honorable discharge.
The family resurfaced on the 1920 Census, living on Lincoln St. in Plymouth. Joseph Marshall, aged 61, was no longer working. Tillie, aged 58, was keeping house. Still living with his parents was 25-year-old son Harold. Also still living with the family was Lucy, aged 81, identified as Joseph's mother-in-law and noted as a widow.
A few months after that census, Lucy's grandson Harold married Frances A. Thayer on 2 Oct 1920 in Plymouth. Two years later, Lucy died on 27 Apr 1922 at age 83. Three years later, Tillie made another trip to Oak Hill Cemetery to bury husband Joseph after his death on 13 Mar 1925.
After Rebecca's birth in 1851, the family left Ohio and journeyed by wagon to their homestead in Green Township, Indiana. Elizabeth Ellen joined the family there in 1853. Sadly, four years after the move, the family lost husband and father Alexander in 1856 at age 52.
The 1860 Census found the family on their farm, three miles west of Argos in Green Township, Marshall Co., Indiana. Head of household was Matilda Dunlap, widowed, aged 46. Eldest son Alexander, aged 26, was managing the family farm and tending to the welfare of his nine younger siblings—Lucy, aged 21, William, aged 19, James, aged 16, George, aged 15, Charles, aged 13, Isabelle, aged 11, Rebecca, aged 9, Elizabeth, aged 7, and Solomon, aged 4. Isabelle was challenged with some sort of physical disability.
A year after that census, Lucy married Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Bennett on 26 Mar 1861 in Marshall County, Indiana. As bad luck would have it, the Civil War broke out a month later on 12 Apr 1861. Frank joined the war effort, enlisting in the Indiana Infantry as part of Co. E of the 17th regiment. The regiment was organized in May 1861 at Camp Morton in Indianapolis and Frank mustered in on 12 Jun 1861. Back home, Lucy was three months pregnant with daughter Tillie.
Frank's regiment left Indiana on July 1st and was engaged in building fortifications at Camp Pendleton for a month before being sent to Cheat Mountain. The regiment mixed it up with the Confederate Army at the Green Brier River on October 3rd. Back home, Lucy delivered daughter Tillie on 21 Nov 1861, almost exactly nine months to the day after she and Frank wed.
On November 30th, Frank's unit was sent to Louisville, Kentucky and was assigned to Nelson's division. They were at Camp Wickliffe for two months between December 10th and February 10th, after which they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they stayed until March 29th, arriving in Shiloh on April 8th. The regiment was involved in the siege of Corinth and then in the attack on Forrest, after which they marched to Louisville and fought at Munfordville. While the unit was camped at Bardstown, Kentucky, four soldiers deserted on 1 Oct 1862, Frank Bennett among them. Perhaps fearful of retribution, Frank disappeared rather than returning home to his family.
By the 1870 Census, Lucy, aged 32, was back living with her mother Matilda Dunlap, aged 55. Also there were Lucy's siblings Alexander, aged 36, William, aged 29, James, aged 28, George, aged 25, Charles, aged 23, Isabelle, aged 21, Rebecca, aged 19, Elizabeth, aged 17, and Solomon, aged 13. Lucy was enumerated with her maiden name, but listed last on the record was Lucy's 8-year-old daughter Tillie, enumerated with the Bennett surname.
A month before the next census was enumerated, Lucy married second-husband Anson Badgley on 16 May 1880 in Marshall Co., Indiana. It was also a second marriage for Anson. He had previously married Martha Allen on 31 Jul 1865 and they had four children together— (dau.) Frances (c.1866), Mary (c.1868), William (c.1870) and G. Ira (c.1872). Lucy, aged 41, appeared with Anson, aged 41 and farming, and her four step-children on the 1880 Census, taken in Walnut Township (Argos area), Marshall Co., Indiana between June 19th and 21st. Lucy's daughter Tillie, aged 19, was not living with her mother, step-father and step-siblings. She was living nearby with her uncles William and Solomon and her aunt Isabelle, and next door to her aunt Ella French (aka Elizabeth Ellen Dunlap) and Ella's husband Jordan.
The year 1880 was also the year Lucy lost her mother Matilda.
Without that 1890 Census, it is difficult to track a family unless there are other records for them. In 1891, Lucy's daughter Tillie married Joseph Eugene Marshall, the son of Andrew Marshall and Nancy Reed. They would have two sons together—an infant who was born and died on 13 Jul 1892, and Harold J. two years later on 3 May 1894. Another big change in Lucy's world would have been her divorce from Anson Badgley.
When the 1900 Census was taken, Lucy was living with Tillie and Joseph. Joseph Marshall, aged 40, was noted as a sheriff. Tillie, aged 38, reported that she had had two children, only one still living, that being 6-year-old Harold. Lucy (Lucia on the record), aged 68, was listed last on the record, noted as widowed and using her Bennett surname rather than Badgley. She reported that Tillie was her only child.
A number of pages from Marshall County's 1910 Census have such badly faded ink that they are impossible to read. I suspect that is why the family doesn't show up in a search using Ancestry.com's transcribed on-line records. I did find a petition for a Civil War widow's pension on 10 Dec 1917 for the widow of Benjamin Bennett, Co. E. 17th Indiana Infantry. To qualify for a widow's pension, the following requirements had to be met: 1) that the soldier served at least 90 days in the War of the Rebellion and was honorably discharged, 2) there is proof of the soldier's death (death cause need not have been due to Army service), 3) that his widow is without other means of support than her daily labor, and 4) that the widow was married to the soldier prior to June 27, 1890. Somehow, Lucy must have been able to substantiate Frank's death and get around the honorable discharge.
The family resurfaced on the 1920 Census, living on Lincoln St. in Plymouth. Joseph Marshall, aged 61, was no longer working. Tillie, aged 58, was keeping house. Still living with his parents was 25-year-old son Harold. Also still living with the family was Lucy, aged 81, identified as Joseph's mother-in-law and noted as a widow.
A few months after that census, Lucy's grandson Harold married Frances A. Thayer on 2 Oct 1920 in Plymouth. Two years later, Lucy died on 27 Apr 1922 at age 83. Three years later, Tillie made another trip to Oak Hill Cemetery to bury husband Joseph after his death on 13 Mar 1925.
Lucy was the daughter of Irish immigrants Alexander Dunlap and Matilda Cain, who married between 1830 and 1834. They welcomed their first child, son Alexander Jr., on 29 Nov 1834 while in Pennsylvania. In 1936, they made their way to the city of Troy, Miami Co., Ohio, where Lucy was born in the fall of 1838. Alexander and Matilda were blessed with eleven children—Alexander (29 Nov 1834), Lucy (11 Oct 1838), William Thomas (c.1841), James (1843), George W. (c.1845), Charles (c.1847), Isabelle (1849), Rebecca J. (1851), Elizabeth Ellen (Jun 1853), Solomon (12 Sep 1856), and an unidentified child who died in infancy.
After Rebecca's birth in 1851, the family left Ohio and journeyed by wagon to their homestead in Green Township, Indiana. Elizabeth Ellen joined the family there in 1853. Sadly, four years after the move, the family lost husband and father Alexander in 1856 at age 52.
The 1860 Census found the family on their farm, three miles west of Argos in Green Township, Marshall Co., Indiana. Head of household was Matilda Dunlap, widowed, aged 46. Eldest son Alexander, aged 26, was managing the family farm and tending to the welfare of his nine younger siblings—Lucy, aged 21, William, aged 19, James, aged 16, George, aged 15, Charles, aged 13, Isabelle, aged 11, Rebecca, aged 9, Elizabeth, aged 7, and Solomon, aged 4. Isabelle was challenged with some sort of physical disability.
A year after that census, Lucy married Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Bennett on 26 Mar 1861 in Marshall County, Indiana. As bad luck would have it, the Civil War broke out a month later on 12 Apr 1861. Frank joined the war effort, enlisting in the Indiana Infantry as part of Co. E of the 17th regiment. The regiment was organized in May 1861 at Camp Morton in Indianapolis and Frank mustered in on 12 Jun 1861. Back home, Lucy was three months pregnant with daughter Tillie.
Frank's regiment left Indiana on July 1st and was engaged in building fortifications at Camp Pendleton for a month before being sent to Cheat Mountain. The regiment mixed it up with the Confederate Army at the Green Brier River on October 3rd. Back home, Lucy delivered daughter Tillie on 21 Nov 1861, almost exactly nine months to the day after she and Frank wed.
On November 30th, Frank's unit was sent to Louisville, Kentucky and was assigned to Nelson's division. They were at Camp Wickliffe for two months between December 10th and February 10th, after which they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they stayed until March 29th, arriving in Shiloh on April 8th. The regiment was involved in the siege of Corinth and then in the attack on Forrest, after which they marched to Louisville and fought at Munfordville. While the unit was camped at Bardstown, Kentucky, four soldiers deserted on 1 Oct 1862, Frank Bennett among them. Perhaps fearful of retribution, Frank disappeared rather than returning home to his family.
By the 1870 Census, Lucy, aged 32, was back living with her mother Matilda Dunlap, aged 55. Also there were Lucy's siblings Alexander, aged 36, William, aged 29, James, aged 28, George, aged 25, Charles, aged 23, Isabelle, aged 21, Rebecca, aged 19, Elizabeth, aged 17, and Solomon, aged 13. Lucy was enumerated with her maiden name, but listed last on the record was Lucy's 8-year-old daughter Tillie, enumerated with the Bennett surname.
A month before the next census was enumerated, Lucy married second-husband Anson Badgley on 16 May 1880 in Marshall Co., Indiana. It was also a second marriage for Anson. He had previously married Martha Allen on 31 Jul 1865 and they had four children together— (dau.) Frances (c.1866), Mary (c.1868), William (c.1870) and G. Ira (c.1872). Lucy, aged 41, appeared with Anson, aged 41 and farming, and her four step-children on the 1880 Census, taken in Walnut Township (Argos area), Marshall Co., Indiana between June 19th and 21st. Lucy's daughter Tillie, aged 19, was not living with her mother, step-father and step-siblings. She was living nearby with her uncles William and Solomon and her aunt Isabelle, and next door to her aunt Ella French (aka Elizabeth Ellen Dunlap) and Ella's husband Jordan.
The year 1880 was also the year Lucy lost her mother Matilda.
Without that 1890 Census, it is difficult to track a family unless there are other records for them. In 1891, Lucy's daughter Tillie married Joseph Eugene Marshall, the son of Andrew Marshall and Nancy Reed. They would have two sons together—an infant who was born and died on 13 Jul 1892, and Harold J. two years later on 3 May 1894. Another big change in Lucy's world would have been her divorce from Anson Badgley.
When the 1900 Census was taken, Lucy was living with Tillie and Joseph. Joseph Marshall, aged 40, was noted as a sheriff. Tillie, aged 38, reported that she had had two children, only one still living, that being 6-year-old Harold. Lucy (Lucia on the record), aged 68, was listed last on the record, noted as widowed and using her Bennett surname rather than Badgley. She reported that Tillie was her only child.
A number of pages from Marshall County's 1910 Census have such badly faded ink that they are impossible to read. I suspect that is why the family doesn't show up in a search using Ancestry.com's transcribed on-line records. I did find a petition for a Civil War widow's pension on 10 Dec 1917 for the widow of Benjamin Bennett, Co. E. 17th Indiana Infantry. To qualify for a widow's pension, the following requirements had to be met: 1) that the soldier served at least 90 days in the War of the Rebellion and was honorably discharged, 2) there is proof of the soldier's death (death cause need not have been due to Army service), 3) that his widow is without other means of support than her daily labor, and 4) that the widow was married to the soldier prior to June 27, 1890. Somehow, Lucy must have been able to substantiate Frank's death and get around the honorable discharge.
The family resurfaced on the 1920 Census, living on Lincoln St. in Plymouth. Joseph Marshall, aged 61, was no longer working. Tillie, aged 58, was keeping house. Still living with his parents was 25-year-old son Harold. Also still living with the family was Lucy, aged 81, identified as Joseph's mother-in-law and noted as a widow.
A few months after that census, Lucy's grandson Harold married Frances A. Thayer on 2 Oct 1920 in Plymouth. Two years later, Lucy died on 27 Apr 1922 at age 83. Three years later, Tillie made another trip to Oak Hill Cemetery to bury husband Joseph after his death on 13 Mar 1925.
After Rebecca's birth in 1851, the family left Ohio and journeyed by wagon to their homestead in Green Township, Indiana. Elizabeth Ellen joined the family there in 1853. Sadly, four years after the move, the family lost husband and father Alexander in 1856 at age 52.
The 1860 Census found the family on their farm, three miles west of Argos in Green Township, Marshall Co., Indiana. Head of household was Matilda Dunlap, widowed, aged 46. Eldest son Alexander, aged 26, was managing the family farm and tending to the welfare of his nine younger siblings—Lucy, aged 21, William, aged 19, James, aged 16, George, aged 15, Charles, aged 13, Isabelle, aged 11, Rebecca, aged 9, Elizabeth, aged 7, and Solomon, aged 4. Isabelle was challenged with some sort of physical disability.
A year after that census, Lucy married Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Bennett on 26 Mar 1861 in Marshall County, Indiana. As bad luck would have it, the Civil War broke out a month later on 12 Apr 1861. Frank joined the war effort, enlisting in the Indiana Infantry as part of Co. E of the 17th regiment. The regiment was organized in May 1861 at Camp Morton in Indianapolis and Frank mustered in on 12 Jun 1861. Back home, Lucy was three months pregnant with daughter Tillie.
Frank's regiment left Indiana on July 1st and was engaged in building fortifications at Camp Pendleton for a month before being sent to Cheat Mountain. The regiment mixed it up with the Confederate Army at the Green Brier River on October 3rd. Back home, Lucy delivered daughter Tillie on 21 Nov 1861, almost exactly nine months to the day after she and Frank wed.
On November 30th, Frank's unit was sent to Louisville, Kentucky and was assigned to Nelson's division. They were at Camp Wickliffe for two months between December 10th and February 10th, after which they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they stayed until March 29th, arriving in Shiloh on April 8th. The regiment was involved in the siege of Corinth and then in the attack on Forrest, after which they marched to Louisville and fought at Munfordville. While the unit was camped at Bardstown, Kentucky, four soldiers deserted on 1 Oct 1862, Frank Bennett among them. Perhaps fearful of retribution, Frank disappeared rather than returning home to his family.
By the 1870 Census, Lucy, aged 32, was back living with her mother Matilda Dunlap, aged 55. Also there were Lucy's siblings Alexander, aged 36, William, aged 29, James, aged 28, George, aged 25, Charles, aged 23, Isabelle, aged 21, Rebecca, aged 19, Elizabeth, aged 17, and Solomon, aged 13. Lucy was enumerated with her maiden name, but listed last on the record was Lucy's 8-year-old daughter Tillie, enumerated with the Bennett surname.
A month before the next census was enumerated, Lucy married second-husband Anson Badgley on 16 May 1880 in Marshall Co., Indiana. It was also a second marriage for Anson. He had previously married Martha Allen on 31 Jul 1865 and they had four children together— (dau.) Frances (c.1866), Mary (c.1868), William (c.1870) and G. Ira (c.1872). Lucy, aged 41, appeared with Anson, aged 41 and farming, and her four step-children on the 1880 Census, taken in Walnut Township (Argos area), Marshall Co., Indiana between June 19th and 21st. Lucy's daughter Tillie, aged 19, was not living with her mother, step-father and step-siblings. She was living nearby with her uncles William and Solomon and her aunt Isabelle, and next door to her aunt Ella French (aka Elizabeth Ellen Dunlap) and Ella's husband Jordan.
The year 1880 was also the year Lucy lost her mother Matilda.
Without that 1890 Census, it is difficult to track a family unless there are other records for them. In 1891, Lucy's daughter Tillie married Joseph Eugene Marshall, the son of Andrew Marshall and Nancy Reed. They would have two sons together—an infant who was born and died on 13 Jul 1892, and Harold J. two years later on 3 May 1894. Another big change in Lucy's world would have been her divorce from Anson Badgley.
When the 1900 Census was taken, Lucy was living with Tillie and Joseph. Joseph Marshall, aged 40, was noted as a sheriff. Tillie, aged 38, reported that she had had two children, only one still living, that being 6-year-old Harold. Lucy (Lucia on the record), aged 68, was listed last on the record, noted as widowed and using her Bennett surname rather than Badgley. She reported that Tillie was her only child.
A number of pages from Marshall County's 1910 Census have such badly faded ink that they are impossible to read. I suspect that is why the family doesn't show up in a search using Ancestry.com's transcribed on-line records. I did find a petition for a Civil War widow's pension on 10 Dec 1917 for the widow of Benjamin Bennett, Co. E. 17th Indiana Infantry. To qualify for a widow's pension, the following requirements had to be met: 1) that the soldier served at least 90 days in the War of the Rebellion and was honorably discharged, 2) there is proof of the soldier's death (death cause need not have been due to Army service), 3) that his widow is without other means of support than her daily labor, and 4) that the widow was married to the soldier prior to June 27, 1890. Somehow, Lucy must have been able to substantiate Frank's death and get around the honorable discharge.
The family resurfaced on the 1920 Census, living on Lincoln St. in Plymouth. Joseph Marshall, aged 61, was no longer working. Tillie, aged 58, was keeping house. Still living with his parents was 25-year-old son Harold. Also still living with the family was Lucy, aged 81, identified as Joseph's mother-in-law and noted as a widow.
A few months after that census, Lucy's grandson Harold married Frances A. Thayer on 2 Oct 1920 in Plymouth. Two years later, Lucy died on 27 Apr 1922 at age 83. Three years later, Tillie made another trip to Oak Hill Cemetery to bury husband Joseph after his death on 13 Mar 1925.
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