Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941:
Name: Walter Benton
Spouse Name: Mary J. Daly
Marriage Date: Feb 24 1876
Marriage County: Johnson
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 11, 1890 Volume XXX, Number 42, page 3, column 1
Rev. C. W. Tinsley received word on Thursday morning of last week announcing the death of his grandfather, Rev. Walter Benton, at his home in Brownstown. The funeral took place on Sunday, Mr. Tinsley conducting the services. [Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
"In "A Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors" of our father, published by him in June, 1878, for "distribution among among his children, relatives and friends," he relates that at the time (1789) his father, David Benton, removed from Berkshire, Massachusetts, to New York, the country was so sparsely settled that it was said there were only three white women in eleven contiguous counties; and these, presumably were his wife and the wives of his brother Caleb and their uncle Levi Benton. It was under the auspices of his brother, Caleb, who, a few years previously, had become the agent of Phelps and Gorham for the sale of lands in the extensive tract of which they were trustees, that David and Levi Benton." John Hogan Benton, 1906
“In April, 1819, Mr. David Benton, with his family, left Olean, NY, for the then “far West,” sailing down the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, landing near Charlestown and locating at Brownstown, this county [Jackson]. The next year young Walter returned to New York on horseback, making the trip of 650 miles in twenty-one days, in order to make some collections. He came back to Indiana, and near the close of the same year (1820) he made another trip to New York on horseback, and married Miss Elizabeth Coe. Returning to their Western home Mrs. Benton soon died, leaving one son - Albert. In 1824 Mr. Benton married Mrs. Hettie Banks, nee Vermilya, and by this marriage were nine children: George, John, Wilbur, Charles, Asbury, Walter, Phebe, Kate and Eva. Their mother died November 6, 1875, and the following year Mr. Benton married Mrs. Mary J. Daly, daughter of John and Nancy Freese. Mr. Benton has now passed a life of half a century as a Methodist minister of the gospel, true to his calling, and considerably more that that time as a resident of this county. He and his brother William are the only inhabitants now living who resided in Brownstown as early as 1819 or 1820. In 1826 our subject was elected and commissioned lieutenant colonel of militia, was postmaster eight or ten years, was circuit court clerk and county recorder 1838-45, and has been generally successful in his business undertakings and honorable in them all, as well as capable and faithful in the discharge of his public duties. He has also been prominent in the cause of temperance, being a delegate to the State and National Grand Lodges of the Good Templar order; and he has visited many jails and State prisons on the holy mission from which sprung up a correspondence obligating him at one time to write as many as 300 letters in one year.” [Note: this account was published when Walter was 87 years old.] Brant & Fuller, History of Jackson County, Indiana, 1886
It is interesting to note that the year Walter moved to Indiana was near the end of the Year Without a Summer time period, which actually started in 1815, with the massive eruption of a volcano in Indonesia, peaked in 1816 with many deep snows and freezing temperatures in the New England states that caused successive crop failures, and tapered off in the years 1817-1819. This Benton family appears to have survived the worst years, but, as many others did, I speculate that they finally could not make it in the New York area after so many setbacks, and sought refuge in the newly opened territories of the Midwest. --Amanda Bohm
Name: Walter Benton
Spouse Name: Mary J. Daly
Marriage Date: Feb 24 1876
Marriage County: Johnson
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 11, 1890 Volume XXX, Number 42, page 3, column 1
Rev. C. W. Tinsley received word on Thursday morning of last week announcing the death of his grandfather, Rev. Walter Benton, at his home in Brownstown. The funeral took place on Sunday, Mr. Tinsley conducting the services. [Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
"In "A Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors" of our father, published by him in June, 1878, for "distribution among among his children, relatives and friends," he relates that at the time (1789) his father, David Benton, removed from Berkshire, Massachusetts, to New York, the country was so sparsely settled that it was said there were only three white women in eleven contiguous counties; and these, presumably were his wife and the wives of his brother Caleb and their uncle Levi Benton. It was under the auspices of his brother, Caleb, who, a few years previously, had become the agent of Phelps and Gorham for the sale of lands in the extensive tract of which they were trustees, that David and Levi Benton." John Hogan Benton, 1906
“In April, 1819, Mr. David Benton, with his family, left Olean, NY, for the then “far West,” sailing down the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, landing near Charlestown and locating at Brownstown, this county [Jackson]. The next year young Walter returned to New York on horseback, making the trip of 650 miles in twenty-one days, in order to make some collections. He came back to Indiana, and near the close of the same year (1820) he made another trip to New York on horseback, and married Miss Elizabeth Coe. Returning to their Western home Mrs. Benton soon died, leaving one son - Albert. In 1824 Mr. Benton married Mrs. Hettie Banks, nee Vermilya, and by this marriage were nine children: George, John, Wilbur, Charles, Asbury, Walter, Phebe, Kate and Eva. Their mother died November 6, 1875, and the following year Mr. Benton married Mrs. Mary J. Daly, daughter of John and Nancy Freese. Mr. Benton has now passed a life of half a century as a Methodist minister of the gospel, true to his calling, and considerably more that that time as a resident of this county. He and his brother William are the only inhabitants now living who resided in Brownstown as early as 1819 or 1820. In 1826 our subject was elected and commissioned lieutenant colonel of militia, was postmaster eight or ten years, was circuit court clerk and county recorder 1838-45, and has been generally successful in his business undertakings and honorable in them all, as well as capable and faithful in the discharge of his public duties. He has also been prominent in the cause of temperance, being a delegate to the State and National Grand Lodges of the Good Templar order; and he has visited many jails and State prisons on the holy mission from which sprung up a correspondence obligating him at one time to write as many as 300 letters in one year.” [Note: this account was published when Walter was 87 years old.] Brant & Fuller, History of Jackson County, Indiana, 1886
It is interesting to note that the year Walter moved to Indiana was near the end of the Year Without a Summer time period, which actually started in 1815, with the massive eruption of a volcano in Indonesia, peaked in 1816 with many deep snows and freezing temperatures in the New England states that caused successive crop failures, and tapered off in the years 1817-1819. This Benton family appears to have survived the worst years, but, as many others did, I speculate that they finally could not make it in the New York area after so many setbacks, and sought refuge in the newly opened territories of the Midwest. --Amanda Bohm
Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941:
Name: Walter Benton
Spouse Name: Mary J. Daly
Marriage Date: Feb 24 1876
Marriage County: Johnson
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 11, 1890 Volume XXX, Number 42, page 3, column 1
Rev. C. W. Tinsley received word on Thursday morning of last week announcing the death of his grandfather, Rev. Walter Benton, at his home in Brownstown. The funeral took place on Sunday, Mr. Tinsley conducting the services. [Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
"In "A Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors" of our father, published by him in June, 1878, for "distribution among among his children, relatives and friends," he relates that at the time (1789) his father, David Benton, removed from Berkshire, Massachusetts, to New York, the country was so sparsely settled that it was said there were only three white women in eleven contiguous counties; and these, presumably were his wife and the wives of his brother Caleb and their uncle Levi Benton. It was under the auspices of his brother, Caleb, who, a few years previously, had become the agent of Phelps and Gorham for the sale of lands in the extensive tract of which they were trustees, that David and Levi Benton." John Hogan Benton, 1906
“In April, 1819, Mr. David Benton, with his family, left Olean, NY, for the then “far West,” sailing down the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, landing near Charlestown and locating at Brownstown, this county [Jackson]. The next year young Walter returned to New York on horseback, making the trip of 650 miles in twenty-one days, in order to make some collections. He came back to Indiana, and near the close of the same year (1820) he made another trip to New York on horseback, and married Miss Elizabeth Coe. Returning to their Western home Mrs. Benton soon died, leaving one son - Albert. In 1824 Mr. Benton married Mrs. Hettie Banks, nee Vermilya, and by this marriage were nine children: George, John, Wilbur, Charles, Asbury, Walter, Phebe, Kate and Eva. Their mother died November 6, 1875, and the following year Mr. Benton married Mrs. Mary J. Daly, daughter of John and Nancy Freese. Mr. Benton has now passed a life of half a century as a Methodist minister of the gospel, true to his calling, and considerably more that that time as a resident of this county. He and his brother William are the only inhabitants now living who resided in Brownstown as early as 1819 or 1820. In 1826 our subject was elected and commissioned lieutenant colonel of militia, was postmaster eight or ten years, was circuit court clerk and county recorder 1838-45, and has been generally successful in his business undertakings and honorable in them all, as well as capable and faithful in the discharge of his public duties. He has also been prominent in the cause of temperance, being a delegate to the State and National Grand Lodges of the Good Templar order; and he has visited many jails and State prisons on the holy mission from which sprung up a correspondence obligating him at one time to write as many as 300 letters in one year.” [Note: this account was published when Walter was 87 years old.] Brant & Fuller, History of Jackson County, Indiana, 1886
It is interesting to note that the year Walter moved to Indiana was near the end of the Year Without a Summer time period, which actually started in 1815, with the massive eruption of a volcano in Indonesia, peaked in 1816 with many deep snows and freezing temperatures in the New England states that caused successive crop failures, and tapered off in the years 1817-1819. This Benton family appears to have survived the worst years, but, as many others did, I speculate that they finally could not make it in the New York area after so many setbacks, and sought refuge in the newly opened territories of the Midwest. --Amanda Bohm
Name: Walter Benton
Spouse Name: Mary J. Daly
Marriage Date: Feb 24 1876
Marriage County: Johnson
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 11, 1890 Volume XXX, Number 42, page 3, column 1
Rev. C. W. Tinsley received word on Thursday morning of last week announcing the death of his grandfather, Rev. Walter Benton, at his home in Brownstown. The funeral took place on Sunday, Mr. Tinsley conducting the services. [Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
"In "A Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors" of our father, published by him in June, 1878, for "distribution among among his children, relatives and friends," he relates that at the time (1789) his father, David Benton, removed from Berkshire, Massachusetts, to New York, the country was so sparsely settled that it was said there were only three white women in eleven contiguous counties; and these, presumably were his wife and the wives of his brother Caleb and their uncle Levi Benton. It was under the auspices of his brother, Caleb, who, a few years previously, had become the agent of Phelps and Gorham for the sale of lands in the extensive tract of which they were trustees, that David and Levi Benton." John Hogan Benton, 1906
“In April, 1819, Mr. David Benton, with his family, left Olean, NY, for the then “far West,” sailing down the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, landing near Charlestown and locating at Brownstown, this county [Jackson]. The next year young Walter returned to New York on horseback, making the trip of 650 miles in twenty-one days, in order to make some collections. He came back to Indiana, and near the close of the same year (1820) he made another trip to New York on horseback, and married Miss Elizabeth Coe. Returning to their Western home Mrs. Benton soon died, leaving one son - Albert. In 1824 Mr. Benton married Mrs. Hettie Banks, nee Vermilya, and by this marriage were nine children: George, John, Wilbur, Charles, Asbury, Walter, Phebe, Kate and Eva. Their mother died November 6, 1875, and the following year Mr. Benton married Mrs. Mary J. Daly, daughter of John and Nancy Freese. Mr. Benton has now passed a life of half a century as a Methodist minister of the gospel, true to his calling, and considerably more that that time as a resident of this county. He and his brother William are the only inhabitants now living who resided in Brownstown as early as 1819 or 1820. In 1826 our subject was elected and commissioned lieutenant colonel of militia, was postmaster eight or ten years, was circuit court clerk and county recorder 1838-45, and has been generally successful in his business undertakings and honorable in them all, as well as capable and faithful in the discharge of his public duties. He has also been prominent in the cause of temperance, being a delegate to the State and National Grand Lodges of the Good Templar order; and he has visited many jails and State prisons on the holy mission from which sprung up a correspondence obligating him at one time to write as many as 300 letters in one year.” [Note: this account was published when Walter was 87 years old.] Brant & Fuller, History of Jackson County, Indiana, 1886
It is interesting to note that the year Walter moved to Indiana was near the end of the Year Without a Summer time period, which actually started in 1815, with the massive eruption of a volcano in Indonesia, peaked in 1816 with many deep snows and freezing temperatures in the New England states that caused successive crop failures, and tapered off in the years 1817-1819. This Benton family appears to have survived the worst years, but, as many others did, I speculate that they finally could not make it in the New York area after so many setbacks, and sought refuge in the newly opened territories of the Midwest. --Amanda Bohm
