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THOMAS B. BENNER, retired farmer, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Center County, Penn., September 10, 1803, and is a son of Philip and Ruthy (Roberts) Benner, both natives of Pennsylvania, the latter of Welsh descent. The former was brought up a Quaker, and was an iron-master of iron works—one of the oldest in his part of the country. Our subject was the seventh of a family of eight children, four boys and four girls, and received an education at the common schools. He worked at nail-cutting with his father until he was thirty years of age, and then came to Ohio, settling in Mill Township, where he has lived for over a half century. He was proprietor of a saw-mill, and manufactured woolens in Uhrichsville for ten years, and afterward took up farming, purchasing, in this township, 600 acres of land, which is now known as the Bent farm. In 1828, he was married to Martha Thompson Robert, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and is of Irish descent. The twelve children born to this union are Philip K. (deceased), a conductor on the Pan Handle Railroad, killed in a collision October 2, 1868; Elizabeth, wife of Alex Patterson, who owns a coal mine in Pittsburgh, Penn.; Mary, wife of Charles Minnich, a merchant in Trenton, Ohio; Robert, married, a farmer in Warwick Township; Ellen, wife of George Croniner, who farms on her father's land; and five children who died in infancy. Mrs. Benner died on February 8, 1850; she was a member of the Lutheran Church. In 1860, Mr. Benner married Rachel C., daughter of Jesse Lewis, but no children have blessed this union. In politics, be is a Democrat, and was Treasurer of Mill Township for ten years, during which time he never once asked for any compensation. He has also served as School Director. He is the owner of 175 acres of land. His father was a teamster for Gen. George Washington, who always called the former "General", which title he ever afterward bore.
Contributor: John Rich (49656524)
THOMAS B. BENNER, retired farmer, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Center County, Penn., September 10, 1803, and is a son of Philip and Ruthy (Roberts) Benner, both natives of Pennsylvania, the latter of Welsh descent. The former was brought up a Quaker, and was an iron-master of iron works—one of the oldest in his part of the country. Our subject was the seventh of a family of eight children, four boys and four girls, and received an education at the common schools. He worked at nail-cutting with his father until he was thirty years of age, and then came to Ohio, settling in Mill Township, where he has lived for over a half century. He was proprietor of a saw-mill, and manufactured woolens in Uhrichsville for ten years, and afterward took up farming, purchasing, in this township, 600 acres of land, which is now known as the Bent farm. In 1828, he was married to Martha Thompson Robert, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and is of Irish descent. The twelve children born to this union are Philip K. (deceased), a conductor on the Pan Handle Railroad, killed in a collision October 2, 1868; Elizabeth, wife of Alex Patterson, who owns a coal mine in Pittsburgh, Penn.; Mary, wife of Charles Minnich, a merchant in Trenton, Ohio; Robert, married, a farmer in Warwick Township; Ellen, wife of George Croniner, who farms on her father's land; and five children who died in infancy. Mrs. Benner died on February 8, 1850; she was a member of the Lutheran Church. In 1860, Mr. Benner married Rachel C., daughter of Jesse Lewis, but no children have blessed this union. In politics, be is a Democrat, and was Treasurer of Mill Township for ten years, during which time he never once asked for any compensation. He has also served as School Director. He is the owner of 175 acres of land. His father was a teamster for Gen. George Washington, who always called the former "General", which title he ever afterward bore.
Contributor: John Rich (49656524)
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THOMAS B. BENNER, retired farmer, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Center County, Penn., September 10, 1803, and is a son of Philip and Ruthy (Roberts) Benner, both natives of Pennsylvania, the latter of Welsh descent. The former was brought up a Quaker, and was an iron-master of iron works—one of the oldest in his part of the country. Our subject was the seventh of a family of eight children, four boys and four girls, and received an education at the common schools. He worked at nail-cutting with his father until he was thirty years of age, and then came to Ohio, settling in Mill Township, where he has lived for over a half century. He was proprietor of a saw-mill, and manufactured woolens in Uhrichsville for ten years, and afterward took up farming, purchasing, in this township, 600 acres of land, which is now known as the Bent farm. In 1828, he was married to Martha Thompson Robert, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and is of Irish descent. The twelve children born to this union are Philip K. (deceased), a conductor on the Pan Handle Railroad, killed in a collision October 2, 1868; Elizabeth, wife of Alex Patterson, who owns a coal mine in Pittsburgh, Penn.; Mary, wife of Charles Minnich, a merchant in Trenton, Ohio; Robert, married, a farmer in Warwick Township; Ellen, wife of George Croniner, who farms on her father's land; and five children who died in infancy. Mrs. Benner died on February 8, 1850; she was a member of the Lutheran Church. In 1860, Mr. Benner married Rachel C., daughter of Jesse Lewis, but no children have blessed this union. In politics, be is a Democrat, and was Treasurer of Mill Township for ten years, during which time he never once asked for any compensation. He has also served as School Director. He is the owner of 175 acres of land. His father was a teamster for Gen. George Washington, who always called the former "General", which title he ever afterward bore.
Contributor: John Rich (49656524)
THOMAS B. BENNER, retired farmer, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Center County, Penn., September 10, 1803, and is a son of Philip and Ruthy (Roberts) Benner, both natives of Pennsylvania, the latter of Welsh descent. The former was brought up a Quaker, and was an iron-master of iron works—one of the oldest in his part of the country. Our subject was the seventh of a family of eight children, four boys and four girls, and received an education at the common schools. He worked at nail-cutting with his father until he was thirty years of age, and then came to Ohio, settling in Mill Township, where he has lived for over a half century. He was proprietor of a saw-mill, and manufactured woolens in Uhrichsville for ten years, and afterward took up farming, purchasing, in this township, 600 acres of land, which is now known as the Bent farm. In 1828, he was married to Martha Thompson Robert, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and is of Irish descent. The twelve children born to this union are Philip K. (deceased), a conductor on the Pan Handle Railroad, killed in a collision October 2, 1868; Elizabeth, wife of Alex Patterson, who owns a coal mine in Pittsburgh, Penn.; Mary, wife of Charles Minnich, a merchant in Trenton, Ohio; Robert, married, a farmer in Warwick Township; Ellen, wife of George Croniner, who farms on her father's land; and five children who died in infancy. Mrs. Benner died on February 8, 1850; she was a member of the Lutheran Church. In 1860, Mr. Benner married Rachel C., daughter of Jesse Lewis, but no children have blessed this union. In politics, be is a Democrat, and was Treasurer of Mill Township for ten years, during which time he never once asked for any compensation. He has also served as School Director. He is the owner of 175 acres of land. His father was a teamster for Gen. George Washington, who always called the former "General", which title he ever afterward bore.
Contributor: John Rich (49656524)
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