Family research up dated 2023 bio by Marilyn (Nutter) Pederson.
Benjamin Leigh.6, (Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 14 February 1832, Edwardsville, Madison County Illinois, died: 11 January 1879, Girard, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, son of: Albert Gallatin Leigh and Mary Brooks, married: 6 October 1853 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County Illinois, Mary Ellen Crenshaw, born: 10 October 1838, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County Illinois, died: 17 December 1899, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, buried: Girard Cemetery, Macoupin County Illinois. Children; Laura Ellen (Leigh) Nutter (Mrs. Charles Henry Nutter), Margaret Isabel "Maggie" (Leigh) Schanning (Mrs. Richard P. Schanning), Emma Frances (Leigh) Foster - Roberts (Mrs. William B. Foster)(Mrs. Henry Pendelton Roberts), Alice Bertha (Leigh) Goodell (Mrs. Warren Henderson Goodell), Benjamin Albert Leigh.
Tombstones Revelations published by the Macoupin County Historical Society;
Benjamin Leigh (Co.H.122 IL. inf.) 46 yrs. 10 mo. 26 days, 01-11-1879
Source; Illinois State Archives Civil War Report, The Record of Adjutant General's Office now in state archives:
Leigh, Benjamin, Rank Capt., Unit Co. H, 122nd IL, age 30, height 5 ft. 9 1/2 in. married, merchant, born Madison Co., IL. Joined for service and enrolled Aug. 10, 1862, Girard, IL for 3 years mustered in September 4, 1862 Carlinville, IL by Capt. Ewing, resides in Girard, Macoupin County, IL. Mustered out July 15, 1865 in Mobile, AL by Lt. Broderick.
Source; Girard Gazette, Saturday, January 18, 1879
Died, Capt. Benjamin Leigh at the residence of his brother A.G. Leigh, this city on Saturday, January 11 at the age of 46 years, 10 months and 23 days. Deceased was well known over the county, especially in Girard, and vicinity, having lived in Girard for the past twenty years except the last year he had been living at Pleasant Plains, Mr. Leigh's business here when he took sick, was looking up a place to live, he was postmaster here during both terms of Grants administration, he served his county during the last unpleasantness, as Capt. of Co. H, 122nd. Illinois, he leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss.
Source; Carlinville Free Democrat, Jan. 16, 1879, Girard locals
Capt. Ben Leigh, died at the residence of his brother Al, last Saturday of Pneumonia, he came back to look up a place to move to as he had sold out his coal mines at Pleasant Plains. On Monday last he was taken sick and sank rapidly.
Margaret Isabel "Maggie" Leigh.7, (Benjamin Leigh.6, Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 6 October 1858, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, died: 19 December 1943, Manhattan, New York County New York, buried; Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium, Middle Village, Queens County New York, daughter of: Benjamin Leigh and Mary Ellen Crenshaw, married: 25 December 1878, Sangamon County Illinois, Richard Patrick Schanning, born: 1856, Macoupin County Illinois, died: 8 July 1883, Brighton, Macoupin County Illinois, son of; Daniel Schaning and Elizabeth Longest, Known Child; Laura Ellen "Lottie" Schaning (Mrs. Theodore Sidney Jenkins)
Margaret Isabel "Maggie" Leigh.8, (Mary Ellen Crenshaw.7, William E. Crenshaw.6, William Crenshaw.5, Abraham Crenshaw.4, Gideon Crenshaw.3, Josep-h Crenshaw.2, Thomas J. Crenshaw.1)
Source; Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Richard P. Schaning
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Maggie Isabel Leigh
Marriage Date: Dec 25, 1878
Marriage County: Sangamon
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Springfield, Illinois.
Known Fact; Maggie and Richard Schaning had two children we only know of the one:, Laura Ellen "Lottie" Schaning, aged one, on the 1880 census, Macoupin county Illinois, Margaret is on the 1880 census with her husband Richard P. Schaning, listed with her Widowed Mother Mary Ellen (Crenshaw) Leigh, on the 1900 census in New York, she is listed as Widowed and her brother Benjamin Albert Leigh, is living with her and daughter Lottie, she is listed as Margaret Shane, living with her sister, Emma Roberts, and brother-in-law, Henry P. Roberts, on the 1910 census, Fayette County Kentucky, as a Widow, stating she was the Mother of one child, one child living.
Known facts; Richard P. Schaning, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Longest) Shaning, they married 4 July 1841, Macoupin County Illinois, had the following Children; taken from census records, 1850 lists John W., Mary J., Ellen Louise, and Caroline. 1860, lists John W., Mary J., Ellen L., Sarah C., James J., George D., Martha E., Richard P., Emily S., on the 1870 census is George, Richard, Martha, Emma, Susan, and on the 1880 census is, daughter, Ellen L. McKEE, and three of her children, John, Mary E., and a daughter, Birdie McKee, and listed is Daniel and Elizabeth Schaning's daughter Martha E., and her husband Melvin Hodges, all census records were recorded in Macoupin County Illinois.
Source; Illinois Marriage search 1763-1900
Schaming, Richard P., Leigh, Maggie I., 12/25/1878 005/0218, Sangamon
Benjamin Leigh.6, (Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 14 February 1832, Edwardsville, Madison County Illinois, died: 11 January 1879, Girard, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, son of: Albert Gallatin Leigh and Mary Brooks, married: 6 October 1853 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County Illinois, Mary Ellen Crenshaw, born: 10 October 1838, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County Illinois, died: 17 December 1899, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, buried: Girard Cemetery, Macoupin County Illinois. Children; Laura Ellen (Leigh) Nutter (Mrs. Charles Henry Nutter), Margaret Isabel "Maggie" (Leigh) Schanning (Mrs. Richard P. Schanning), Emma Frances (Leigh) Foster - Roberts (Mrs. William B. Foster)(Mrs. Henry Pendelton Roberts), Alice Bertha (Leigh) Goodell (Mrs. Warren Henderson Goodell), Benjamin Albert Leigh.
Tombstones Revelations published by the Macoupin County Historical Society;
Benjamin Leigh (Co.H.122 IL. inf.) 46 yrs. 10 mo. 26 days, 01-11-1879
Source; Illinois State Archives Civil War Report, The Record of Adjutant General's Office now in state archives:
Leigh, Benjamin, Rank Capt., Unit Co. H, 122nd IL, age 30, height 5 ft. 9 1/2 in. married, merchant, born Madison Co., IL. Joined for service and enrolled Aug. 10, 1862, Girard, IL for 3 years mustered in September 4, 1862 Carlinville, IL by Capt. Ewing, resides in Girard, Macoupin County, IL. Mustered out July 15, 1865 in Mobile, AL by Lt. Broderick.
Source; Girard Gazette, Saturday, January 18, 1879
Died, Capt. Benjamin Leigh at the residence of his brother A.G. Leigh, this city on Saturday, January 11 at the age of 46 years, 10 months and 23 days. Deceased was well known over the county, especially in Girard, and vicinity, having lived in Girard for the past twenty years except the last year he had been living at Pleasant Plains, Mr. Leigh's business here when he took sick, was looking up a place to live, he was postmaster here during both terms of Grants administration, he served his county during the last unpleasantness, as Capt. of Co. H, 122nd. Illinois, he leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss.
Source; Carlinville Free Democrat, Jan. 16, 1879, Girard locals
Capt. Ben Leigh, died at the residence of his brother Al, last Saturday of Pneumonia, he came back to look up a place to move to as he had sold out his coal mines at Pleasant Plains. On Monday last he was taken sick and sank rapidly.
Margaret Isabel "Maggie" Leigh.7, (Benjamin Leigh.6, Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 6 October 1858, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, died: 19 December 1943, Manhattan, New York County New York, buried; Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium, Middle Village, Queens County New York, daughter of: Benjamin Leigh and Mary Ellen Crenshaw, married: 25 December 1878, Sangamon County Illinois, Richard Patrick Schanning, born: 1856, Macoupin County Illinois, died: 8 July 1883, Brighton, Macoupin County Illinois, son of; Daniel Schaning and Elizabeth Longest, Known Child; Laura Ellen "Lottie" Schaning (Mrs. Theodore Sidney Jenkins)
Margaret Isabel "Maggie" Leigh.8, (Mary Ellen Crenshaw.7, William E. Crenshaw.6, William Crenshaw.5, Abraham Crenshaw.4, Gideon Crenshaw.3, Josep-h Crenshaw.2, Thomas J. Crenshaw.1)
Source; Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Richard P. Schaning
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Maggie Isabel Leigh
Marriage Date: Dec 25, 1878
Marriage County: Sangamon
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Springfield, Illinois.
Known Fact; Maggie and Richard Schaning had two children we only know of the one:, Laura Ellen "Lottie" Schaning, aged one, on the 1880 census, Macoupin county Illinois, Margaret is on the 1880 census with her husband Richard P. Schaning, listed with her Widowed Mother Mary Ellen (Crenshaw) Leigh, on the 1900 census in New York, she is listed as Widowed and her brother Benjamin Albert Leigh, is living with her and daughter Lottie, she is listed as Margaret Shane, living with her sister, Emma Roberts, and brother-in-law, Henry P. Roberts, on the 1910 census, Fayette County Kentucky, as a Widow, stating she was the Mother of one child, one child living.
Known facts; Richard P. Schaning, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Longest) Shaning, they married 4 July 1841, Macoupin County Illinois, had the following Children; taken from census records, 1850 lists John W., Mary J., Ellen Louise, and Caroline. 1860, lists John W., Mary J., Ellen L., Sarah C., James J., George D., Martha E., Richard P., Emily S., on the 1870 census is George, Richard, Martha, Emma, Susan, and on the 1880 census is, daughter, Ellen L. McKEE, and three of her children, John, Mary E., and a daughter, Birdie McKee, and listed is Daniel and Elizabeth Schaning's daughter Martha E., and her husband Melvin Hodges, all census records were recorded in Macoupin County Illinois.
Source; Illinois Marriage search 1763-1900
Schaming, Richard P., Leigh, Maggie I., 12/25/1878 005/0218, Sangamon
Family research up dated 2023 bio by Marilyn (Nutter) Pederson.
Benjamin Leigh.6, (Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 14 February 1832, Edwardsville, Madison County Illinois, died: 11 January 1879, Girard, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, son of: Albert Gallatin Leigh and Mary Brooks, married: 6 October 1853 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County Illinois, Mary Ellen Crenshaw, born: 10 October 1838, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County Illinois, died: 17 December 1899, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, buried: Girard Cemetery, Macoupin County Illinois. Children; Laura Ellen (Leigh) Nutter (Mrs. Charles Henry Nutter), Margaret Isabel "Maggie" (Leigh) Schanning (Mrs. Richard P. Schanning), Emma Frances (Leigh) Foster - Roberts (Mrs. William B. Foster)(Mrs. Henry Pendelton Roberts), Alice Bertha (Leigh) Goodell (Mrs. Warren Henderson Goodell), Benjamin Albert Leigh.
Tombstones Revelations published by the Macoupin County Historical Society;
Benjamin Leigh (Co.H.122 IL. inf.) 46 yrs. 10 mo. 26 days, 01-11-1879
Source; Illinois State Archives Civil War Report, The Record of Adjutant General's Office now in state archives:
Leigh, Benjamin, Rank Capt., Unit Co. H, 122nd IL, age 30, height 5 ft. 9 1/2 in. married, merchant, born Madison Co., IL. Joined for service and enrolled Aug. 10, 1862, Girard, IL for 3 years mustered in September 4, 1862 Carlinville, IL by Capt. Ewing, resides in Girard, Macoupin County, IL. Mustered out July 15, 1865 in Mobile, AL by Lt. Broderick.
Source; Girard Gazette, Saturday, January 18, 1879
Died, Capt. Benjamin Leigh at the residence of his brother A.G. Leigh, this city on Saturday, January 11 at the age of 46 years, 10 months and 23 days. Deceased was well known over the county, especially in Girard, and vicinity, having lived in Girard for the past twenty years except the last year he had been living at Pleasant Plains, Mr. Leigh's business here when he took sick, was looking up a place to live, he was postmaster here during both terms of Grants administration, he served his county during the last unpleasantness, as Capt. of Co. H, 122nd. Illinois, he leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss.
Source; Carlinville Free Democrat, Jan. 16, 1879, Girard locals
Capt. Ben Leigh, died at the residence of his brother Al, last Saturday of Pneumonia, he came back to look up a place to move to as he had sold out his coal mines at Pleasant Plains. On Monday last he was taken sick and sank rapidly.
Margaret Isabel "Maggie" Leigh.7, (Benjamin Leigh.6, Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 6 October 1858, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, died: 19 December 1943, Manhattan, New York County New York, buried; Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium, Middle Village, Queens County New York, daughter of: Benjamin Leigh and Mary Ellen Crenshaw, married: 25 December 1878, Sangamon County Illinois, Richard Patrick Schanning, born: 1856, Macoupin County Illinois, died: 8 July 1883, Brighton, Macoupin County Illinois, son of; Daniel Schaning and Elizabeth Longest, Known Child; Laura Ellen "Lottie" Schaning (Mrs. Theodore Sidney Jenkins)
Margaret Isabel "Maggie" Leigh.8, (Mary Ellen Crenshaw.7, William E. Crenshaw.6, William Crenshaw.5, Abraham Crenshaw.4, Gideon Crenshaw.3, Josep-h Crenshaw.2, Thomas J. Crenshaw.1)
Source; Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Richard P. Schaning
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Maggie Isabel Leigh
Marriage Date: Dec 25, 1878
Marriage County: Sangamon
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Springfield, Illinois.
Known Fact; Maggie and Richard Schaning had two children we only know of the one:, Laura Ellen "Lottie" Schaning, aged one, on the 1880 census, Macoupin county Illinois, Margaret is on the 1880 census with her husband Richard P. Schaning, listed with her Widowed Mother Mary Ellen (Crenshaw) Leigh, on the 1900 census in New York, she is listed as Widowed and her brother Benjamin Albert Leigh, is living with her and daughter Lottie, she is listed as Margaret Shane, living with her sister, Emma Roberts, and brother-in-law, Henry P. Roberts, on the 1910 census, Fayette County Kentucky, as a Widow, stating she was the Mother of one child, one child living.
Known facts; Richard P. Schaning, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Longest) Shaning, they married 4 July 1841, Macoupin County Illinois, had the following Children; taken from census records, 1850 lists John W., Mary J., Ellen Louise, and Caroline. 1860, lists John W., Mary J., Ellen L., Sarah C., James J., George D., Martha E., Richard P., Emily S., on the 1870 census is George, Richard, Martha, Emma, Susan, and on the 1880 census is, daughter, Ellen L. McKEE, and three of her children, John, Mary E., and a daughter, Birdie McKee, and listed is Daniel and Elizabeth Schaning's daughter Martha E., and her husband Melvin Hodges, all census records were recorded in Macoupin County Illinois.
Source; Illinois Marriage search 1763-1900
Schaming, Richard P., Leigh, Maggie I., 12/25/1878 005/0218, Sangamon
Benjamin Leigh.6, (Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 14 February 1832, Edwardsville, Madison County Illinois, died: 11 January 1879, Girard, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, son of: Albert Gallatin Leigh and Mary Brooks, married: 6 October 1853 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County Illinois, Mary Ellen Crenshaw, born: 10 October 1838, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County Illinois, died: 17 December 1899, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, buried: Girard Cemetery, Macoupin County Illinois. Children; Laura Ellen (Leigh) Nutter (Mrs. Charles Henry Nutter), Margaret Isabel "Maggie" (Leigh) Schanning (Mrs. Richard P. Schanning), Emma Frances (Leigh) Foster - Roberts (Mrs. William B. Foster)(Mrs. Henry Pendelton Roberts), Alice Bertha (Leigh) Goodell (Mrs. Warren Henderson Goodell), Benjamin Albert Leigh.
Tombstones Revelations published by the Macoupin County Historical Society;
Benjamin Leigh (Co.H.122 IL. inf.) 46 yrs. 10 mo. 26 days, 01-11-1879
Source; Illinois State Archives Civil War Report, The Record of Adjutant General's Office now in state archives:
Leigh, Benjamin, Rank Capt., Unit Co. H, 122nd IL, age 30, height 5 ft. 9 1/2 in. married, merchant, born Madison Co., IL. Joined for service and enrolled Aug. 10, 1862, Girard, IL for 3 years mustered in September 4, 1862 Carlinville, IL by Capt. Ewing, resides in Girard, Macoupin County, IL. Mustered out July 15, 1865 in Mobile, AL by Lt. Broderick.
Source; Girard Gazette, Saturday, January 18, 1879
Died, Capt. Benjamin Leigh at the residence of his brother A.G. Leigh, this city on Saturday, January 11 at the age of 46 years, 10 months and 23 days. Deceased was well known over the county, especially in Girard, and vicinity, having lived in Girard for the past twenty years except the last year he had been living at Pleasant Plains, Mr. Leigh's business here when he took sick, was looking up a place to live, he was postmaster here during both terms of Grants administration, he served his county during the last unpleasantness, as Capt. of Co. H, 122nd. Illinois, he leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss.
Source; Carlinville Free Democrat, Jan. 16, 1879, Girard locals
Capt. Ben Leigh, died at the residence of his brother Al, last Saturday of Pneumonia, he came back to look up a place to move to as he had sold out his coal mines at Pleasant Plains. On Monday last he was taken sick and sank rapidly.
Margaret Isabel "Maggie" Leigh.7, (Benjamin Leigh.6, Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 6 October 1858, Girard, Macoupin County Illinois, died: 19 December 1943, Manhattan, New York County New York, buried; Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium, Middle Village, Queens County New York, daughter of: Benjamin Leigh and Mary Ellen Crenshaw, married: 25 December 1878, Sangamon County Illinois, Richard Patrick Schanning, born: 1856, Macoupin County Illinois, died: 8 July 1883, Brighton, Macoupin County Illinois, son of; Daniel Schaning and Elizabeth Longest, Known Child; Laura Ellen "Lottie" Schaning (Mrs. Theodore Sidney Jenkins)
Margaret Isabel "Maggie" Leigh.8, (Mary Ellen Crenshaw.7, William E. Crenshaw.6, William Crenshaw.5, Abraham Crenshaw.4, Gideon Crenshaw.3, Josep-h Crenshaw.2, Thomas J. Crenshaw.1)
Source; Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Richard P. Schaning
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Maggie Isabel Leigh
Marriage Date: Dec 25, 1878
Marriage County: Sangamon
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Springfield, Illinois.
Known Fact; Maggie and Richard Schaning had two children we only know of the one:, Laura Ellen "Lottie" Schaning, aged one, on the 1880 census, Macoupin county Illinois, Margaret is on the 1880 census with her husband Richard P. Schaning, listed with her Widowed Mother Mary Ellen (Crenshaw) Leigh, on the 1900 census in New York, she is listed as Widowed and her brother Benjamin Albert Leigh, is living with her and daughter Lottie, she is listed as Margaret Shane, living with her sister, Emma Roberts, and brother-in-law, Henry P. Roberts, on the 1910 census, Fayette County Kentucky, as a Widow, stating she was the Mother of one child, one child living.
Known facts; Richard P. Schaning, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Longest) Shaning, they married 4 July 1841, Macoupin County Illinois, had the following Children; taken from census records, 1850 lists John W., Mary J., Ellen Louise, and Caroline. 1860, lists John W., Mary J., Ellen L., Sarah C., James J., George D., Martha E., Richard P., Emily S., on the 1870 census is George, Richard, Martha, Emma, Susan, and on the 1880 census is, daughter, Ellen L. McKEE, and three of her children, John, Mary E., and a daughter, Birdie McKee, and listed is Daniel and Elizabeth Schaning's daughter Martha E., and her husband Melvin Hodges, all census records were recorded in Macoupin County Illinois.
Source; Illinois Marriage search 1763-1900
Schaming, Richard P., Leigh, Maggie I., 12/25/1878 005/0218, Sangamon
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