Jacob Beckner OBENSHAIN
•Given Name: Jacob Beckner
•Surname: Obenshain
•Sex: M
•Birth: Jan. 16, 1838 in Mill Creek, Botetourt Co, Virginia
•Death: June 16, 1899 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Father: William OBENSHAIN b: 2 Jun 1780 in Mill Creek, Botetourt Co., VA
Mother: Susanna BECKNER b: 3 Jun 1813 in Botetort Co., Virginia

Marriage: 1 Mary Catherine GRAYBILL b: Apr. 29, 1837 in Botetourt Co., Virginia
•Married: Feb. 17, 1859 in Botetourt Co., Virginia

Marriage: 2 Mary Catherine GRAYBILL b: Apr. 29, 1837 in Botetourt Co., Virginia
•Married: Feb. 17, 1859 in Botetourt Co. Virginia

Children:
1. Ettis OBENSHAIN b: Aug. 27, 1870 in Sulphur Springs, Texas
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Carroll County News : First Obenshain reunion gives family chance to relive Eureka's founding Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Kathryn Lucariello, Carroll County News
http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1556228.html
He and his wife, Mary, had nine children, including a set of twins, May and Maud, of which May Obenshain was my grandmother, who married Claude Albert Fuller on December 25, 1899."
"When Granddad (Claude Fuller) was fascinated by one of the Obenshain twins (May) and wanted to court her, that wasn't going to happen because he was from a poor family," Cross said. "Jacob Obenshain was making a good living, and Granddad was one or two classes below him. He wasn't going to allow his daughter to go around with a 'ruffian.'
"So I always asked, 'Well, if he was so against it, how did they ever get married?'"
The mystery was solved, Cross reported, when he was out in the Eureka Springs cemetery, where both Jacob and Mary are buried, and he saw their headstones.
"I looked at Jacob's headstone. He died June 16, 1899, and May and Claude Fuller were married Dec. 25, 1899. I?guess his wife wasn't as against my grandfather as her husband had been!"
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Jacob Beckner Obenshain was born on January 16th, 1838 in Mills Creek, Virginia to William Obenshain and Susann Beckner. Jacob married Mary Cathrine Graybill on February 17th, 1859 in Mill Creek. They had ten children. When the war came, Jacob fought for his homeland in the 32nd Regiment, Texas Cavalry. He was in Crump's Battalion of Mounted Volunteers. They saw action beginning at the Battle of Richmond, and later took part in the Murfreesboro and Nashville Campaigns before seeing fighting around Atlanta. It is written that few of the unit surrendered at Appomattox. After the war, Jacob returned home. He died on June 6th, 1899.
- Travis Holt
Added: Dec. 6, 2013
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