Isaac Hicks Benham (1823 - 1891)

Born 22 Aug 1823 in Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Amanda Melvina (Clark) Benham — married 8 Jun 1848 in Greene County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1891 at age 68 in Greene County, Indiana

Biography

Isaac Hicks Benham^[1][2][3][4]

Residence

• 1860 - Scotland Post Office, Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana^[2]
• 1870 - Broomfield Post Office, Taylor Township, Greene Couty, Indiana^[3]
• 1880 - Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana^[4]

Census

• 1860 US Census^[2]
  • Isaac, age 36, Occupation: Farmer, Value of Real Estate: 1500, Value of Personal Estate: 500, born in Indiana
  • Amanda M., age 33, born in Virginia
  • Mary A, age 17, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
  • Joel, age 11, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
  • Martha J, age 8, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
  • Emily E, age 6, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
  • John W, age 5, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
  • Margaret, age 3, born in Indiana
  • Samuel M, age 2/12, born in Indiana
  • Joel Benham, age 80, born in Virginia

• 1870 US Census^[3]
  • Isaac H, age 46, Occupation: Farmer, Value of Real Estate: 4000, Value of Personal Estate: 700, born in Indiana, Male age 21 and Up
  • Amanda M, age 44, Occupation: Keeps house, born in Virginia
  • Joel, age 21, Occupation: Farm Laborer, born in Indiana, Male age 21 and Up
  • Emily E, age 16, Occupation: At home, born in Indiana
  • John W, age 14, Occupation: At home, born in Indiana
  • Malinda M, age 12, Occupation: At home, born in Indiana
  • Samuel, age 10, Occupation: At home, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
  • Rebecca L, age 8, Occupation: At home, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
  • Charlotte, age 6, Occupation: At home, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
  • Eliza E, age 1, Occupation: At home, born in Indiana

• 1880 US Census^[4]
  • Issac, age 56, married, Occupation: Farmer, born in Indiana, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
  • Amanda, age 53, wife, married, Occupation: Keeping house, born in Virginia, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
  • Maggie, age 21, single, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Virginia
  • Samuel, age 20, son, single, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Virginia
  • Lucy, age 17, daughter, single, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Virginia
  • Charlotte, age 16, daughter, single, Occupation: At School, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Virginia
  • "LIda", age 11, daughter, single, Occupation: At School, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Virginia
  • John Tinsdale, age 7, adopted son, born in Indiana

Sources

1. ↑ RootsWeb - Isaac Benham.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 1860 US Census, 1 August 1860. Year: 1860; Census Place: Taylor, Greene, Indiana; Roll: M653_262; Page: 763; Image: 341; Family History Library Film: 803262.
   Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
   Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 1870 US Census, 28 July 1870. Year: 1870; Census Place: Taylor, Greene, Indiana; Roll: M593_318; Page: 455B; Image: 432; Family History Library Film: 545817.
   Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
   Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
   Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} 1880 US Census, 1 June 1880. Year: 1880; Census Place: Taylor, Greene, Indiana; Roll: 281; Family History Film: 1254281; Page: 196A; Enumeration District: 308; Image: 0035.
   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
   Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.