Son of Eli James Benedict and Marcella Stoddard.
The 1850 census revealed he was a laborer, and was living in Brimfield, Portage County, Ohio with his Brother William.
The 1860 census revealed they had one daughter and one son living at home and his grandfather Levi Stoddard had been living with them and had died after June of 1860.
The 1870 census revealed he was a farmer, they had two sons and one daughter still at home and her parents were living with them. (The census taker mistakenly stated their last name as Benedict instead of Barton.)
The 1880 census revealed the had two sons and two daughters and that his mother was living with them.
The 1900 census revealed they had been married forty-nine years and that they had four children all still surviving. They had their fourteen year old grandson living with them.
The 1910 census revealed that one of their children had passed away, and they were now living with their son Albert and his family.
Their children;
Julia Benedict (b.1853)
Charles Benedict (b.1860)
Albert (Birtie) Benedict (b.1869)
Lucy Benedict (b.1873)
They had been married Sixty years when Harriet died.
ELI E. BENEDICT, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Litchfield, Conn., March 8,1828, son of Eli and Marcella (Stoddard) Benedict. His maternal grandfather, Levi Stoddard, was an early settler of Perry, Lake County, and in 1830 removed to Brimfield Township, this county. The parents of our subject settled in what is now Northampton, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1830, where his father cleared and improved a farm on which he lived until his death in 1876; he died at the age of seventy-seven. His widow then removed to Brimfield Township, this county, and resided with the subject of this sketch until her death, March 8, 1884; she died at the age of eighty-five. They had a family of fourteen children, ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Levi (deceased), Matilda (Mrs. George Allen), Melissa (Mrs. A. Cummings), William, Eli E., Henry, Edwin, Lewis (deceased), Martha (deceased), and Charlotte. Our subject lived in Northampton until 1842, since when he has been a resident of Brimfield Township, this county, living on the old homestead of his grandfather, Levi Stoddard. He was married in 1851 to Harriet, daughter of Horace and Harriet Barton, of Shalersville, by whom he has four children: Julia (Mrs. A. Wilder), Charles, Albert and Lucy. Mr. Benedict is one of the representative farmers , of this county. In politics a Democrat. ["History of Portage County", by Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Contributed by Linda Dietz]
Contributor: Chris U. (47312421)
Eli died on his eighty-eighth birthday.
The 1850 census revealed he was a laborer, and was living in Brimfield, Portage County, Ohio with his Brother William.
The 1860 census revealed they had one daughter and one son living at home and his grandfather Levi Stoddard had been living with them and had died after June of 1860.
The 1870 census revealed he was a farmer, they had two sons and one daughter still at home and her parents were living with them. (The census taker mistakenly stated their last name as Benedict instead of Barton.)
The 1880 census revealed the had two sons and two daughters and that his mother was living with them.
The 1900 census revealed they had been married forty-nine years and that they had four children all still surviving. They had their fourteen year old grandson living with them.
The 1910 census revealed that one of their children had passed away, and they were now living with their son Albert and his family.
Their children;
Julia Benedict (b.1853)
Charles Benedict (b.1860)
Albert (Birtie) Benedict (b.1869)
Lucy Benedict (b.1873)
They had been married Sixty years when Harriet died.
ELI E. BENEDICT, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Litchfield, Conn., March 8,1828, son of Eli and Marcella (Stoddard) Benedict. His maternal grandfather, Levi Stoddard, was an early settler of Perry, Lake County, and in 1830 removed to Brimfield Township, this county. The parents of our subject settled in what is now Northampton, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1830, where his father cleared and improved a farm on which he lived until his death in 1876; he died at the age of seventy-seven. His widow then removed to Brimfield Township, this county, and resided with the subject of this sketch until her death, March 8, 1884; she died at the age of eighty-five. They had a family of fourteen children, ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Levi (deceased), Matilda (Mrs. George Allen), Melissa (Mrs. A. Cummings), William, Eli E., Henry, Edwin, Lewis (deceased), Martha (deceased), and Charlotte. Our subject lived in Northampton until 1842, since when he has been a resident of Brimfield Township, this county, living on the old homestead of his grandfather, Levi Stoddard. He was married in 1851 to Harriet, daughter of Horace and Harriet Barton, of Shalersville, by whom he has four children: Julia (Mrs. A. Wilder), Charles, Albert and Lucy. Mr. Benedict is one of the representative farmers , of this county. In politics a Democrat. ["History of Portage County", by Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Contributed by Linda Dietz]
Contributor: Chris U. (47312421)
Eli died on his eighty-eighth birthday.
Son of Eli James Benedict and Marcella Stoddard.
The 1850 census revealed he was a laborer, and was living in Brimfield, Portage County, Ohio with his Brother William.
The 1860 census revealed they had one daughter and one son living at home and his grandfather Levi Stoddard had been living with them and had died after June of 1860.
The 1870 census revealed he was a farmer, they had two sons and one daughter still at home and her parents were living with them. (The census taker mistakenly stated their last name as Benedict instead of Barton.)
The 1880 census revealed the had two sons and two daughters and that his mother was living with them.
The 1900 census revealed they had been married forty-nine years and that they had four children all still surviving. They had their fourteen year old grandson living with them.
The 1910 census revealed that one of their children had passed away, and they were now living with their son Albert and his family.
Their children;
Julia Benedict (b.1853)
Charles Benedict (b.1860)
Albert (Birtie) Benedict (b.1869)
Lucy Benedict (b.1873)
They had been married Sixty years when Harriet died.
ELI E. BENEDICT, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Litchfield, Conn., March 8,1828, son of Eli and Marcella (Stoddard) Benedict. His maternal grandfather, Levi Stoddard, was an early settler of Perry, Lake County, and in 1830 removed to Brimfield Township, this county. The parents of our subject settled in what is now Northampton, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1830, where his father cleared and improved a farm on which he lived until his death in 1876; he died at the age of seventy-seven. His widow then removed to Brimfield Township, this county, and resided with the subject of this sketch until her death, March 8, 1884; she died at the age of eighty-five. They had a family of fourteen children, ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Levi (deceased), Matilda (Mrs. George Allen), Melissa (Mrs. A. Cummings), William, Eli E., Henry, Edwin, Lewis (deceased), Martha (deceased), and Charlotte. Our subject lived in Northampton until 1842, since when he has been a resident of Brimfield Township, this county, living on the old homestead of his grandfather, Levi Stoddard. He was married in 1851 to Harriet, daughter of Horace and Harriet Barton, of Shalersville, by whom he has four children: Julia (Mrs. A. Wilder), Charles, Albert and Lucy. Mr. Benedict is one of the representative farmers , of this county. In politics a Democrat. ["History of Portage County", by Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Contributed by Linda Dietz]
Contributor: Chris U. (47312421)
Eli died on his eighty-eighth birthday.
The 1850 census revealed he was a laborer, and was living in Brimfield, Portage County, Ohio with his Brother William.
The 1860 census revealed they had one daughter and one son living at home and his grandfather Levi Stoddard had been living with them and had died after June of 1860.
The 1870 census revealed he was a farmer, they had two sons and one daughter still at home and her parents were living with them. (The census taker mistakenly stated their last name as Benedict instead of Barton.)
The 1880 census revealed the had two sons and two daughters and that his mother was living with them.
The 1900 census revealed they had been married forty-nine years and that they had four children all still surviving. They had their fourteen year old grandson living with them.
The 1910 census revealed that one of their children had passed away, and they were now living with their son Albert and his family.
Their children;
Julia Benedict (b.1853)
Charles Benedict (b.1860)
Albert (Birtie) Benedict (b.1869)
Lucy Benedict (b.1873)
They had been married Sixty years when Harriet died.
ELI E. BENEDICT, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Litchfield, Conn., March 8,1828, son of Eli and Marcella (Stoddard) Benedict. His maternal grandfather, Levi Stoddard, was an early settler of Perry, Lake County, and in 1830 removed to Brimfield Township, this county. The parents of our subject settled in what is now Northampton, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1830, where his father cleared and improved a farm on which he lived until his death in 1876; he died at the age of seventy-seven. His widow then removed to Brimfield Township, this county, and resided with the subject of this sketch until her death, March 8, 1884; she died at the age of eighty-five. They had a family of fourteen children, ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Levi (deceased), Matilda (Mrs. George Allen), Melissa (Mrs. A. Cummings), William, Eli E., Henry, Edwin, Lewis (deceased), Martha (deceased), and Charlotte. Our subject lived in Northampton until 1842, since when he has been a resident of Brimfield Township, this county, living on the old homestead of his grandfather, Levi Stoddard. He was married in 1851 to Harriet, daughter of Horace and Harriet Barton, of Shalersville, by whom he has four children: Julia (Mrs. A. Wilder), Charles, Albert and Lucy. Mr. Benedict is one of the representative farmers , of this county. In politics a Democrat. ["History of Portage County", by Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Contributed by Linda Dietz]
Contributor: Chris U. (47312421)
Eli died on his eighty-eighth birthday.
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