Leander D. BULFINCH & Ruth Alvina BENTLEY

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Leander D. BULFINCH
Ruth Alvina BENTLEY

Husband: Leander D. BULFINCH
Birth: 4 Dec 1819, Henderson Harbor, Jefferson Co., NY
Death: 23 Dec 1860
Occupation: carpenter
Father: Jonathan Spicer BULFINCH (1789- ), s/o John Bedgood BULFINCH (c1755- ) & Olive __?__ of MA
Mother: Clarissa STERNS (1793- )

Marriage: 20 Apr 1852, Geauga Co., OH

Wife: Ruth Alvina BENTLY / BENTLEY
Birth: 2 Jun 1836, Troy Twp., Geauga Co., OH
Death: 2 Jun 1914, Rich Hill, Bates Co., MO
Disposition: buried 4 Jun 1914, Riverside Cemetery, Mahomet, Champaign Co., IL
Other Spouse: m2. 5 Dec 1861, Champaign Co., IL, Thomas Hampton LYONS
Other Spouse: m3. 2 Mar 1891, Bates Co., MO, J.C. VAUGHN
Other Spouse: m4. 25 Oct 1893 in Vernon Co., MO, John T. ROLLINS
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Nelson BENTLEY (1808-1891) of MA and/or NY — s/o Gideon BENTLEY
Mother: Abigail "Nabby" BURROUGHS (1812-1868) of OH — d/o Simon BURROUGHS

Children:

1. Nelson W. BULFINCH / BALLFINCH, b. 2 Apr 1854, McLean Co., IL
2. Pheby / Phoebe BULFINCH, b. 1855/6

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio

Sources (n.b., McLean and Champaign Cos. are adjacent):

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1998. Marriage Index: Ohio, 1851-1900. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-236): not found, but there are no Geauga County marriages on this CD.

1b. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Leander D. BULFINCH
Birth: 04 Dec 1819, Henderson Harbor, Jefferson, New York
Death: 23 Dec 1860
Marriage: 20 Apr 1852, Troy, Geauga, Ohio
Spouse: Ruth A. BENTLEY
Birth: 1834, Troy Twp., Geauga, Ohio
Father: Nelson BENTLEY; Mother: Abigail / Nancy / Nobby BURROUGHS
Source: patron submissions

Nelson BENTLEY
Birth: 07 Sep 1808, MA; Death: 1891
Father: Gideon BENTLEY
Marriage: 16 Jan 1831
Spouse: Abigail or Nancy BURROUGHS
Birth: 09 May 1812, of Geauga, Ohio; Death: 08 Feb 1868
Father: Simon BURROUGHS
Source: patron submissions

"Nancy" probably stems from a misreading of "Nabby" in a barely readable census record.

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Leander D. BULFINCH (æ 30, b. NY; no occupation given) is living in Hartsgrove Twp., Ashtabula Co., OH (p. 455A), with his parents, Jon^a S. BULFINCH (æ 60, b. MA) & Clarrissa (æ 56, b. MA), plus siblings. Ruth BENTLEY (æ 16, b. OH) is living in Troy Twp., Geauga Co., OH (p. 140A), with her parents, Nelson BENTLEY (æ 43, b. NY) & Nabby (æ 38, b. OH), plus siblings, et al.

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Leander BULFINCH (æ 40, b. OH; carpenter) is living in Hartsgrove, Ashtabula Co., OH (p. 776), with the GRANT family; Ruth is not with him, and I cannot find her or her two children.

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #30 of 36): Mahomet P.O., Middletown, Champaign Co., IL, Roll M593_193, p. B, PN 30, 246/246, enumerated 9 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):(¤•)

Lyons Thomas 41 M W farmer 6800 2000 Kentucky

"   Ruth 36 F W Keeping House Ohio

"   Nelson 16 M W at Home Illinois

"   Pheby 14 F W "

"   Luther 6 M W "

"   Myra 3 F W "

"   Wallis 2 M W "

Bolton William 20 M W farm laborer Illinois

The two elder children are Ruth's from her prior marriage (Thomas was unmarried and childless in 1860).

5. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find Nelson or Pheby (including variations).

6. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 (online at the Illinois State Archives web site): can't find a marriage for Pheby.

7. John Reardon. Master GedCom (online at www.reardon-family.org): ancestry of Leander.

8. WorldConnect / WorldTree (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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