Benjamin ELY & Maria STAATS

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Benjamin ELY
Maria STAATS

Husband: Benjamin ELY
Birth: 7 Dec 1810, Washington Co., PA
Death: 11 Oct 1882, Knox Co., OH
Father: Peter ELY
Mother: Mary Ann "Polly" HORN

Marriage: 12 Jan 1837, Knox Co., OH

Wife: Maria STAATS
Birth: 27 Dec 1813/4/5, Knox Co., OH
Death: 29 Oct 1886, Knox Co., OH
Disposition: buried Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
Father: Joseph (Calvin) STAATS
Mother: Maria __?__

Maria was relatively younger on her tombstone than in the 1850 census, so she appears to have shaved a year or two off her age in her later years — either that or the census is wrong.

Children — born Knox Co., OH (presumably Butler Twp.):

1. Lewis ELEY, b. 17 Dec 1837; d. 14 Oct 1916, Talma, Fulton Co., IN; m. 30 Sep 1860, Knox Co., OH, Susan Amelia BELL
2. Homer ELEY, b. 29 Mar 1839; d. 6 Aug 1886; m. Dorcas P. VEATCH
3. George W. ELEY, b. 17 Sep 1840
4. Mary "Polly" ELEY, b. 22 Apr 1842; d.s.p.; bur. Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
5. Joseph ELEY, b. 24 Mar 1844
6. Catherine ELEY, b. 25 Apr 1846; d. 25 Feb 1925; m. 18 Jan 1866, Knox Co., OH, Benjamin DE LONG
7. Maria ELEY, b. 25 Mar 1848; d. 3 Jan 1937; m. 9 Aug 1868, Knox Co., OH, Chambers JOHNS
8. Rebecca Jane ELEY, b. 18 Feb 1850; d.s.p. 22 oct 1859; bur. Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
9. Benjamin ELEY, b. 10 Apr 1852; d. 31 Mar 1938; m. 1885, Knox Co., OH, Elba Ellen SMITH
10. Sarah ELEY, b. 7 Aug 1854; d.s.p. 18 Feb 1863; bur. Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
11. Zipporah ELEY, b. 22 Nov 1857; d. 17 Dec 1888; bur. Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH; m. 1881, Knox Co., OH, Maro Johnson WOLFE

[Peter may have had an earlier marriage, with a son born between 1830 and 1835.]

Sources:

1. Liahona Research (Orem, UT), compilers. 1996. Marriage Index: Ohio, 1789-1850 (Broderbund CD-400):

Ely, Benjamin Statts, Maria Jan 12, 1837 Knox Co.

2. Family Quest Archives: Ohio Federal Census 1840: Knox County. Heritage Quest CD M704-406 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 OH Knox Co. Butler Twp. p. 406B Benjamin Ely 210 001 - 000 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1835-1840 = George (b. 1840)
= Homer (b. 1839)

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Lewis (b. 1837)

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Peter (b. 1810)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Maria (b. 1813/4/5)

Lewis is in the wrong age class. Either that, or the son born 1830-35 is from a previous marriage of Peter, the two boys in the 1835-40 age class are Lewis and Homer, and the census was taken before George was born. Possible.

3. Family Quest Archives: Ohio Federal Census 1850: Knox County. Heritage Quest CD M432-700: Butler Twp., Knox Co., OH, p. 392B-393A, 2383/2443, enumerated 21 Sep 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Benjamin Ely 39 M Farmer 1000 Ohio

Maria     " 36 F "

Lewis     " 12 M "

Homer     " 11 M "

George W " 10 M "

Polly     " 8 F "

Joseph    " 6 M "

Catherine " 4 F "

Maria     " 2 F "

Rebecca I? J? Ely 7/12 F Ohio

4. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File.

5. Descendants of George ELEY by Bernard Eley.

6. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 6, Pedigree No. 3451.

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