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Soldier: Jacob Bender; Widow, Frances Bender; Service B 56 Ohio Infantry; Date of Filing 20 Oct 1891, invalid, app #915068; certificate no. 916288, Ohio
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The 1850 U.S. census for Portsmouth, Ohio, lists Jacob Bender, 52, laborer, Germany; Margaret Bender, 50, Germany; John Bender, 19, Germany; Jacob Bender, 17, Germany; and Barbary Bender, 11, Germany. So the family immigrated sometime before 1850. No immigration records found.
The 1860 U.S. census lists Jacob Bender, 26, blacksmith, born in Germany; Frances Bender, 22, born in Ohio; Mary E Bender, Female, 3, Ohio; and Louise Bender, Female, 2, Ohio.
The 1870 U.S. census lists Jacob Bender, 37; Frances Bender, 31; Mary Bender, 13; Lucy Bender, 11; Frank Bender, 9; Charles Bender, 5; Jacob Bender, 1; in Portsmouth, Ohio.
The 1880 U.S. census lists Jacob Bender, 47, blacksmith, Baden Baden; Frances Bender, 43; Lucy Bender, 21; Frank Bender, 18; Fredrick Bender, 14; Jacob Bender, 11; Joseph Bender, 8; Bertha Bender, 5; Gertrude Bender, 3; living in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio.
The 1900 census lists Jacob J Bender, 66, married 44 years, b. July 1833, immigration 1853, 47 years in the U.S., blacksmith; Frances M Bender, 62, b. Dec 1837, married 44 years, 9 children, 8 living; Frederick Bender, 34, single, blacksmith; Jacob R Bender, 31, single, foreman spoke factory; Joseph N Bender, 29, single, shoe maker; Gertrude Bender, 22, single, sales lady; George Bender, 17, single, shoe cutter; and Edna P Reniger, 5, niece; living at 95 East Ninth Street in Portsmouth, Ohio.
The 1910 census lists Jacob Bender Sr., 66 (76), immigration 1847, own income; Mary A Bender, 72; Lucy Bender, 52; Joseph N Bender, 39, woodworker, spoke works; Gertrude Bender 33, sales lady; George Bender, 28, locomotive engineer; in Portsmouth.
Jacob died at nearly 86 years old, 12 July 1919, Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio. He lived at 1007 9th Street. A retired blacksmith, Jacob died of multiple ailments. He is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery along with many family members.
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