Daniel Benjamin (Du Bois) Dubois (abt. 1778 - 1858)

Born about 24 Feb 1778 in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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Died 20 Aug 1858 at about age 80 in Franklin, Warren, Ohio, United States

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Daniel was born in 1778. He passed away in 1858. He traveled from New Jersey to Ohio in a covered wagon. Daniel kept a diary of their journey beginning April 30, 1804 as they moved to Ohio.

" Philadelphia, Lancaster, Elizabethtown - staying with friends. Tried sleeping in wagon, Elizabeth was too afraid. Afterward always stayed in homes. Reached mountains on May 5th. Sunday spent all day at the tavern (Inn). Crossing Ohio following route by Chillicothe, the capitol of Ohio (it was then). May 16 reached Little Miami River. May 17 started up Little Miami to Franklin, Ohio, approximately 19 miles then to Art Vanderveer's 2 miles. 18 days averaged 40 miles per day."

With them went a goodly number of other families from Monmouth county. They settled in the fertile Miami river valley, locating at Carlisle, which came to be known as the "Jersey Settlement," and is so called to this day. The church which they established, was called "The Jersey Church," Daniel DuBois giving from his farm at Carlisle, all the land necessary upon which to build the church and lay out the surrounding cemetery, which was patterned after their home church in New Jersey. His daughter, Sarah Jane, after her marriage, went with her husband, Daniel Polhemus Smock, back to New Jersey, and lived with him on the homestead farm "Hop Brook" in the old neighborhood of her distinguished grandsire. She became a member of old "Brick Church," where her grandfather preached all the years of his ministry, and where so many stirring scenes and events, during that ministry, were enacted. She maintained and continued an active and consistent member of this historic church until her death; all her children were baptized there, and she lies buried in the cemetery surrounding the church she loved. Possessed of a sweet soprano voice, she sang for many years in the choir.

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• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZN5-491
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32008214/daniel-benjamin-dubois
• Name: Daniel Benjamin Dubois

Gender: Male Birth Date: 24 Feb 1778 Birth Place: Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States of America Death Date: 20 Aug 1858 Death Place: Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, United States of America Cemetery: New Jersey Presbyterian Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Carlisle, Warren County, Ohio, United States of America Has Bio?: N Father: Benjamin DuBois Mother: Femmentje DuBois Spouse: Elizabeth Dubois Children: Elizabeth Lefferson Catharine Schenck Phoebe Ann Coles Margaret VanDeMark Francis Vandeveer Schenck Eleanor Dubois Sarah Jane Smock Joseph Henry Dubois Benjamin Daniel DuBois Mary Marquis URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32008214/daniel-benjamin-dubois