Benjamin B Eby (1819 - 1898)

Born 24 Dec 1819 in Waterloo, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Died 14 Sep 1898 at age 78 in Squiresville, Owen, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was the son of Daniel Eby and Delilah Unknown.

Benjamin B. was raised by his widowed mother.

Like other members of his family, he became a carpenter.

His first marriage in 1846, in Berlin, was to Sarah Catherine Smith, daughter of James Smith and Elizabeth Baer. She died soon after on Jan. 2, 1847 of smallpox, aged 18 years, 8 months and 14 days and was buried near Delilah Moxley Eby and other members of the family in the First Mennonite Church Cemetery Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

They had no known children.

After her death, Benjamin B. left Berlin and went to Stratford and Hamilton in Ontario for short stays and then moved to Wheeling, West Virginia

Onn Jan. 18, 1848 he married Susan E. Watkins (June 29, 1829-Mar. 5, 1885) native of Guernsey County, Ohio,.^[1]

They became the parents of eight children, but only two would survive to adulthood.

Children:

1. Benjamin F. Eby, b.1858
2. Child Eby, d.1866^[2]
3. Lou/Lee H. Eby, b. 1869

The Eby's remained in West Virginia for a year or two. By 1851 they were living in Louisville, Kentucky.

The family was found in the 1860 US Federal Census in City Of Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky^[3]The household was enumerated as follows:

• B B Eby Male 40 Canady
• Susan Eby Female 30 Ohio
• Ben F Eby Male 2 Ky
• Cath String Female 16 Ky

The family was found in the 1870 US Federal Census in Louisville, ward 02, Jefferson, Kentucky^[4]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Benjamin Ebby Male 50 Canada
• Susan Ebby Female 40 Ohio
• Benjamin Ebby Male 12 Kentucky
• Lou H Ebby Male 1 Kentucky
• Julia McKinsey Female 42 Ohio (SiL)

The family was found in the 1880 US Federal Census in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky^[5]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Benjamen B. Eby Self Male 60 Canada
• Susan Eby Wife Female 50 Ohio, United States
• Benjamen F. Eby Son Male 22 Kentucky, United States
• Lee H. Eby Son Male 11 Kentucky, United States
• Julia Mc Kinsey Sister-in-law Female 53 Ohio, United States

Susan died there of pneumonia.

Benjamin passed away in 1898.^[6]and was interred in the Eastern Burial Yard Lot 19 Plot 22A in the Methodist Episcopal Church.^[7]Benjamin's death was attributed to asthma though old age was likely a contributing factor. He was pre-deceased by his wife and all eight of their children and survived only by two grandchildren who by this time were orphans themselves. He made provisions in his will for their upbringing.

All family members were buried in the Eby plot in Eastern Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZJ-4R2X : 29 September 2021), Benjamin B Ebby and Susannah Watkins, 1849.
2. ↑ "Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYH-3NR : 19 February 2021), B. B. Eby in entry for Eby, 1866.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB8-1WJ : 18 February 2021), B B Eby, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXW8-3FQ : 29 May 2021), Benjamin Ebby, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCC1-M3L : 14 January 2022), Benjamen B. Eby, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ "Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW57-4NG : 19 February 2021), B.b. Eby, 1898.
7. ↑ Image of Plot purchase. (https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/114840561?cid=mem_copy)