Benjamin Roebuck (1784 - 1842)

Born 11 Jan 1784 in Greenbrier, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Jemima (Russell) Roebuck — married 6 Jul 1807 in Ross County, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1842 at age 58 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Birth

Benjamin Roebuck was born on 11 January 1784 in Greenbrier, Virginia, USA.

Marriage

He married Elizabeth Jemima Russell (1791-1851, daughter of John Russell (1743-1822) and his first wife, Susannah Day (1749-1796). Benjamin and Elizabeth were married on 6 July 1807 on 6 July in Ross County, Ohio when he was 23 and she was 15.^[1]

Children of the Roebuck-Russell Marriage

1. Lorenzo Dow Roebuck born 9 August 1808 in Ross, Ohio, USA. Lorenzo married Lillian Ann Vinson, known as Lily (1810-1897, on 31 December 1829 in Ohio. He died on 6 September 1860 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA.
2. Frances Roebuck born 6 October 1812 in Ross, Ohio, USA. Fanny married 1) Corbin Tullis (1806-1840) on 14 May 1835 in Mercer County, Ohio and 2) William Cain (1821-1878) on 13 November 1847 in Mercer County, Ohio. She died on 19 January 1883 in Celina, Mercer, Ohio, USA.
3. Susan Roebuck born c. 1813 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA. She married Nicholas M. Shanklin (1808-1890). Susan died in c. 1845 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA.
4. James Roebuck born c. 1815.
5. Greenly William Roebuck born c.1818.
6. Martha Jane Roebuck born 4 October 1819 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA. She married Crawford Lomis Shanklin (1819-1875) about 1842. She died on 15 November 1858 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA.
7. Russell Roebuck born c. 1820.
8. Elizabeth Roebuck born c. 1822.

Death and Burial

Benjamin died on 17 December 1842 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA at the age of 58.

Buried in Roebuck Cemetery, Rockford, Mercer, Ohio. A headstone is available with dates.

Find A Grave Memorial # 38786967

Sources

• 1807 Ohio Census in Adams County, Ohio for Benjamin Robuck. Tax List.
• 1820 US Federal Census on 7 August in Richland, Darke, Ohio. Tally only for Benjamin Roebuck with a total of 7 people: 1 male under 10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 26-44; 2 females under 10; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 26-44.
• 1824 Ohio Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 with issue date on 9 August 1824 for 80.06 acres in Mercer County, Ohio.
• 1830 US Federal Census n.d. in Union, Mercer, Ohio. Tally only for Benjamin Roebuck with total of 9 persons: 1 male under 5; 1 male 5-9; 1 male 10-14; 1 male 40-49; 1 female 5-9; 1 female 10-14; 2 females 15-19; 1 female 40-49. Next door is Lorenzo Roebuck household of 2.
• 1840 US Federal Census in Center, Mercer, Ohio Tally only for Benjamin Robuck with 8 persons: 1 male 10-14; 2 males 15-19; 1 male 50-59; 1 female 5-9; 1 female 15-19; 1 female 20-29; 1 female 40-49. Lorenzo still here, but 10 families between them.
• U.S. War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815. Pvt. Benjamin Roebuck in 3 Regiment (Stewart's), Ohio Militia. Roll Box 178.
• War of 1812 Pension Applications Files Index, 1812-1815. ^[2]
• Find A Grave Index.
• Myheritage Smart Match™: Mink Web Site, Confidence: Secondary evidence. Date: Oct 19 2015. Citation text: Added via an Instant Discovery™

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZ5Q-GVW2 : 15 October 2021), Benjamin Roebuck and Elizabeth Russell, 1807.
2. ↑ 1812: Interestingly the 1812 Pension gives him an alias of Benjamin Rockbuck.

Acknowledgements

1. Marian Alexander Sharp created Roebuck-179 on 3 January 2017.
2. Darlene Scott Kerr added bio and sources on 22 February 2017.