Benjamin Tappan (1812 - 1884)

Born 1 Apr 1812 in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Oella (Stanton) Wright — married 8 Jun 1838 (to about 1854) in Harrison, Ohio, United States

Husband of Nancy (Lowther) Tappan — married 2 Feb 1860 in Jefferson, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1884 at age 71 in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Benjamin graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1836. After working in Paris, France and Ecuador, he returned to Steubenville, Ohio in 1840 where he practiced medicine until his death.

He married (first) Oella ('Della') Stanton in May 1838. They had five children:^[1]

1. Benjamin (b-1841, d-1866)
2. Nancy (b-1843) married Houston
3. David Stanton (b-1845)
4. Lucy (b-1847)
5. James (b-1850)

About 1854, Oella and Benjamin separated. In 1856, Benjamin married (second) Helen Rowan. Benjamin and Helen did not have any children and she died before 1860. In 1860, Benjamin married (third) Nancy Lowther. They had 10 children:^[2]

1. Nancy (b-1861, d-1872)
2. William (b-1863)
3. Isabella (b-1864)
4. Charles Avery (b-1866, d-1897)
5. Benjamin died in infancy
6. Franklin Sawyer died in infancy
7. Helen (b-1870)
8. Robert died in infancy
9. Margaret (b-1875)
10. Mary (b-1877)

Sources

1. ↑ Tappan: Page 26.
2. ↑ Tappan: Page 26

• "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDN6-BWL : 25 March 2020), Oella Stanton in entry for Benjamin Tappan, 1838.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX39-L96 : 21 December 2020), Benjamin Tappan, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDPR-Z3P : 29 September 2021), Benjamin Tappan and Nancy Lowther, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VY-WMF : 28 May 2021), Benjamin Tappan, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89D-XDJ : 28 November 2021), Benjamin Tappan, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 113, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6J8-HZD : 1 March 2021), Benjamin Tappan, 17 Jan 1884; citing Death, Steubenville, Steubenville City, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, source ID v 2 p 62, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 900,038.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97737528/benjamin-tappan
• Tappan, Daniel Langdon. Tappan-Toppan Genealogy (D.L. Tappan, Arlington, Mass., 1915) [1]
• Fleming, George T. History of Pittsburgh and Environs (The American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922, Vol. 4, p. 107-108)