Rev. Jesse P. Benn and Sarah Hughes

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Husband Rev. Jesse P. Benn ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Nov 1815 - Wayne Twp, Crawford Co, PA 2
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           Died: 8 Nov 1875 - Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Jonathan Benn (Abt 1779-1855) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Wilkins (Abt 1780-1844) 3

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Sarah Hughes ^{1 2}

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           Born: 15 Jan 1817 1 2
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         Father: James Hughes (1776-1858) 2 4 5 6
         Mother: Nancy Shorts (1786-1866) 2 7

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Children

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1 F Nancy Elizabeth Benn

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            AKA: Nancy Bemis 8
           Born: Apr 1846 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 1915
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Middleton Mays (1840-1907) 8
           Marr: 1868

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2 F Emma S. Benn ⁹

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           Born: 1854 9
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3 F Ida E. Benn ⁹

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           Born: 1856 9
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4 F Marian Benn ⁹

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           Born: 1859 9
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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Jesse P. Benn

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He was (also?) the husband of Nancy Hughes. [CAB, 466]

He was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman. Converted at Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1829; licensed to preach, Erie Conference, 1837; retired, 1842.
He had a large family of at least eleven children.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 466.

2 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 280.

3 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1102.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 486.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 466, 628, 960.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 635.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 466, 960.

8 Cassandra S. W. Beckman, The Descendants of Thomas Washington and Henrietta (Myers) Mays in America 1786 - 1991 (Blue Mounds, WI: Self-published, 1991), Pg 18.

9 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 299.