1832 Benjamin Schooley was born on 7 of month 8. [1] [2]
1837 Benjamin Schooley, Ann K Schooley and 9 minor children (Samuel I, James K, Sarah C, Rebecca Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, Catharine Matilda, Benjamin, and Robert H Schooley) transferred from Chesterfield meeting, New Jersey, to Cincinnati, Ohio [date 1837,4,4]. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
1850 Benjamin's parents Benjamin and Ann Schooley lived in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio with son Benjamin (age 18). [8] On 5 November, Benjamin Schooley (age 17) was also listed in the Clermont County, Ohio census with sister Sarah C. Schooley and brother-in-law Michael C. Page. Dated August 5. [9] [10]
1855 Benjamin was committed to an insane asylum as witnessed by MC Page and Benjamin Schooley Sr. [11]
1860 Benjamin Schooley (age 30) lived at an infirmary in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio. [12] [13]
Benjamin Schooley was buried at the Univesalist Church cemetery in Darke County, Ohio. [14] [15]
1865 John D. Hartshorne, late guardian for Benjamin Schooley Jr., deceased, presented a final account in Darke County. There was a payment from Ellis & Sturgis of Cincinnati. Dated September 11. [16] [17]
Research Notes:
1849 Benjamin Schooley recorded his intent to marry Elizabeth Redson in Greene County, Ohio. Dated February 14. They were married on February 16, 1840 in Greene, Ohio. [18] [19] [20] This could be a different Benjamin Schooley The Schooley family of Greene County might be descendants of Samuel Schooley of Loudoun County, Virginia. Greene County is north of Hamilton County, and these Schooley families used similar names. [21]
[1] James B. Schooley. Trails of Our Fathers, revised (1988), 351, [GoogleBooks].
[2] U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943, [AncestryRecord].
[3] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Men's Minutes, 1688-1809, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Quaker Meeting Records, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1837-1861, 5, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Union, New Jersey, Births 1705-1901, Deaths 1705-1908, Marriages 1712-1805, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1827-1881, 29, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 5 [Ohio] (1946), 929.
[8] US census, 1850, Reel 0689, Image 54, family 363, [InternetArchive].
[9] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[10] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[11] Garst Historical Museum, Research Center, Darke County, Ohio (https://www.garstmuseum.org/research-center), Documents.
[12] United States Federal Census, 1860, dwelling 459, household 472, continued on next page, line 13, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[13] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[14] Find A Grave Memorial 154733197, [FindAGrave].
[15] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[16] Darke County Ohio Civil Journal Court Record, Civil Journal F-170, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[17] Garst Historical Museum, Research Center, Darke County, Ohio (https://www.garstmuseum.org/research-center), Documents.
[18] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[19] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[20] Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, [FamilySearchRecord].
[21] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Samuel Schooley of Loudoun County, Virginia, [JRWolfeGenealogy].