Benjamin B. Eby^[1]

1819 - 1898  (78 years)

• Name	Benjamin B. Eby
  Born	24 Dec 1819	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1880	Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  	Proprietor of Planning Mill
  Eby ID Number	00031-2498
  Died	14 Sep 1898	Squiresville, Owen, Kentucky, United States   [3]
  Buried	Eastern Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I21309	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel Eby,   b. Jan 1773, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 Nov 1820, , Pennsylvania, USA  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Delilah,   b. 25 Apr 1779,   d. 25 Jun 1842, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Married	Jan 1818  [1]
  Family ID	F5210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Smith,   b. 28 Apr 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jan 1847, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 18 years)
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F5212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Susan Watkins,   b. 29 Jun 1829, , Guernsey Co., Ohio ,   d. 7 Mar 1885  (Age 55 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1848	Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah Cordelia Eby,   b. Abt 1849, Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Leander Eby,   b. Abt 1851, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Charles H. Eby,   b. Abt 1853, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Annie Eby,   b. Abt 1855, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Benjamin F. Eby,   b. 1858, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Alice E. Eby,   b. Abt 1859, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Charles O. Eby,   b. Abt 1861, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Lee Hampton Eby,   b. 1869, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F5213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Benjamin B. Eby From: Find A Grave submitted by George DeKay

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin B. Eby, "was born December 24th, 1819, and was married to Sarah Smith who died of small-pox, January 2nd, 1847, aged 18 years, 8 months and 14 days. After the death of his wife he left Berlin, Ontario, and went to Stratford, Ontario, thence to Hamilton, Ontario. From Hamilton he went to Wheeling, West Virginia, where, January 18th, 1848, he married a second time. His second wife's name was Susan Watkins, born June 29th, 1829, in Guernsey County, Ohio, and died March 7th, 1885. They had a family of eight children, namely: Sarah C. (dead), Leander, (dead), Charles H. (dead), Annie (dead), Benjamin F. (dead), Alice E. (dead), Charles O.(dead), and Lee Hampton who resides in Wheeling. All the named children, with the exception of Sarah Cordelia who was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, were born in Louisville, Kentucky. Benjamin Franklin Eby, the third son of the family, was married to Mary Della Townsend, and at his death left a family of three children, namely: Daisy Adams, Robert Lee, and Irene." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 572. [S362] Census - KY - 1880, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky Film 1254422 Page Number 417D. [S3231] Find A Grave, Benjamin B. Eby (1819 - 1898) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75172293.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Dec 1819 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 18 Jan 1848 - Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA Occupation - Proprietor of Planning Mill - 1880 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Died - 14 Sep 1898 - Squiresville, Owen, Kentucky, United States Buried - - Eastern Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States  = Link to Google Earth