Stephen N Bennett was 25 when he married in 1856,and so he was neither of the 1850 census Bennett's. I'm unsure which of the 3 Curless families she was from . If the N was Nelson,then Samuel Bennett m Samuel Nelsons dau,1825,would make here,perhaps,from Byard Curless's family east of Bethel,Tate township.If akin to the Curless m Granger,then Joel Curless's Jackson twnsp famiy-both those on the Brown Co line. And Timothy Curless ws mid Clermont,on the Batavia-Williamsburg twnsp line. I can't tell what churches Maddy preached at in 1856. Rev James Armstrong married several Bennett's at Old Bethel. All above paragraph are Methodist Bennetts.Withamsville had 2 Baptist Bennett families by 1805,and whatever the 2 1850 Stephens were.

The N in the name of the Stephen N. Bennett that married Eliza Jane Curless stands for Nathaniel. In fact, in some census, Stephen went by the name of Nathan or Nathaniel. In the autobiography of Stephen Nathaniel's grandaughter, it states: "My father wandered away from his father's home when a youth but returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, when he was quite a foung man." Since the 1840 Clermont Co. census shows Nathaniel living with his father and the next time I have been able to find Nathaniel, he appears in the 1860 Union Twp, Champaign Co. census, as his own household under the name Nathaniel Benet, along with his father Stephen and step-mother Margaret. I can only assume that when he "wandered away" was sometime during 1850 since his father and step-mother are listed in the 1850 Monroe Twp census and I have been unable to locate a place where Nathaniel was counted for that year. Regarding Eliza Jane Curless - the 1880 Towanda Co, KS census states that her father was born in New Jersey and her mother was born in Ohio. Thanks again for all the assistance, JB -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 4:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OHCLER] Stephen Bennett and family Stephen N Bennett was 25 when he married in 1856,and so he was neither of the 1850 census Bennett's. I'm unsure which of the 3 Curless families she was from . If the N was Nelson,then Samuel Bennett m Samuel Nelsons dau,1825,would make here,perhaps,from Byard Curless's family east of Bethel,Tate township.If akin to the Curless m Granger,then Joel Curless's Jackson twnsp famiy-both those on the Brown Co line. And Timothy Curless ws mid Clermont,on the Batavia-Williamsburg twnsp line. I can't tell what churches Maddy preached at in 1856. Rev James Armstrong married several Bennett's at Old Bethel. All above paragraph are Methodist Bennetts.Withamsville had 2 Baptist Bennett families by 1805,and whatever the 2 1850 Stephens were. ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx