--part1_74.1c52314.26bad1bc_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thought this may be of interest to the list. Linda --part1_74.1c52314.26bad1bc_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <RobtBenham@aol.com> From: RobtBenham@aol.com Full-name: RobtBenham Message-ID: <2b.8fd5045.26b9c3af@aol.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:34:23 EDT Subject: Benham/Washburn To: Lfitzmeyer925@cs.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 111 Hello Linda: The continuing pursuit of Benham history turned up the name of Hermon Fagley, researcher and historian of Brown County, OH. An e-mail to him elicited several responses concerning Robert Benham and Cornelius Washburn. I recalled that you disclosed you had Washburn forebearers so I will relate the anecdotes sent by Herm. He cited as references the Ohio Historical Society Journal. Cornelius Washburn was born ca.1770 in Sussex County, NJ and became a noted Indian fighter, possibly as a result of family members being killed by Indians. He owned land in both Brown and Clermont counties. There is a controversy whether he died at the hands of Indians in 1835 while trapping in the Yellowstone area, or whether he survived and travelled west to Oregon. Herm included several anecdotes about Robert Benham but one clearly is not the Robert born in 1782. More likely it is "Captain" Robert, brother of Peter Benham. In 1789 he was one of the first persons to purchase lots in what is now downtown Cincinatti. Robert operated a ferry across the Ohio River from Cincinatti to Kentucky. About 1800 he moved to the vicinity of Lebanon. I really believe the Robert he was describing was the man known as Captain Robert (from Revolutionary War service). I studied the Journal of The Ohio Histoical Society and found an excerpt from a Lebanon newapaper which described in detail the 1810 funeral for Captain Robert. Do you suppose that William named his son (my ggrandfather) Cornelius Washburn in honor of his father's old buddy? If you want to contact Herm Fagley, his e-mail address is hermfagley@ juno.com. The above proves nothing, however I thought you might find the Washburn anecdote interesting. Bob --part1_74.1c52314.26bad1bc_boundary--