John came to America in 1845 and settled in Sandusky, Ohio, until 1877 when he purchased a farm in Wyandot County and he and his family moved there.
John's mother, Margaret Benner, came to America in 1854 and lived with her son until her death, November 12, 1877.
TAKEN FROM THE WYANDOT COUNTY HISTORY 1884
John Benner was born in Wertenburg, Germany Nov. 19, 1827. He learned the cabinet trade in his native country, and emigrated to America in 1845, locating in Sandusky City till 1877 during which time he engaged at his trade and in agricultural pursuits. He purchased his present farm in 1877, and has since resided in this county, doing a good business in agriculture and stock raising. He was married at Sandusky City, Nov. 16, 1851, to Mary M. Courhart, daughter of John P. and Mary (Fry) Courhart natives of France, where Mrs. Benner was born June 2, 1828. Her parents emigrated to American in 1832 or 1833, settling in Pa. In 1834 they removed to Seneca Co., where the father died in 1944; the mother died in Sandusky City in 1850. They had 12 children who removed from Pa. with their parents by wagons.
Mr. and Mrs. Benner had eleven children, eight still living, viz: Catherine, born May 13, 1855; Charles J., born May 14, 1857; Elizabeth, June 22, 1960; Lewis A., June 23, 1863; Rosa V., Oct. 31, 1864; Carolina, Dec. 14, 1865; Mary A., Aug. 18, 1867; and Frank P., Mar. 29, 1869. The deceased are Caroline, Frank, and Louis. Mr. Benner contributed about $800 to the late war; he served as Infirmary Director of Erie Co. for two yrs.; as Twp. Trustee six yrs., and as a member of the School Board for nine yrs. Himself and family are members of the Roman Catholic Church, he being a Democrat in political faith. Margaret Benner, our subject's mother, emigrated to the United States in 1854, and resided with her son till her death, which occurred at Sandusky City, Nov. 12, 1877, in her seventy-eight year.
FROM THE ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH - UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO 1867-1902
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John Benner was born in Wertenberg, Germany, November 19th, 1829. He attended the Parish School until eighteen years old when he joined a party of eleven who were all very anxious to hasten and investigate the wonderful stories of prosperity sent over from this side of the Atlantic. The party embarked from Harve, France in the Spring of 1848, making the voyage in forty-nine days.
From New York he took the usual route traveled by westward bound emigrants, going up the Hudson River, and again taking the boat at Buffalo for Sandusky City, Ohio, there he immediately went to work as cabinet maker, but did not tarry long at Sandusky on account of the cholera epidemic which had gained a strong foot-hold in the city, (the death from cholera alone reaching as many as 160 in a single day). From Sandusky he went to Belleview, Ohio, and after a short residence there returned to Sandusky, and settled down on a farm, near the city, devoting his time to truck gardening. A ready market for his produce was found in the city near at hand. In the fall of 1877, he moved to this county with his family, resided until 1893, sold out and bought a home one-half mile west of his former home where he now resides.
During his residence in Erie County he served two terms as Infirmary Director, also was elected Township Trustee of Crane Township, Wyandot County, four terms, and to further show integrity he has time and again been chosen member of the Church Council.
November 12th, 1852, he was joined in marriage to Magdelena Courtad, which union was blessed with then children. Those living are, Mrs. Henry Kromer, Charles, Mrs. Nicholas Seifert, Louis, Miss Rosie Courtad, Mrs. Joseph Weinandy, Mary and Frank.
John's mother, Margaret Benner, came to America in 1854 and lived with her son until her death, November 12, 1877.
TAKEN FROM THE WYANDOT COUNTY HISTORY 1884
John Benner was born in Wertenburg, Germany Nov. 19, 1827. He learned the cabinet trade in his native country, and emigrated to America in 1845, locating in Sandusky City till 1877 during which time he engaged at his trade and in agricultural pursuits. He purchased his present farm in 1877, and has since resided in this county, doing a good business in agriculture and stock raising. He was married at Sandusky City, Nov. 16, 1851, to Mary M. Courhart, daughter of John P. and Mary (Fry) Courhart natives of France, where Mrs. Benner was born June 2, 1828. Her parents emigrated to American in 1832 or 1833, settling in Pa. In 1834 they removed to Seneca Co., where the father died in 1944; the mother died in Sandusky City in 1850. They had 12 children who removed from Pa. with their parents by wagons.
Mr. and Mrs. Benner had eleven children, eight still living, viz: Catherine, born May 13, 1855; Charles J., born May 14, 1857; Elizabeth, June 22, 1960; Lewis A., June 23, 1863; Rosa V., Oct. 31, 1864; Carolina, Dec. 14, 1865; Mary A., Aug. 18, 1867; and Frank P., Mar. 29, 1869. The deceased are Caroline, Frank, and Louis. Mr. Benner contributed about $800 to the late war; he served as Infirmary Director of Erie Co. for two yrs.; as Twp. Trustee six yrs., and as a member of the School Board for nine yrs. Himself and family are members of the Roman Catholic Church, he being a Democrat in political faith. Margaret Benner, our subject's mother, emigrated to the United States in 1854, and resided with her son till her death, which occurred at Sandusky City, Nov. 12, 1877, in her seventy-eight year.
FROM THE ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH - UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO 1867-1902
Page 31
John Benner was born in Wertenberg, Germany, November 19th, 1829. He attended the Parish School until eighteen years old when he joined a party of eleven who were all very anxious to hasten and investigate the wonderful stories of prosperity sent over from this side of the Atlantic. The party embarked from Harve, France in the Spring of 1848, making the voyage in forty-nine days.
From New York he took the usual route traveled by westward bound emigrants, going up the Hudson River, and again taking the boat at Buffalo for Sandusky City, Ohio, there he immediately went to work as cabinet maker, but did not tarry long at Sandusky on account of the cholera epidemic which had gained a strong foot-hold in the city, (the death from cholera alone reaching as many as 160 in a single day). From Sandusky he went to Belleview, Ohio, and after a short residence there returned to Sandusky, and settled down on a farm, near the city, devoting his time to truck gardening. A ready market for his produce was found in the city near at hand. In the fall of 1877, he moved to this county with his family, resided until 1893, sold out and bought a home one-half mile west of his former home where he now resides.
During his residence in Erie County he served two terms as Infirmary Director, also was elected Township Trustee of Crane Township, Wyandot County, four terms, and to further show integrity he has time and again been chosen member of the Church Council.
November 12th, 1852, he was joined in marriage to Magdelena Courtad, which union was blessed with then children. Those living are, Mrs. Henry Kromer, Charles, Mrs. Nicholas Seifert, Louis, Miss Rosie Courtad, Mrs. Joseph Weinandy, Mary and Frank.
John came to America in 1845 and settled in Sandusky, Ohio, until 1877 when he purchased a farm in Wyandot County and he and his family moved there.
John's mother, Margaret Benner, came to America in 1854 and lived with her son until her death, November 12, 1877.
TAKEN FROM THE WYANDOT COUNTY HISTORY 1884
John Benner was born in Wertenburg, Germany Nov. 19, 1827. He learned the cabinet trade in his native country, and emigrated to America in 1845, locating in Sandusky City till 1877 during which time he engaged at his trade and in agricultural pursuits. He purchased his present farm in 1877, and has since resided in this county, doing a good business in agriculture and stock raising. He was married at Sandusky City, Nov. 16, 1851, to Mary M. Courhart, daughter of John P. and Mary (Fry) Courhart natives of France, where Mrs. Benner was born June 2, 1828. Her parents emigrated to American in 1832 or 1833, settling in Pa. In 1834 they removed to Seneca Co., where the father died in 1944; the mother died in Sandusky City in 1850. They had 12 children who removed from Pa. with their parents by wagons.
Mr. and Mrs. Benner had eleven children, eight still living, viz: Catherine, born May 13, 1855; Charles J., born May 14, 1857; Elizabeth, June 22, 1960; Lewis A., June 23, 1863; Rosa V., Oct. 31, 1864; Carolina, Dec. 14, 1865; Mary A., Aug. 18, 1867; and Frank P., Mar. 29, 1869. The deceased are Caroline, Frank, and Louis. Mr. Benner contributed about $800 to the late war; he served as Infirmary Director of Erie Co. for two yrs.; as Twp. Trustee six yrs., and as a member of the School Board for nine yrs. Himself and family are members of the Roman Catholic Church, he being a Democrat in political faith. Margaret Benner, our subject's mother, emigrated to the United States in 1854, and resided with her son till her death, which occurred at Sandusky City, Nov. 12, 1877, in her seventy-eight year.
FROM THE ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH - UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO 1867-1902
Page 31
John Benner was born in Wertenberg, Germany, November 19th, 1829. He attended the Parish School until eighteen years old when he joined a party of eleven who were all very anxious to hasten and investigate the wonderful stories of prosperity sent over from this side of the Atlantic. The party embarked from Harve, France in the Spring of 1848, making the voyage in forty-nine days.
From New York he took the usual route traveled by westward bound emigrants, going up the Hudson River, and again taking the boat at Buffalo for Sandusky City, Ohio, there he immediately went to work as cabinet maker, but did not tarry long at Sandusky on account of the cholera epidemic which had gained a strong foot-hold in the city, (the death from cholera alone reaching as many as 160 in a single day). From Sandusky he went to Belleview, Ohio, and after a short residence there returned to Sandusky, and settled down on a farm, near the city, devoting his time to truck gardening. A ready market for his produce was found in the city near at hand. In the fall of 1877, he moved to this county with his family, resided until 1893, sold out and bought a home one-half mile west of his former home where he now resides.
During his residence in Erie County he served two terms as Infirmary Director, also was elected Township Trustee of Crane Township, Wyandot County, four terms, and to further show integrity he has time and again been chosen member of the Church Council.
November 12th, 1852, he was joined in marriage to Magdelena Courtad, which union was blessed with then children. Those living are, Mrs. Henry Kromer, Charles, Mrs. Nicholas Seifert, Louis, Miss Rosie Courtad, Mrs. Joseph Weinandy, Mary and Frank.
John's mother, Margaret Benner, came to America in 1854 and lived with her son until her death, November 12, 1877.
TAKEN FROM THE WYANDOT COUNTY HISTORY 1884
John Benner was born in Wertenburg, Germany Nov. 19, 1827. He learned the cabinet trade in his native country, and emigrated to America in 1845, locating in Sandusky City till 1877 during which time he engaged at his trade and in agricultural pursuits. He purchased his present farm in 1877, and has since resided in this county, doing a good business in agriculture and stock raising. He was married at Sandusky City, Nov. 16, 1851, to Mary M. Courhart, daughter of John P. and Mary (Fry) Courhart natives of France, where Mrs. Benner was born June 2, 1828. Her parents emigrated to American in 1832 or 1833, settling in Pa. In 1834 they removed to Seneca Co., where the father died in 1944; the mother died in Sandusky City in 1850. They had 12 children who removed from Pa. with their parents by wagons.
Mr. and Mrs. Benner had eleven children, eight still living, viz: Catherine, born May 13, 1855; Charles J., born May 14, 1857; Elizabeth, June 22, 1960; Lewis A., June 23, 1863; Rosa V., Oct. 31, 1864; Carolina, Dec. 14, 1865; Mary A., Aug. 18, 1867; and Frank P., Mar. 29, 1869. The deceased are Caroline, Frank, and Louis. Mr. Benner contributed about $800 to the late war; he served as Infirmary Director of Erie Co. for two yrs.; as Twp. Trustee six yrs., and as a member of the School Board for nine yrs. Himself and family are members of the Roman Catholic Church, he being a Democrat in political faith. Margaret Benner, our subject's mother, emigrated to the United States in 1854, and resided with her son till her death, which occurred at Sandusky City, Nov. 12, 1877, in her seventy-eight year.
FROM THE ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH - UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO 1867-1902
Page 31
John Benner was born in Wertenberg, Germany, November 19th, 1829. He attended the Parish School until eighteen years old when he joined a party of eleven who were all very anxious to hasten and investigate the wonderful stories of prosperity sent over from this side of the Atlantic. The party embarked from Harve, France in the Spring of 1848, making the voyage in forty-nine days.
From New York he took the usual route traveled by westward bound emigrants, going up the Hudson River, and again taking the boat at Buffalo for Sandusky City, Ohio, there he immediately went to work as cabinet maker, but did not tarry long at Sandusky on account of the cholera epidemic which had gained a strong foot-hold in the city, (the death from cholera alone reaching as many as 160 in a single day). From Sandusky he went to Belleview, Ohio, and after a short residence there returned to Sandusky, and settled down on a farm, near the city, devoting his time to truck gardening. A ready market for his produce was found in the city near at hand. In the fall of 1877, he moved to this county with his family, resided until 1893, sold out and bought a home one-half mile west of his former home where he now resides.
During his residence in Erie County he served two terms as Infirmary Director, also was elected Township Trustee of Crane Township, Wyandot County, four terms, and to further show integrity he has time and again been chosen member of the Church Council.
November 12th, 1852, he was joined in marriage to Magdelena Courtad, which union was blessed with then children. Those living are, Mrs. Henry Kromer, Charles, Mrs. Nicholas Seifert, Louis, Miss Rosie Courtad, Mrs. Joseph Weinandy, Mary and Frank.
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