BENJAMIN "BEN" ALEXANDER STRIBLING was born on 9 February 1863 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas to Thomas Haile Stribling & Eleanor Helen Alexander-Stribling.
Ben attended preparatory school at an elite educational facility for boys named the Ury House School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1860 by Mrs Jane Crawford, a highly refined English lady, who employed the finest headmasters and teachers in the Philadelphia region. Mrs. Crawford retired in 1881, and the nationally-acclaimed Ury House School was moved to Bustleton and became St. Luke’s Academy.
When the Ury House School announced it would be closing, Ben transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, and completed his final year of High School, 1880 - 1881.
Ben began his higher education studies in the fall of 1882 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering in 1886. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was established in 1824 by Stephen van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the common purposes of life" and is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world.
Ben is documented as being employed as an Assistant Engineer with the Utah & Northern Railroad, working for the United States Electric Company, Newark, New Jersey, President of Bexar County C L, and an Abstract Proprietor, (a person who searches out and summarizes information to be used as reference or proof).
On 12 Jan 1901, Ben married Ariana Celeste Gaylord in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and they had TWO daughters of record:
Beatrice Stribling-Dance (1902 - 1974) &
Eleanor Stribling-Capers (1903 - 1985).
Ben passed away on 6 January 1950 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and he was laid to rest there at San Antonio City Cemetery #1.
REFERENCES:
1. 29 July 1870 San Antonio, Ward 2, Bexar County, Texas Census, (Stamped 231A, Sheet 55, Family #334, Line 3), Head of Household, Thomas Stribling. NOTE: Family Continued on Next Census Page; Stamped 230B, Sheet 54.
2. 16 June 1880 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 14, Stamped 143D, Sheet 52, Family #476, Line 31), Mother's Household, Widow: Mrs Alexander Stribling.
3. 7 June 1900 San Antonio Ward 4, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 89, Stamped 217, Sheet 7B, Family #132, Line 77), Mother's Household, Widow: E A Stribling. BORN: Feb 1863.
4. 28 April 1910 San Antonio Ward 4, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 32, Stamped 194, Sheet 21B, Family #414, Line 61), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling. First Marriage, Married 9 years (1901), 3 of 3 Children Living.
5. US Passport #11566
State of: Texas.
County of: Bexar.
Ben A Stribling.
My Wife: Celeste Gaylord born at Victoria, Texas on the 6 November 1872, and
My daughter: Beatrice Stribling born at San Antonio, Texas on 11 Sept 1903, and
My daughter: Eleanor Stribling born at San Antonio, Texas on 1 Nov 1904.
I was born at San Antonio, Texas on 9 February 1863; that
My Father was a native citizen of the United States, but is now dead.
I am domiciled in the United States , my permanent residence being at San Antonio, Texas, where I follow the occupation of Abstracter; that I am about to go abroad temporarily; and that I intend to return to the United States.
Oath of Allegiance signed 16 June 1913 in San Antonio, Texas by Ben A Stribling.
Affidavit from Jas K Stuart, 209 W Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas.
6. 20 - 22 January 1920 San Antonio Ward 5, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 63, Stamped 196, Sheet 8A, Family #Not Entered, Line 1), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling, Family is Boarding in the Gunter Hotel.
7. 2 April 1930 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 15-76, Stamped 1, Sheet 1A, Family #6, Line 25), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling.
8. 12 April 1940 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 259-129, Stamped 2149, Sheet 6A, Family #150, Line 34), Son-in-Law: Dupre R & Daughter: Beatrice Dance's Household.
9. Harry Kyriakodis, 2017, Ury House School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Follow Link for Full Story):
https://hiddencityphila.org/2017/10/ury-house-demo-in-the-1970s-erased-oldest-home-in-pa/
The story of the Ury House is a familiar one that mirrors the current wave of citywide demolition for new residential construction. The colonial mansion, located at 8403 Pine Road in lower Northeast Philadelphia, was believed to be the oldest historic dwelling in both Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Originally a fort, the building, constructed around 1640-1645, was situated near what became the village of Fox Chase on a steep hill southwest of the Pennypack Creek. The mansion and adjoining estate were sold in 1973 to a real estate developer who demolished the historic home for a large tract of duplex apartments.
Ury House was built of stone quarried nearby by Swedish refugees who had sailed up the Delaware River and then the Pennypack in the early 1640s. It was said that the settlers arrived there by accident because they were sailing on the Delaware River during the evening and mistook the Pennypack Creek for their intended landing at Christiana, Delaware.
The Swedes quickly constructed a building of stone to protect themselves from the Lenni-Lenape, although they generally maintained friendly relations with local Native Americans. The stronghold also provided refuge when interloping Dutchmen from the Hudson Valley came down to the region to cause trouble. The Swedes used the structure as a fort, trading-post, and government house, since the settlers were scattered in huts and log cabins all around the dense forest that became Northeast Philadelphia.
Just before the Civil War, Stephen Crawford found himself in financial difficulties. His wife, Jane Crawford, began a money-raising venture at Ury House. In 1860, she opened a boy’s boarding school with the initial purpose of educating her six sons. But Ury House School soon became an elite educational facility for boys from elite Philadelphia families and others from across the nation and globe. Mrs. Crawford, who was regarded as a highly refined English lady, employed the finest headmasters and teachers in the Philadelphia region.
When Mrs. Crawford retired in 1881, the nationally-acclaimed Ury House School moved to Bustleton and became St. Luke’s Academy. The school next relocated to Wayne to become the Valley Forge Military Academy.
10. 1880-81, Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Phillips Exeter Academy, Massachusetts, P 156:
Benjamin Alexander Stribling.
Age: 17.
Residence: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
11. William H Young, 1887, Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, P 547:
BEN ALEXANDER STRIBLING, Civil Engineering, son of Thomas Hale and Eleanor (Alexander) Stribling, was born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, 9 February 1863. Prepared at Ury House School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fox Chase, Principal. Entered the Institute 15 September 1882. In August 1886, Assistant Engineer, Utah & Northern Railroad; October 1886, employed by the United States Electric Company, Newark, New Jersey. Post Office address, 5 Pecan Street, San Antonio, Texas.
12. 1890, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Theta Chapter, P 357:
Ben Alexander Stribling
Civil Engineering Degree 1886.
Graduate of: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Assistant Engineer Union Pacific Ry.
Residence: San Antonio, TX.
Publication: Harvard University, Massachusetts.
13. 1900 Harvard University Catalog: Theta Chapter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY:
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Graduated: 1886.
Hildebrand & Stribling Abstract Co, San Antonio, Texas.
14. Boston, Massachusetts, 1913 Harvard University Alumni Directory:
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Occupation: Civil Engineering.
Address: 209 W. Commerce St., San Antonio, TX.
15. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Born: 9 Feb 1863.
Birthplace: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Residence: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Died: 6 Jan 1950.
Place: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: San Antonio City Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Occupation: Retired.
Marital Status: Widowed.
Father: Thomas H Stribling.
Birthplace: Alabama.
Mother: Eleanor Alexander.
Birthplace: Illinois.
Informant: (Daughter) Mrs D R Dance.
Ben attended preparatory school at an elite educational facility for boys named the Ury House School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1860 by Mrs Jane Crawford, a highly refined English lady, who employed the finest headmasters and teachers in the Philadelphia region. Mrs. Crawford retired in 1881, and the nationally-acclaimed Ury House School was moved to Bustleton and became St. Luke’s Academy.
When the Ury House School announced it would be closing, Ben transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, and completed his final year of High School, 1880 - 1881.
Ben began his higher education studies in the fall of 1882 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering in 1886. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was established in 1824 by Stephen van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the common purposes of life" and is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world.
Ben is documented as being employed as an Assistant Engineer with the Utah & Northern Railroad, working for the United States Electric Company, Newark, New Jersey, President of Bexar County C L, and an Abstract Proprietor, (a person who searches out and summarizes information to be used as reference or proof).
On 12 Jan 1901, Ben married Ariana Celeste Gaylord in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and they had TWO daughters of record:
Beatrice Stribling-Dance (1902 - 1974) &
Eleanor Stribling-Capers (1903 - 1985).
Ben passed away on 6 January 1950 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and he was laid to rest there at San Antonio City Cemetery #1.
REFERENCES:
1. 29 July 1870 San Antonio, Ward 2, Bexar County, Texas Census, (Stamped 231A, Sheet 55, Family #334, Line 3), Head of Household, Thomas Stribling. NOTE: Family Continued on Next Census Page; Stamped 230B, Sheet 54.
2. 16 June 1880 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 14, Stamped 143D, Sheet 52, Family #476, Line 31), Mother's Household, Widow: Mrs Alexander Stribling.
3. 7 June 1900 San Antonio Ward 4, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 89, Stamped 217, Sheet 7B, Family #132, Line 77), Mother's Household, Widow: E A Stribling. BORN: Feb 1863.
4. 28 April 1910 San Antonio Ward 4, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 32, Stamped 194, Sheet 21B, Family #414, Line 61), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling. First Marriage, Married 9 years (1901), 3 of 3 Children Living.
5. US Passport #11566
State of: Texas.
County of: Bexar.
Ben A Stribling.
My Wife: Celeste Gaylord born at Victoria, Texas on the 6 November 1872, and
My daughter: Beatrice Stribling born at San Antonio, Texas on 11 Sept 1903, and
My daughter: Eleanor Stribling born at San Antonio, Texas on 1 Nov 1904.
I was born at San Antonio, Texas on 9 February 1863; that
My Father was a native citizen of the United States, but is now dead.
I am domiciled in the United States , my permanent residence being at San Antonio, Texas, where I follow the occupation of Abstracter; that I am about to go abroad temporarily; and that I intend to return to the United States.
Oath of Allegiance signed 16 June 1913 in San Antonio, Texas by Ben A Stribling.
Affidavit from Jas K Stuart, 209 W Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas.
6. 20 - 22 January 1920 San Antonio Ward 5, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 63, Stamped 196, Sheet 8A, Family #Not Entered, Line 1), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling, Family is Boarding in the Gunter Hotel.
7. 2 April 1930 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 15-76, Stamped 1, Sheet 1A, Family #6, Line 25), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling.
8. 12 April 1940 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 259-129, Stamped 2149, Sheet 6A, Family #150, Line 34), Son-in-Law: Dupre R & Daughter: Beatrice Dance's Household.
9. Harry Kyriakodis, 2017, Ury House School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Follow Link for Full Story):
https://hiddencityphila.org/2017/10/ury-house-demo-in-the-1970s-erased-oldest-home-in-pa/
The story of the Ury House is a familiar one that mirrors the current wave of citywide demolition for new residential construction. The colonial mansion, located at 8403 Pine Road in lower Northeast Philadelphia, was believed to be the oldest historic dwelling in both Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Originally a fort, the building, constructed around 1640-1645, was situated near what became the village of Fox Chase on a steep hill southwest of the Pennypack Creek. The mansion and adjoining estate were sold in 1973 to a real estate developer who demolished the historic home for a large tract of duplex apartments.
Ury House was built of stone quarried nearby by Swedish refugees who had sailed up the Delaware River and then the Pennypack in the early 1640s. It was said that the settlers arrived there by accident because they were sailing on the Delaware River during the evening and mistook the Pennypack Creek for their intended landing at Christiana, Delaware.
The Swedes quickly constructed a building of stone to protect themselves from the Lenni-Lenape, although they generally maintained friendly relations with local Native Americans. The stronghold also provided refuge when interloping Dutchmen from the Hudson Valley came down to the region to cause trouble. The Swedes used the structure as a fort, trading-post, and government house, since the settlers were scattered in huts and log cabins all around the dense forest that became Northeast Philadelphia.
Just before the Civil War, Stephen Crawford found himself in financial difficulties. His wife, Jane Crawford, began a money-raising venture at Ury House. In 1860, she opened a boy’s boarding school with the initial purpose of educating her six sons. But Ury House School soon became an elite educational facility for boys from elite Philadelphia families and others from across the nation and globe. Mrs. Crawford, who was regarded as a highly refined English lady, employed the finest headmasters and teachers in the Philadelphia region.
When Mrs. Crawford retired in 1881, the nationally-acclaimed Ury House School moved to Bustleton and became St. Luke’s Academy. The school next relocated to Wayne to become the Valley Forge Military Academy.
10. 1880-81, Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Phillips Exeter Academy, Massachusetts, P 156:
Benjamin Alexander Stribling.
Age: 17.
Residence: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
11. William H Young, 1887, Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, P 547:
BEN ALEXANDER STRIBLING, Civil Engineering, son of Thomas Hale and Eleanor (Alexander) Stribling, was born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, 9 February 1863. Prepared at Ury House School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fox Chase, Principal. Entered the Institute 15 September 1882. In August 1886, Assistant Engineer, Utah & Northern Railroad; October 1886, employed by the United States Electric Company, Newark, New Jersey. Post Office address, 5 Pecan Street, San Antonio, Texas.
12. 1890, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Theta Chapter, P 357:
Ben Alexander Stribling
Civil Engineering Degree 1886.
Graduate of: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Assistant Engineer Union Pacific Ry.
Residence: San Antonio, TX.
Publication: Harvard University, Massachusetts.
13. 1900 Harvard University Catalog: Theta Chapter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY:
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Graduated: 1886.
Hildebrand & Stribling Abstract Co, San Antonio, Texas.
14. Boston, Massachusetts, 1913 Harvard University Alumni Directory:
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Occupation: Civil Engineering.
Address: 209 W. Commerce St., San Antonio, TX.
15. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Born: 9 Feb 1863.
Birthplace: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Residence: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Died: 6 Jan 1950.
Place: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: San Antonio City Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Occupation: Retired.
Marital Status: Widowed.
Father: Thomas H Stribling.
Birthplace: Alabama.
Mother: Eleanor Alexander.
Birthplace: Illinois.
Informant: (Daughter) Mrs D R Dance.
BENJAMIN "BEN" ALEXANDER STRIBLING was born on 9 February 1863 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas to Thomas Haile Stribling & Eleanor Helen Alexander-Stribling.
Ben attended preparatory school at an elite educational facility for boys named the Ury House School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1860 by Mrs Jane Crawford, a highly refined English lady, who employed the finest headmasters and teachers in the Philadelphia region. Mrs. Crawford retired in 1881, and the nationally-acclaimed Ury House School was moved to Bustleton and became St. Luke’s Academy.
When the Ury House School announced it would be closing, Ben transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, and completed his final year of High School, 1880 - 1881.
Ben began his higher education studies in the fall of 1882 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering in 1886. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was established in 1824 by Stephen van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the common purposes of life" and is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world.
Ben is documented as being employed as an Assistant Engineer with the Utah & Northern Railroad, working for the United States Electric Company, Newark, New Jersey, President of Bexar County C L, and an Abstract Proprietor, (a person who searches out and summarizes information to be used as reference or proof).
On 12 Jan 1901, Ben married Ariana Celeste Gaylord in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and they had TWO daughters of record:
Beatrice Stribling-Dance (1902 - 1974) &
Eleanor Stribling-Capers (1903 - 1985).
Ben passed away on 6 January 1950 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and he was laid to rest there at San Antonio City Cemetery #1.
REFERENCES:
1. 29 July 1870 San Antonio, Ward 2, Bexar County, Texas Census, (Stamped 231A, Sheet 55, Family #334, Line 3), Head of Household, Thomas Stribling. NOTE: Family Continued on Next Census Page; Stamped 230B, Sheet 54.
2. 16 June 1880 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 14, Stamped 143D, Sheet 52, Family #476, Line 31), Mother's Household, Widow: Mrs Alexander Stribling.
3. 7 June 1900 San Antonio Ward 4, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 89, Stamped 217, Sheet 7B, Family #132, Line 77), Mother's Household, Widow: E A Stribling. BORN: Feb 1863.
4. 28 April 1910 San Antonio Ward 4, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 32, Stamped 194, Sheet 21B, Family #414, Line 61), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling. First Marriage, Married 9 years (1901), 3 of 3 Children Living.
5. US Passport #11566
State of: Texas.
County of: Bexar.
Ben A Stribling.
My Wife: Celeste Gaylord born at Victoria, Texas on the 6 November 1872, and
My daughter: Beatrice Stribling born at San Antonio, Texas on 11 Sept 1903, and
My daughter: Eleanor Stribling born at San Antonio, Texas on 1 Nov 1904.
I was born at San Antonio, Texas on 9 February 1863; that
My Father was a native citizen of the United States, but is now dead.
I am domiciled in the United States , my permanent residence being at San Antonio, Texas, where I follow the occupation of Abstracter; that I am about to go abroad temporarily; and that I intend to return to the United States.
Oath of Allegiance signed 16 June 1913 in San Antonio, Texas by Ben A Stribling.
Affidavit from Jas K Stuart, 209 W Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas.
6. 20 - 22 January 1920 San Antonio Ward 5, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 63, Stamped 196, Sheet 8A, Family #Not Entered, Line 1), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling, Family is Boarding in the Gunter Hotel.
7. 2 April 1930 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 15-76, Stamped 1, Sheet 1A, Family #6, Line 25), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling.
8. 12 April 1940 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 259-129, Stamped 2149, Sheet 6A, Family #150, Line 34), Son-in-Law: Dupre R & Daughter: Beatrice Dance's Household.
9. Harry Kyriakodis, 2017, Ury House School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Follow Link for Full Story):
https://hiddencityphila.org/2017/10/ury-house-demo-in-the-1970s-erased-oldest-home-in-pa/
The story of the Ury House is a familiar one that mirrors the current wave of citywide demolition for new residential construction. The colonial mansion, located at 8403 Pine Road in lower Northeast Philadelphia, was believed to be the oldest historic dwelling in both Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Originally a fort, the building, constructed around 1640-1645, was situated near what became the village of Fox Chase on a steep hill southwest of the Pennypack Creek. The mansion and adjoining estate were sold in 1973 to a real estate developer who demolished the historic home for a large tract of duplex apartments.
Ury House was built of stone quarried nearby by Swedish refugees who had sailed up the Delaware River and then the Pennypack in the early 1640s. It was said that the settlers arrived there by accident because they were sailing on the Delaware River during the evening and mistook the Pennypack Creek for their intended landing at Christiana, Delaware.
The Swedes quickly constructed a building of stone to protect themselves from the Lenni-Lenape, although they generally maintained friendly relations with local Native Americans. The stronghold also provided refuge when interloping Dutchmen from the Hudson Valley came down to the region to cause trouble. The Swedes used the structure as a fort, trading-post, and government house, since the settlers were scattered in huts and log cabins all around the dense forest that became Northeast Philadelphia.
Just before the Civil War, Stephen Crawford found himself in financial difficulties. His wife, Jane Crawford, began a money-raising venture at Ury House. In 1860, she opened a boy’s boarding school with the initial purpose of educating her six sons. But Ury House School soon became an elite educational facility for boys from elite Philadelphia families and others from across the nation and globe. Mrs. Crawford, who was regarded as a highly refined English lady, employed the finest headmasters and teachers in the Philadelphia region.
When Mrs. Crawford retired in 1881, the nationally-acclaimed Ury House School moved to Bustleton and became St. Luke’s Academy. The school next relocated to Wayne to become the Valley Forge Military Academy.
10. 1880-81, Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Phillips Exeter Academy, Massachusetts, P 156:
Benjamin Alexander Stribling.
Age: 17.
Residence: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
11. William H Young, 1887, Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, P 547:
BEN ALEXANDER STRIBLING, Civil Engineering, son of Thomas Hale and Eleanor (Alexander) Stribling, was born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, 9 February 1863. Prepared at Ury House School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fox Chase, Principal. Entered the Institute 15 September 1882. In August 1886, Assistant Engineer, Utah & Northern Railroad; October 1886, employed by the United States Electric Company, Newark, New Jersey. Post Office address, 5 Pecan Street, San Antonio, Texas.
12. 1890, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Theta Chapter, P 357:
Ben Alexander Stribling
Civil Engineering Degree 1886.
Graduate of: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Assistant Engineer Union Pacific Ry.
Residence: San Antonio, TX.
Publication: Harvard University, Massachusetts.
13. 1900 Harvard University Catalog: Theta Chapter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY:
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Graduated: 1886.
Hildebrand & Stribling Abstract Co, San Antonio, Texas.
14. Boston, Massachusetts, 1913 Harvard University Alumni Directory:
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Occupation: Civil Engineering.
Address: 209 W. Commerce St., San Antonio, TX.
15. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Born: 9 Feb 1863.
Birthplace: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Residence: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Died: 6 Jan 1950.
Place: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: San Antonio City Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Occupation: Retired.
Marital Status: Widowed.
Father: Thomas H Stribling.
Birthplace: Alabama.
Mother: Eleanor Alexander.
Birthplace: Illinois.
Informant: (Daughter) Mrs D R Dance.
Ben attended preparatory school at an elite educational facility for boys named the Ury House School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1860 by Mrs Jane Crawford, a highly refined English lady, who employed the finest headmasters and teachers in the Philadelphia region. Mrs. Crawford retired in 1881, and the nationally-acclaimed Ury House School was moved to Bustleton and became St. Luke’s Academy.
When the Ury House School announced it would be closing, Ben transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, and completed his final year of High School, 1880 - 1881.
Ben began his higher education studies in the fall of 1882 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering in 1886. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was established in 1824 by Stephen van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the common purposes of life" and is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world.
Ben is documented as being employed as an Assistant Engineer with the Utah & Northern Railroad, working for the United States Electric Company, Newark, New Jersey, President of Bexar County C L, and an Abstract Proprietor, (a person who searches out and summarizes information to be used as reference or proof).
On 12 Jan 1901, Ben married Ariana Celeste Gaylord in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and they had TWO daughters of record:
Beatrice Stribling-Dance (1902 - 1974) &
Eleanor Stribling-Capers (1903 - 1985).
Ben passed away on 6 January 1950 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and he was laid to rest there at San Antonio City Cemetery #1.
REFERENCES:
1. 29 July 1870 San Antonio, Ward 2, Bexar County, Texas Census, (Stamped 231A, Sheet 55, Family #334, Line 3), Head of Household, Thomas Stribling. NOTE: Family Continued on Next Census Page; Stamped 230B, Sheet 54.
2. 16 June 1880 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 14, Stamped 143D, Sheet 52, Family #476, Line 31), Mother's Household, Widow: Mrs Alexander Stribling.
3. 7 June 1900 San Antonio Ward 4, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 89, Stamped 217, Sheet 7B, Family #132, Line 77), Mother's Household, Widow: E A Stribling. BORN: Feb 1863.
4. 28 April 1910 San Antonio Ward 4, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 32, Stamped 194, Sheet 21B, Family #414, Line 61), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling. First Marriage, Married 9 years (1901), 3 of 3 Children Living.
5. US Passport #11566
State of: Texas.
County of: Bexar.
Ben A Stribling.
My Wife: Celeste Gaylord born at Victoria, Texas on the 6 November 1872, and
My daughter: Beatrice Stribling born at San Antonio, Texas on 11 Sept 1903, and
My daughter: Eleanor Stribling born at San Antonio, Texas on 1 Nov 1904.
I was born at San Antonio, Texas on 9 February 1863; that
My Father was a native citizen of the United States, but is now dead.
I am domiciled in the United States , my permanent residence being at San Antonio, Texas, where I follow the occupation of Abstracter; that I am about to go abroad temporarily; and that I intend to return to the United States.
Oath of Allegiance signed 16 June 1913 in San Antonio, Texas by Ben A Stribling.
Affidavit from Jas K Stuart, 209 W Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas.
6. 20 - 22 January 1920 San Antonio Ward 5, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 63, Stamped 196, Sheet 8A, Family #Not Entered, Line 1), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling, Family is Boarding in the Gunter Hotel.
7. 2 April 1930 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 15-76, Stamped 1, Sheet 1A, Family #6, Line 25), Head of Household, Ben A Stribling.
8. 12 April 1940 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Census, (ED: 259-129, Stamped 2149, Sheet 6A, Family #150, Line 34), Son-in-Law: Dupre R & Daughter: Beatrice Dance's Household.
9. Harry Kyriakodis, 2017, Ury House School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Follow Link for Full Story):
https://hiddencityphila.org/2017/10/ury-house-demo-in-the-1970s-erased-oldest-home-in-pa/
The story of the Ury House is a familiar one that mirrors the current wave of citywide demolition for new residential construction. The colonial mansion, located at 8403 Pine Road in lower Northeast Philadelphia, was believed to be the oldest historic dwelling in both Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Originally a fort, the building, constructed around 1640-1645, was situated near what became the village of Fox Chase on a steep hill southwest of the Pennypack Creek. The mansion and adjoining estate were sold in 1973 to a real estate developer who demolished the historic home for a large tract of duplex apartments.
Ury House was built of stone quarried nearby by Swedish refugees who had sailed up the Delaware River and then the Pennypack in the early 1640s. It was said that the settlers arrived there by accident because they were sailing on the Delaware River during the evening and mistook the Pennypack Creek for their intended landing at Christiana, Delaware.
The Swedes quickly constructed a building of stone to protect themselves from the Lenni-Lenape, although they generally maintained friendly relations with local Native Americans. The stronghold also provided refuge when interloping Dutchmen from the Hudson Valley came down to the region to cause trouble. The Swedes used the structure as a fort, trading-post, and government house, since the settlers were scattered in huts and log cabins all around the dense forest that became Northeast Philadelphia.
Just before the Civil War, Stephen Crawford found himself in financial difficulties. His wife, Jane Crawford, began a money-raising venture at Ury House. In 1860, she opened a boy’s boarding school with the initial purpose of educating her six sons. But Ury House School soon became an elite educational facility for boys from elite Philadelphia families and others from across the nation and globe. Mrs. Crawford, who was regarded as a highly refined English lady, employed the finest headmasters and teachers in the Philadelphia region.
When Mrs. Crawford retired in 1881, the nationally-acclaimed Ury House School moved to Bustleton and became St. Luke’s Academy. The school next relocated to Wayne to become the Valley Forge Military Academy.
10. 1880-81, Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Phillips Exeter Academy, Massachusetts, P 156:
Benjamin Alexander Stribling.
Age: 17.
Residence: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
11. William H Young, 1887, Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, P 547:
BEN ALEXANDER STRIBLING, Civil Engineering, son of Thomas Hale and Eleanor (Alexander) Stribling, was born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, 9 February 1863. Prepared at Ury House School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fox Chase, Principal. Entered the Institute 15 September 1882. In August 1886, Assistant Engineer, Utah & Northern Railroad; October 1886, employed by the United States Electric Company, Newark, New Jersey. Post Office address, 5 Pecan Street, San Antonio, Texas.
12. 1890, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Theta Chapter, P 357:
Ben Alexander Stribling
Civil Engineering Degree 1886.
Graduate of: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Assistant Engineer Union Pacific Ry.
Residence: San Antonio, TX.
Publication: Harvard University, Massachusetts.
13. 1900 Harvard University Catalog: Theta Chapter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY:
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Graduated: 1886.
Hildebrand & Stribling Abstract Co, San Antonio, Texas.
14. Boston, Massachusetts, 1913 Harvard University Alumni Directory:
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Occupation: Civil Engineering.
Address: 209 W. Commerce St., San Antonio, TX.
15. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Ben Alexander Stribling.
Born: 9 Feb 1863.
Birthplace: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Residence: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Died: 6 Jan 1950.
Place: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: San Antonio City Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Occupation: Retired.
Marital Status: Widowed.
Father: Thomas H Stribling.
Birthplace: Alabama.
Mother: Eleanor Alexander.
Birthplace: Illinois.
Informant: (Daughter) Mrs D R Dance.
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