Benning Smart Straw 1814 - 1898
BENNING was born 20 June 1814 in New London, NH. He was the s/o Benjamin Straw and Ruth Hutchins. Benjamin Straw moved to Morrow Ohio in 1823 from NH.
Benning had the following siblings, all born in New London, NH:
HANNAH (b.1800) who m. James Smart (her cousin) in 1820 in Pickaway Co OHIO
ALVA ( b.1803) who is listed in Polk twp OH in 1850 with wife Mary and again in 1880 is widowed and living in Pulaski in Williams County, OH
ORIEL( b. 1805) who married 3 times 1.Jane Bounds in 1826 in Marion Co. OH 2. Rosetta Main in c 1833 in IL and 3. Zada Babcock 1840 in Crawford Co, OH.
OLIVE (b. 1807) who m. Henry Isaac Johnson in 1826 in Marion Co. OH and died in Polk, Crawford, Co
BENNING m.4 Sept 1851 in Crawford Co. Oh to Mary A. Henry and on 26 March 1872 in Cuyahoga Co OH to Mary F. Smith. He died 3 March 1898 in Williams County, OH. He was named for his uncle Col Benning Smart who married his mother Ruth's sister Abigail Hutchins.
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