Person ID: I8667772326

Benjamin Franklin Sholty

19 Mar 1824 – 13 Jan 1904

Male

Married: 28 Jul 1853 — Hancock, Ohio, United States

Notes

  • Name Prefix:<NPFX> Rev. In the 1860 Hancock County, Ohio Census, Benjamin, his wife, and their three children reside in Blanchard Twp. next door to Julia Ann's parents; Benjamin is employed as a merchant. In the 1870 Hillsdale County, Michigan Census, Benjamin and Julia Ann and their children reside in Woodbridge Twp. next door to Julia Ann's brother, Henry, and his family. Benjamin is a farmer. Benjamin was a veteran of the Union soldiers of the Civil War, evidenced by the Pension Application that Julia Ann filed as his widow and by the Civil War Marker at his gravesite. Benjamin served in Company G, the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry and enlisted 26 April 1861. In the 1900 Williams County, Ohio Census, Benjamin is employed as a minister. He and Julia reside in Pioneer Twp. His father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Maryland.