Benoni Presnell

1807 - 1852  (45 years)

• Name	Benoni Presnell  [1, 2]
  Born	14 Mar 1807	North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jun 1852	New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I13340	Krings
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Daniel Presnell, Jr.,   b. 29 Nov 1786, Randolph, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 1863, Harrison, Henry, Indiana, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Pleasant Maudlin,   b. 13 Jun 1784, Perquimans, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Bef 1860, Henry, Indiana, USA  (Age < 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	6 Jun 1804	Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F5693	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Moon,   b. 10 Feb 1810, Newberry, Clinton, Ohio, USA ,   d. 1886, Indian Creek, Story, Iowa, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1827	Newberry, Clinton, Ohio, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Sarah Ann Pressnall,   b. 6 Jul 1838, Indiana, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 1868, Kentland, Newton, Indiana, USA  (Age 29 years)  [natural]   2. Zimri Presnell,   b. 9 Sep 1848, New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1891, Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA  (Age 42 years)  [natural]   3. Henry B. Presnell,   b. 17 May 1832, Clinton, Ohio, USA ,   d. 3 Mar 1902, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, USA  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   4. Mary J Presnell,   b. 16 Mar 1834, Henry, Indiana, USA ,   d. 25 May 1889, Indian Creek Twp., Story, Iowa, USA  (Age 55 years)  [natural]   5. Eliza Jane Presnell,   b. 1845, Henry, Indiana, USA ,   d. 24 May 1866, Henry, Henry, Indiana, USA  (Age 21 years)  [natural]   6. William Presnell,   b. 30 Sep 1829, Ohio, USA ,   d. 8 Mar 1900, Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA  (Age 70 years)  [natural]   7. Lydia Ellen Presnell,   b. 7 Sep 1850, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA ,   d. 14 Sep 1934, Carroll, Carroll, Iowa, USA  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   8. Jeremiah Presnell,   b. 6 Mar 1828, Martinsville, Clinton, Ohio, USA ,   d. 6 Feb 1897, Portis, Osborne, Kansas, USA  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   9. John Wesley Presnell,   b. 13 Mar 1846, Henry, Indiana, USA ,   d. 13 Sep 1915, Union, Story, Iowa, USA  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   10. Ruth Presnell,   b. 1 Sep 1836, Henry, Indiana, USA ,   d. 24 May 1866, Henry, Indiana, USA  (Age 29 years)  [natural]   11. James S. Presnell,   b. 4 Feb 1831, Clinton, Ohio, USA ,   d. 17 Feb 1883, Scranton, Greene, Iowa, USA  (Age 52 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F3986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Mar 1807 - North Carolina, USA Died - 10 Jun 1852 - New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		1842 Tax List, Henry Indiana 1
  		1842 Tax List, Henry, Indiana 2
  		1850 Census, Henry Twp., Henry County, Indiana
  		Benoni Presnell probate 13SEP1861
  		New Castle Courier 28 April 1876
  		1842 Tax List, Henry, Indiana 3

  
  

  Documents

  1842 Tax List, Henry Indiana

  
  

• Notes

  On 30 November 1826, Benoni requests certificate to marry Jane Moon at the Newberry Monthly Meeting, Ohio. On 28 December his certificate was granted. A complaint was filed at the Duck Creek Monthly meeting on 24 September 1829 that he used profane language, struck a man, and varried from the truth. He denied parts thereof. On 23 June 1831 Benoni was disowned by the Duck Creek Quakers. His wife Jane and children request certificate to Newbury Monthly Meeting Ohio on 21 July 1831 and on 22 Septmenber 1830 the certificate is granted Henry County, Probate Hearing Book, 1830-1861 Presnell, Benoni Book 1, Page 75, "heirs" Henry County, Probate Appearance Book, 1826-1852 Presnall, Benoni Book 1, Page 67, 1852

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [S220] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the;), 1850 United States Federal Census. birth date: 14 Mar 1807 birth place: North Carolina, USA residence date: 1850 residence place: Henry, Henry, Indiana 1850 United States Federal Census [S1027] New Castle (Indiana) Weekly Courier. Reminiscence by J. C. Beck in the New Castle (Ind.) Weekly Courier, April 28, 1876: "On June 10, 1852, a man of family who lived on the Middletown Road about 2 miles north and west of New Castle was missing. He had told his family he would go out, back of the field, and cut some wood. His daughter blew the dinner horn but he came not. His wife and daughter went out to hunt him; they found he had blazed a path, cutting the under brush and laying it on either side, and soon the daughter saw her father swinging in the air, dead, stark, and stiff. The reputed cause was the bad conduct of his son, then in Iowa, but in my opinion it was insanity that caused Benoni Pressnall to commit suicide, inasmuch, as he was when a young man subject to fits of melancholy." [S434] American Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Hinshaw, Vol VII, pg 262.