Benjamin Harrison Schooler

   General Notes:

!In the History of Logan Co., Ohio pg 359,365,375, & 520. It tells the story of a John Gutridge, an early preacher who used the barn belonging to Benjamin Schooler to preach in. It states that Benjamin was by no means a devout man. Indeed it is related of him that he prided himself somewhat upon his skill in profanity, but he courted popularity, and opened up his barn to the minister as a part of his plan to secure the applause of his neighbors, because he wanted to run for Justice of the Peace, which he was finally elected to. The canidates promoted the election by offering drinks of whiskey out of their jugs, to everyone who voted for them. It also says that Benjamin came to the area in 1808 with the Makenson brothers, who had been his neighbors in Lexington Lexington, Kentucky. I am not really sure when he would have been living there. Benjamin and Margaret moved from Harrison Co., Kentucky to Champaign Co., Ohio abt 1804. !CENSUS:1820 Logan Co., Ohio, Miami pg 67A !CENSUS:1830 Logan Co., Ohio, Miami pg 62 two houses away from their son John. !MARRIAGE:Harrison Co., Kentucky Rec. for 1st marriage. Bondsman Evan Jones. !MARRIAGE:Champaign Co., Ohio Marriage Rec. for 2nd marriage. !MARRIAGE:Logan Co., Ohio Marriage Rec. for 3rd marriage. !MILITARY:War of 1812 as per Affidavit of Widows claim. He was a Captain in an independent Rifle Company of the 3rd Ohio Militia commissioned by Governor Meigs. He served until 21 March 1813. These records are also found in the "Torrance and Allied Families" Military records. !LAND:Benjamin received a Land Patent Certificate #891 from John Quincy Adams on the 6th of October 1827, of 119 and 72/100ths of an acre. Section 24, township 3 of Range 13, between the Miami Rivers. FHC#545363 !DEATH:Estate was administered November 1835 in Logan Co., Ohio and sold to Lewis Schooler. It mentions Benjamin's widow Margaret and his children John, Charles H., Evan J., Lewis, Harrison, Eliza, Margaret, Benjamin Jr., Jane, and Sally Schooler and son William Schooler as Administrator. #545336 In the Court of Common Pleas pg 139-41 Margaret Schooler relinquished her right to administer the Estate of her Deceased husband and then in the same court on pg 98-99, 22 Jan 1834, they listed his estate.

   Marriage Information:

Benjamin married Margaret Ann Jones, daughter of Evan Jones and Margaret (Peggy) Baker, on 25 Jun 1802 in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky. (Margaret Ann Jones was born in 1782 in , , Kentucky and died in 1813 in Bellefountaine, Champaign, Ohio.)

   Marriage Information:

Benjamin also married Sarah Jane Davis on 10 Sep 1814 in , Champaign, Ohio. (Sarah Jane Davis died in 1825 in Miami Township, Logan Co., Idaho, USA.)

   Marriage Information:

Benjamin also married Margaret Cox on 7 Jul 1830 in , Logan, Ohio. (Margaret Cox was born in 1786-1790 in , , Pennsylvania.)