BENSON, Potter b. 18 Feb 1814 Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA d. 14 Aug 1889 Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

BENSON, Potter

1814 - 1889 (75 years)

Name	BENSON, Potter [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
Birth	18 Feb 1814	Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA [1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Gender	Male
Moved	1832	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [15]
	to Ceres with brother Daniel: Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832.
	20200325HAv- pasted and edited from front Source Citation Text: "Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five, and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."
Occupation	1832 [14]
	Lumberman
Residence	Between 1832 and 1880	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 11]
Tax List	Between 1836 and 1837	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [17]
	The resident tax-payers of Ceres township in 1836-37 were - John Bee and Tom Bee* (who operated a saw-mill), Potter Benson (who owned a second saw-mill), Dan Benson, S.A. Barber, William Bell,
	20210719GHLn- The resident tax-payers of Ceres township in 1836-37 were David Axtell (moved to Wisconsin), G.C. Burnham, H. Bowen, A. Brown, William Bardsley, John C. Brevost, John O. Bradsby, Daniel Bliven, John Bee and Tom Bee* (who operated a saw-mill), Potter Benson (who owned a second saw-mill), Dan Benson, S.A. Barber, William Bell, Valentine Brown, Cyrus and Ira Cooper* (saw-mill owners on site of Van Wormer's present mill), A.C. Conklin, William and J.O. Cutter (moved away years ago), Hosea Cappell, william Cobbett (grist-mill owner), H. Chevalier (Frenchman), Peter and Orrin Cook, Asa Canfield, Oscar and Timothy Carpenter, Harvey Carr, Cynthia Campbell, Philip Corwin, John Chase, Levi Davis (tradesman), Jonathan, John and Thomas Drake (Oswayo), Nathan Dennis, Rev. J.P. Evans (Annin Creek Baptist), Warren Edson, John Fobes* (saw-mill owner), T.J. Fowler, Mary Gilbert, Lester Hargraves, W. Hawley, C.J. Hurlburt, A., Phil. And William Hooker, Absalom Hutchison, Sol. Jordan, Friend S. Kinney, Niles Kinney, John King, Robert King, Abijah, Luke and Jacob Knapp, William Lester, George and William Lanphere, Reverious and Rod. Loop, Ebenezer Larrabee, John Lee, Orsamus Meeray, John and Delos Morris, Michael McEvilly, L. Nelson, Sam Nicholes, I. Phelps, Harrison Ruby, Thomas Robbins, Leonard, Almond (justice), Anson and William Rice, W. Ray, Linas P. Stoddart, George A. Smith, William, Henry and John Smith, W.P. Stillman (tan-yard owner; left before the war), Perry and Spencer Sweet, Clark Stillman, Dan. Spencer, Joseph, Abram and John Stull, William Tupper, Willard and Norman Taylor (said to reside at Port Allegany), John Thompkins, Ben. and Uriah Vandamark, John Wolcott, Asel, W.P. and Alf. Wright, Samuel and John Whipple, N. and I.N. Winans, Marvel Wheelock, Rev. William Weber (Methodist), R. and Micajah Wright* and Jacob Young* (owner of saw-mill). William Hooker was assessor. [=deceased] ie- The resident tax-payers of Ceres township in 1836-37 were David Axtell (moved to Wisconsin), G.C. Burnham, H. Bowen, A. Brown, William Bardsley, John C. Brevost, John O. Bradsby, Daniel Bliven, John Bee and Tom Bee (who operated a saw-mill), Potter Benson (who owned a second saw-mill), Dan Benson, S.A. Barber, William Bell, Valentine Brown, Cyrus and Ira Cooper* (saw-mill owners on site of Van Wormer's present mill), A.C. Conklin, William and J.O. Cutter (moved away years ago), Hosea Cappell, william Cobbett (grist-mill owner), H. Chevalier (Frenchman), Peter and Orrin Cook, Asa Canfield, Oscar and Timothy Carpenter, Harvey Carr, Cynthia Campbell, Philip Corwin, John Chase, Levi Davis (tradesman), Jonathan, John and Thomas Drake (Oswayo), Nathan Dennis, Rev. J.P. Evans (Annin Creek Baptist), Warren Edson, John Fobes* (saw-mill owner), T.J. Fowler, Mary Gilbert, Lester Hargraves, W. Hawley, C.J. Hurlburt, A., Phil. And William Hooker, Absalom Hutchison, Sol. Jordan, Friend S. Kinney, Niles Kinney, John King, Robert King, Abijah, Luke and Jacob Knapp, William Lester, George and William Lanphere, Reverious and Rod. Loop, Ebenezer Larrabee, John Lee, Orsamus Meeray, John and Delos Morris, Michael McEvilly, L. Nelson, Sam Nicholes, I. Phelps, Harrison Ruby, Thomas Robbins, Leonard, Almond (justice), Anson and William Rice, W. Ray, Linas P. Stoddart, George A. Smith, William, Henry and John Smith, W.P. Stillman (tan-yard owner; left before the war), Perry and Spencer Sweet, Clark Stillman, Dan. Spencer, Joseph, Abram and John Stull, William Tupper, Willard and Norman Taylor (said to reside at Port Allegany), John Thompkins, Ben. and Uriah Vandamark, John Wolcott, Asel, W.P. and Alf. Wright, Samuel and John Whipple, N. and I.N. Winans, Marvel Wheelock, Rev. William Weber (Methodist), R. and Micajah Wright* and Jacob Young* (owner of saw-mill). William Hooker was assessor. [*=deceased]
Occupation	Abt 1836	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
	per tax list, Potter BENSON operated a (2nd) sawmill
Census 1850	2 Sep 1850	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [18]
	age 33, NY, farmer
	20250505GHLn- re-worked 20181117HAv- Ages revised, Potter Benson & John Bee, from 55 to 33- 1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson date 2nd Sept 1850 John Radachick? Name: John Benson Age: 7 birth: ca 1843 Pennsylvania Gender: male Home: Ceres, McKean, PA Family: 640 Household Potter Benson 33 NY farmer Henriette Benson 34 PA Stalira Benson 13 PA Gulielma Benson 11 PA Mary Benson 9 PA John Benson 7 PA Elizabeth Benson 3 PA Harriet Benson 1 PA 637: Thomas Bee 61 England farmer Mira " 51 PA wife Olge " 16 PA laborer Mary " 13 PA Mira " 13 PA Robert " 10 PA Adelaid " 8 PA Thomas " 6 PA 839: John Bee 33 England farmer Deborah Bee 49 NY Mary Bell 92 England 641: Thomas Gilbert 43 PA farmer Deliann " 23 NY Statira " 1 IA Mary " 60 England Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. 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 Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Census	1860	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [10, 12]
	age 46, NY, farmer
	20240604GHLn- pasted back into Source Notes & edited; Media file re-attached. 20181117HAv- pasted into empty Media from Source Notes- Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 637; Image: 47. 1860 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON Name: Potter Benson Age: 46 Birth: 1814 New York Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania Gender: Male PO: Port Allegany Household Members: Name Age Potter Benson 46 NY farmer Henriyetta Benson 45 PA Julia Elma Benson 22 PA John Benson 17 PA farm laborer Elizabeth Benson 14 PA Harriett Benson 11 PA Brice B Benson 9 PA Rebecca Benson 6 PA Mary Benson 20 PA school teacher Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1138; Page: 637; Image: 47; Family History Library Film: 805138. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
biography	Ceres, Allegany, New York, USA
	Ceres Township Biographical Sketches. POTTER BENSON, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N.Y., February 18, 1814, a son of Didymus and Elizabeth (Fish) Benson. He settled in Ceres township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1832,
	20250505GHLn- DT Diana Tyler originally shared this on 23 Aug 2014 Ceres Township Biographical Sketches POTTER BENSON, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N.Y., February 18, 1814, a son of Didymus and Elizabeth (Fish) Benson. He settled in Ceres township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1832, and for a number of years was engaged in lumbering in Ceres township, and in Sharon, Potter county. He has lived on his present farm in Ceres township for the pasty twenty-five years. He married June 4, 1836, Henrietta C., daughter of Robert and Mary (Bee) Gilbert, of Ceres, by whom he had the following named children: Statira C. (Mrs. Justus Rice), Gulielma M. (Mrs. F.G. Fuller), Mary (Mrs. G.W. Lewis), John (killed at the battle of Gettysburg), Elizabeth (Mrs. R.R. Bell), Harriet (Mrs. Alvah Hall), Brice B. and Rebecca. Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America, about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres township. Thomas Bee and his brother, John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and step-father while they lived. Brice B. Benson, son of Potter and Henrietta C. (Gilbert) Benson, was born in Ceres, June 11, 1851, and resides on the homestead with his parents. In 1883 he married Eva, daughter of David and Ida (Holmes) Finch, of Portage, N.Y., and they have two children: Anna and Glenn. Ceres Township Biographical Sketches online McKean Co, PA PAGenWeb Linked to Potter Benson
census 1860	17 Jun 1860	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [10]
	age 46, NY farmer Port Allegany PO
	20240604GHLn- pasted back into Source Notes & edited; Media file re-attached. 20181117HAv- pasted into empty Media from Source Notes- Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 637; Image: 47. 1860 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON Name: Potter Benson Age: 46 Birth: 1814 New York Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania Gender: Male PO: Port Allegany Household Members: Name Age Potter Benson 46 NY farmer Henriyetta Benson 45 PA Julia Elma Benson 22 PA John Benson 17 PA farm laborer Elizabeth Benson 14 PA Harriett Benson 11 PA Brice B Benson 9 PA Rebecca Benson 6 PA Mary Benson 20 PA school teacher Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1138; Page: 637; Image: 47; Family History Library Film: 805138. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
census 1870	9 Aug 1870	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [6, 19]
	age 55, NY farmer
	1870 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON Name: Polter Benson Birth Year: 1815 Age in 1870: 55 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania Gender: Male Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Potter Benson 55 NY farmer Henrietta Benson 54 PA Elizabeth Benson 23 PA Harriett Benson 21 PA Bryce B Benson 19 PA Ellison Root 3 PA Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1372; Page: 671B; Image: 80; Family History Library Film: 552871. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 4-135 BENSON BRYCE B. 19 SON M CERES TWP PA . 15 134-135 BENSON ELIZABETH 23 DAU F CERES TWP PA . 15 134-135 BENSON HARRIET 21 DAU F CERES TWP PA . 15 134-135 BENSON HENRIETTA 54 WIFE F PA HOUSE KEEPER 15 134-135 BENSON POTTER 56 HEAD M NY FARMER 15
census 1880	15 Jun 1880	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
	age 65, NY NY NY farmer
	20250505GHLn- edited 1880 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON date: 15 June 1880 __?_ (not signed) Name: Potter Benson Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania Age: 65 birth: ca 1815 New York Relatio: Self (Head) Spouse: Henriette Benson Father's birth: New York Mother's birth: New York Occ: Farmer Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Potter Benson 65 NY NY NY Head farmer Henriette Benson 64 PA Eng Eng Wife keeping house Bryce B. Benson 28 PA NY PA Son farm laborer Thomas Gilbert 74 PA NY PA bro-in-Law retired farmer Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1154; Family History Film: 1255154; Page: 205D; Enumeration District: 84; Image: 0122. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 20200325HAv- re-named from: census 1880 USA PA McKean(1).jpg to: census 1880 USA PA McKean Ceres 84_205D BENSON GEILBERT.jpg
FSID	27SW-TP1
Occupation	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [15]
	Farmer, owned a farm about a mile above town (Ceres)
	20200325HAv- pasted and edited from front Source Citation Text: "Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five, and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."
Occupation	Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [12]
	Lumbering & milling
Death	14 Aug 1889	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13]
	age 75
Burial	Abt 17 Aug 1889	Myrtle Cemetery, Myrtle, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [12]
	Myrtle Cemetery: "He gave the ground for this cemetery."/Myrtle Cemetery, Myrtle, Ceres Twp, McKean, PA
Person ID	I33873	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	BENSON, Didymus, b. 19 May 1785, Easton, Washington, New York, USA d. Between 1840 and 1850, Allegany County, New York, USA (Age 54 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	FISH, Elizabeth, b. 1787, Cortland County, New York, USA d. Abt 1870, Apple River, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA (Age 83 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	Abt 1807	Cortland County, New York, USA [8, 9, 20]
	probably not 1839, as previously recorded.
Family ID	F9194	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family GILBERT, Henrietta Caroline, b. 31 Dec 1814, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1898, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years)

Marriage 4 Jun 1836 Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA

Henrietta was a member of the "Friends" when she married Potter Benson. He was not a member.

Married 4 Jun 1836 Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA [2, 12]

Issue, jt 14 Aug 1889 [15]

Eight, total: He (Potter) left four daughters and one son.

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"Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832.
He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT.
He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son.
Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man.
He left four daughters and one son.
One son had died for his country during the rebellion.
His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896).
One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there.
The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children.
The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five,
and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three.
Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them.
His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."

Children

	1. Benson, Statira C., b. 21 Mar 1837, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 May 1916, Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Benson, Elizabeth, b. 4 Jan 1847, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 17 Feb 1920, Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, USA (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Benson, John Pvt, b. 1843, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 20 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Benson, Gulielmo M., b. Abt 1838, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. Abt 1866, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 28 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. BENSON, Harriet, b. 4 Apr 1849, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Sep 1918, Allegany, Cattaraugus, New York, USA (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Benson, Rebecca, b. 1854, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1862, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 8 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Benson, Bryce Briggs, b. 11 Jun 1851, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. Nov 1927, Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Benson, Mary, b. 23 Feb 1841, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Apr 1926, Vineland, Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F9376 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 18 Feb 1814 - Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA
	Married - 4 Jun 1836 - Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA
	biography - Ceres Township Biographical Sketches. POTTER BENSON, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N.Y., February 18, 1814, a son of Didymus and Elizabeth (Fish) Benson. He settled in Ceres township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1832, - - Ceres, Allegany, New York, USA
	Occupation - Lumbering & milling - - Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Burial - Abt 17 Aug 1889 - Myrtle Cemetery, Myrtle, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA

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		census 1880 USA PA McKean 20250505GHLn- edited 1880 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON date: 15 June 1880 __?_ (not signed) Name: Potter Benson Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania Age: 65 birth: ca 1815 New York Relatio: Self (Head) Spouse: Henriette Benson Father's birth: New York Mother's birth: New York Occ: Farmer Status: Married Race:…
		census 1850 USA PA McKean Ceres 20250505GHLn- re-worked 20181117HAv- Ages revised, Potter Benson & John Bee, from 55 to 33- 1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson date 2nd Sept 1850 John Radachick? Name: John Benson Age: 7 birth: ca 1843 Pennsylvania Gender: male Home: Ceres, McKean, PA Family: 640 Household Potter Benson 33 NY farmer Henriette Benson 34…
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Notes

Mann and King, "Hitsory of Ceres..."
"Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five, and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."
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"History of McKean, Elk, Cameron,...", p. 531: Potter Benson, P.O. Ceres, NY, was born in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co, NY, February 18, 1814, a son of Didymus and Elizabeth (Fish) Benson. He settled in Ceres township, McKean Co, Penn., in 1832, and for a number of years was engaged in lumbering in Ceres township, and in Sharon, Potter county. He has lived on his present farm in Ceres township for the past 25 years. He married June 4, 1836, Henrietta C., daughter of Robert and Mary (Bee) Gilbert, of Ceres, by whom he had the following named children: Statira C. (Mrs. Justus Rice), Gulielma M. (Mrs. F. G. Fuller), Mary (Mrs. G. W. Lewis), John (killed in the battle of Gettysburg), Elizabeth (Mrs. R. R. Bell), Harriet (Mrs. Alvah Hall), Brice B. and Rebecca. Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America, about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres township. Thomas Bee and his brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and step-father while they lived.
Brice B. Benson, son of Potter and Henrietta C. (Gilbert) Benson, was born in Ceres, June 11, 1851, and resides on the homestead with his parents. In 1883, he married Eva, daughter of David and Ida (Holmes) Finch, of Portage, NY, and they have two children: Anna and Glenn.
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Ceres Township Biographical Sketches
POTTER BENSON, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N.Y., February 18, 1814, a son of Didymus and Elizabeth (Fish) Benson. He settled in Ceres township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1832, and for a number of years was engaged in lumbering in Ceres township, and in Sharon, Potter county. He has lived on his present farm in Ceres township for the pasty twenty-five years. He married June 4, 1836, Henrietta C., daughter of Robert and Mary (Bee) Gilbert, of Ceres, by whom he had the following named children: Statira C. (Mrs. Justus Rice), Gulielma M. (Mrs. F.G. Fuller), Mary (Mrs. G.W. Lewis), John (killed at the battle of Gettysburg), Elizabeth (Mrs. R.R. Bell), Harriet (Mrs. Alvah Hall), Brice B. and Rebecca. Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America, about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres township. Thomas Bee and his brother, John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and step-father while they lived. Brice B. Benson, son of Potter and Henrietta C. (Gilbert) Benson, was born in Ceres, June 11, 1851, and resides on the homestead with his parents. In 1883 he married Eva, daughter of David and Ida (Holmes) Finch, of Portage, N.Y., and they have two children: Anna and Glenn.

Ceres Township Biographical Sketches
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Sources

[S276] 1880 United States Federal Census, census 1880 USA PA McKean Ceres, Year: 1880; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1154; Family History Film: 1255154; Page: 205D; Enumeration District: 84; Image: 0122.
Record for Potter Benson (13) facts
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1880 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON
date: 15 June 1880
__?_ (not signed)
Name: Potter Benson
Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
Age: 65
birth: ca 1815
New York
Relatio: Self (Head)
Spouse: Henriette Benson
Father's birth: New York
Mother's birth: New York
Occ: Farmer
Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household
Potter Benson 65 NY NY NY Head farmer
Henriette Benson 64 PA Eng Eng Wife keeping house
Bryce B. Benson 28 PA NY PA Son farm laborer
Thomas Gilbert 74 PA NY PA bro-in-Law retired farmer

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1154; Family History Film: 1255154; Page: 205D; Enumeration District: 84; Image: 0122.

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Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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1880 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON
date: 15 June 1880
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Name: Potter Benson
Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
Age: 65
birth: ca 1815
New York
Relatio: Self (Head)
Spouse: Henriette Benson
Father's birth: New York
Mother's birth: New York
Occ: Farmer
Status: Married
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Record for Henrietta Caroline Gilbert
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Record for John Benson
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Husband's Name Potter BENSON (AFN:17H5-J7X) Born: 1814 Place: <, Ceres, Mckean, Pa> Father: Mother: Wife's Name Henrietta Caroline GILBERT (AFN:17H5-J85) Born: Abt. 1818 Place: <, Ceres, Mckean, Pa> Father: Mother: Children 1. Sex Name M Brice Briggs BENSON (AFN:17H5-JBK) Born: 11 Jun 1851 Place: , Ceres, Mckean, Pa Died: Nov 1927 Place: , Olean, Cattaraugus, Ny Buried: Place: Myrtle Cem., Ceres, Mckean, Pa submitter: JACK LAMKIN 2830 HILLTOP KALAMAZOO MI USA 49004
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Record for Harriet Benson

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1870 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON
Name: Potter Benson
Birth Year: 1815
Age in 1870: 55
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Polter Benson 55 NY farmer
Henrietta Benson 54 PA
Elizabeth Benson 23 PA
Harriett Benson 21 PA
Bryce B Benson 19 PA
Edwin Root 3 PA

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1372; Page: 671B; Image: 80; Family History Library Film: 552871.
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Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

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1870 United States Federal Census about Polter BENSON
Name: Polter Benson
Birth Year: 1815
Age in 1870: 55
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Polter Benson 55 NY farmer
Henrietta Benson 54 PA
Elizabeth Benson 23 PA
Harriett…

[S171] jslater@telenet.net, GEDCOM: 95791- John Benson b1582 England, (Name: Ancestry.com;), 95791.
11. POTTER8 BENSON (DIDYMUS7, JACOB6, JOB5, JOHN4, ISAAC3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 18 February 1814 in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N.Y., and died 14 August 1889 in Ceres Twp., McKean Co., Pa.. He married HENRIETTA CAROLINE GILBERT 04 June 1836 in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N.Y., daughter of ROBERT GILBERT and MARY BEE. She was born 1814 in Ceres Twp., McKean Co., Pa., and died 1898 in Ceres Twp., McKean Co., Pa.. Children of POTTER BENSON and HENRIETTA GILBERT are: i. BRICE BRIGGS9 BENSON. 12. ii. STATIRA C. BENSON, b. 1837, Cortland County, NY; d. 21 May 1916, Ceres Twp., McKean Co., Pa..
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Record for Didymus Benson (44) facts

[S500] census 1860 USA PA McKean, (Name: www.ancestry.com;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 637; Image: 47.
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Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 637; Image: 47.
1860 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON
Name: Potter Benson
Age: 46
Birth: 1814 New York
Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
PO: Port Allegany
Household Members:
Name Age
Potter Benson 46 NY farmer
Henriyetta Benson 45 PA
Julia Elma Benson 22 PA
John Benson 17 PA farm laborer
Elizabeth Benson 14 PA
Harriett Benson 11 PA
Brice B Benson 9 PA
Rebecca Benson 6 PA
Mary Benson 20 PA school teacher

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1138; Page: 637; Image: 47; Family History Library Film: 805138.
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Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

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1860 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON
Name: Potter Benson
Age: 46
Birth: 1814 New York
Home:…

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Record for Elizabeth Fish
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Record for Elizabeth Benson
[S202] J.H.Beers & Co, Publishers, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania with Biographical Selections 1890, (Name: PA-Roots; Date: 1890;), 0531 Potter Benson, P.O. Ceres, NY (21) facts0531 Potter Benson, P.O. Ceres, NY (20) facts, 24238? http://www.pa-roots.com/index.php/pabooks/24-historymecp.
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"History of McKean, Elk, Cameron,..." jcw20170627 " " ", p. 531: Potter Benson, P.O. Ceres, NY, was born in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co, NY, February 18, 1814, a son of Didymus and Elizabeth (Fish) Benson. He settled in Ceres township, McKean Co, Penn., in 1832, and for a number of years was engaged in lumbering in Ceres township, and in Sharon, Potter county. He has lived on his present farm in Ceres township for the past 25 years. He married June 4, 1836, Henrietta C., daughter of Robert and Mary (Bee) Gilbert, of Ceres, by whom he had the following named children: Statira C. (Mrs. Justus Rice), Gulielma M. (Mrs. F. G. Fuller), Mary (Mrs. G. W. Lewis), John (killed in the battle of Gettysburg), Elizabeth (Mrs. R. R. Bell), Harriet (Mrs. Alvah Hall), Brice B. and Rebecca. Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America, about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres township. Thomas Bee and his brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and step-father while they lived. Brice B. Benson, son of Potter and Henrietta C. (Gilbert) Benson, was born in Ceres, June 11, 1851, and resides on the homestead with his parents. In 1883, he married Eva, daughter of David and Ida (Holmes) Finch, of Portage, NY, and they have two children: Anna and Glenn.
[S1558] M.W. Mann & Maria King, History of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present, (Name: Olean, NY: Gillett & Weston, 1896;), 139 "Potter BENSON, ... and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. ..." (16) facts.
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"Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832.
He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT.
He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son.
Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man.
He left four daughters and one son.
One son had died for his country during the rebellion.
His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896).
One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there.
The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children.
The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five,
and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three.
Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them.
His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."
[S195] Robert Spring, Genealogy Report: 'Descendants of Gilbert Hall'- Bobby Spring, (Name: BobSpring5- Descendants of Gilbert Hall;), 6 BENSON; GILBERT; HALL; Hall; Faulkner.
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[S2556] J. H. Beers, History of McKean County, (Name: PAGenWeb.org; Location: Chicago; Date: 1890;), The resident tax-payers of Ceres township in 1836-37.
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History of McKean County
J.H. Beers, Chicago, 1890
Ceres Township
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CERES TOWNSHIP occupies the northeast corner of the county. King's run of the Oswayo runs in a general northern course through the center; Bell's run parallels it in the center of the east half; Oswayo creek enters in the northeast corner, flows northwestwardly to Ceres for two and a quarter miles, then crosses the State line, and eventually loses itself in the Allegheny river. The head-waters of Newell creek are found in the southwest, and of Barden creek in the west center. Taylor's run and several smaller streams feed the creeks named. The highest measured elevation is 2,245 feet, one mile southwest of Glenn, at the head of Rock run, and the lowest point, 1,443, near State Line depot. The divide between King's and Bell's run shows a general elevation of 2,200 feet, declining to 1,450 south of Ceres. East of Bell's run it ranges from 2,200 feet in north and south extremes to 1,500 in the Oswayo valley, while the divide at the head of Barden and Newell creeks presented summits of 2,219 and 2,200. The township is minus coal measures and conglomerate; but the summit caps of Pocono are from 250 to 300 feet thick. Near Russell's house on the Ceres road, at an elevation of 2,075 feet, there was discovered, in 1878, a red limy shale band. In King's run gulch, at Lynch's house, red soil was found at an elevation of 1,657 feet; along Barden run at an elevation of 1,645 feet, as at the old Biggins' place; and toward Ceres, of 1,720 feet, or only thirty feet below the top of the Chemung in that neighborhood. At Bly's house, on Ceres and Turtle Point road, a slightly red soil was seen at different elevations; but from Bly's to Ceres, with the exception of one place (Chevalier's farm), the soil as well as sandstone was of the gray variety.

View from the hill, Myrtle, Pa.
circa 1900
About twelve years ago the first oil well was drilled up Bell's brook, N.Y., by Howard & Magee, which was made dry. About four years ago a well was drilled up Carr's brook by Henry Carter, which is a half-barrel well. This is now owned by V. Perry Carter. Two wells have since been drilled for gas by V.P. Carter, representing the Ceres Gas Company, which wells supply the village and neighborhood. The King's run well was bored five or six years ago by a local company.

The population of Ceres in 1880, including the 108 inhabitants of Ceres village, was 975. In 1883 there were 123 Republicans, 58 Democratic, 27 Prohibition and 47 Labor Unionist votes cast, or a total of 255, which multiplied by five, gives a population of 1,275.

The officers chosen in February, 1890, are as follows: Supervisors, Winfield Lanphere, G.W. Hackett; collector, G.W. Hackett; auditor, James Biggins, justice of the peace, W.W. Holley; judge of election, E.W. Kitchsire; inspectors of election, F.H. Raymond, Barton Holley; town clerk, J.J. Robarts.

Francis King, the agent of John Keating, brought a number of workmen to Ceres in 1798, where King's settlement was founded. Mr. King came from England about that time, and, being a Quaker, his co-religionists in Philadelphia recommended him to John Keating for the position of agent and surveyor. He was a surveyor, and, like the old-time men of that profession, eccentric, and it is alleged, when clearing the hillside at Ceres, he compelled the imported laborers to roll the logs up hill, and satisfied the ignorant fellows that this course was correct, because the Yankees rolled them down hill. In 1801 he began the survey of the Keating lands, and in 1812 surveyed for the settlers in Farmers valley. Five years later, in 1817, he died, when John Keating continued his son in the agency. His original field book is in possession of Byron D. Hamlin, forming a monument to his precision.

The commission of justice of the peace of Ceres was issued by Gov. Thomas McKean October 4, 1806, to John Claudius Brevost. What the feelings of the old governor must have been when he authorized this pioneer justice "to have and execute all and singular the powers, jurisdictions and authorities and to receive, and enjoy all and singular the lawful emoluments of a justice of the peace," may be imagined. Except John Keating's agent and his employees there were no settlers in the township to lead the new justice to hope for emolument. In November following Squire Brevost did actually qualify before the Coram, J.G.Lowrey, of Centre county.

Uncle Harry, who came with his father, Thomas Smith, to Ceres in 1803 or 1804, died August 27, 1877. Lester Hargrave was also one of the early employees here. Asahel Wright, a soldier of 1812, resided at Glenn up to 1880, but for twenty-seven years prior to 1872 was never as far as Olean, and never saw a railroad train, although then eighty-three years old. His daughter, L. Ellen Wright, was for years corresponding secretary of Grand Lodge of I.O.G.T. in Pennsylvania. Reuben S. Taylor, who settled at Bell's run in 1836, served in the war of 1812. He died September, 1877, at Roulette.

The resident tax-payers of Ceres township in 1836-37 were David Axtell (moved to Wisconsin), G.C. Burnham, H. Bowen, A. Brown, William Bardsley, John C. Brevost, John O. Bradsby, Daniel Bliven, John Bee and Tom Bee* (who operated a saw-mill), Potter Benson (who owned a second saw-mill), Dan Benson, S.A. Barber*, William Bell*, Valentine Brown, Cyrus and Ira Cooper* (saw-mill owners on site of Van Wormer's present mill), A.C. Conklin*, William and J.O. Cutter (moved away years ago), Hosea Cappell, william Cobbett (grist-mill owner), H. Chevalier (Frenchman), Peter and Orrin Cook, Asa Canfield, Oscar* and Timothy Carpenter*, Harvey Carr*, Cynthia Campbell, Philip Corwin, John Chase*, Levi Davis (tradesman), Jonathan, John and Thomas Drake (Oswayo), Nathan Dennis*, Rev. J.P. Evans (Annin Creek Baptist), Warren Edson, John Fobes* (saw-mill owner), T.J. Fowler, Mary Gilbert*, Lester Hargraves*, W. Hawley*, C.J. Hurlburt, A., Phil. And William Hooker*, Absalom Hutchison, Sol. Jordan, Friend S. Kinney*, Niles Kinney*, John King*, Robert King*, Abijah, Luke and Jacob Knapp*, William Lester*, George and William Lanphere*, Reverious and Rod. Loop*, Ebenezer Larrabee*, John Lee, Orsamus Meeray, John and Delos Morris, Michael McEvilly, L. Nelson*, Sam Nicholes, I. Phelps*, Harrison Ruby, Thomas Robbins*, Leonard, Almond (justice), Anson and William Rice*, W. Ray*, Linas P. Stoddart, George A. Smith, William, Henry and John Smith*, W.P. Stillman* (tan-yard owner; left before the war), Perry and Spencer Sweet, Clark Stillman*, Dan. Spencer, Joseph, Abram and John Stull*, William Tupper*, Willard and Norman Taylor (said to reside at Port Allegany), John Thompkins, Ben.* and Uriah Vandamark, John Wolcott, Asel*, W.P. and Alf. Wright, Samuel and John Whipple, N. and I.N. Winans, Marvel Wheelock, Rev. William Weber (Methodist), R.* and Micajah Wright* and Jacob Young* (owner of saw-mill). William Hooker was assessor. [*=deceased]
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The resident tax-payers of Ceres township in 1836-37 were
David Axtell (moved to Wisconsin), G.C. Burnham, H. Bowen,
A. Brown, William Bardsley, John C. Brevost,
John O. Bradsby, Daniel Bliven,
John Bee and Tom Bee* (who operated a saw-mill),
Potter Benson (who owned a second saw-mill), Dan Benson,
S.A. Barber*, William Bell*, Valentine Brown,
Cyrus and Ira Cooper* (saw-mill owners on site of Van Wormer's present mill),
A.C. Conklin*, William and J.O. Cutter (moved away years ago),
Hosea Cappell, william Cobbett (grist-mill owner),
H. Chevalier (Frenchman), Peter and Orrin Cook, Asa Canfield,
Oscar* and Timothy Carpenter*, Harvey Carr*, Cynthia Campbell,
Philip Corwin, John Chase*, Levi Davis (tradesman),
Jonathan, John and Thomas Drake (Oswayo), Nathan Dennis*,
Rev. J.P. Evans (Annin Creek Baptist), Warren Edson,
John Fobes* (saw-mill owner), T.J. Fowler, Mary Gilbert*,
Lester Hargraves*, W. Hawley*, C.J. Hurlburt,
A., Phil. And William Hooker*, Absalom Hutchison, Sol. Jordan,
Friend S. Kinney*, Niles Kinney*, John King*,
Robert King*, Abijah, Luke and Jacob Knapp*,
William Lester*, George and William Lanphere*,
Reverious and Rod. Loop*, Ebenezer Larrabee*, John Lee,
Orsamus Meeray, John and Delos Morris, Michael McEvilly,
L. Nelson*, Sam Nicholes, I. Phelps*,
Harrison Ruby, Thomas Robbins*,
Leonard, Almond (justice), Anson and William Rice*, W. Ray*,
Linas P. Stoddart, George A. Smith, William, Henry and John Smith*,
W.P. Stillman* (tan-yard owner; left before the war), Perry and Spencer Sweet,
Clark Stillman*, Dan. Spencer, Joseph, Abram and John Stull*,
William Tupper*, Willard and Norman Taylor (said to reside at Port Allegany),
John Thompkins, Ben.* and Uriah Vandamark, John Wolcott,
Asel*, W.P. and Alf. Wright, Samuel and John Whipple, N. and I.N. Winans,
Marvel Wheelock, Rev. William Weber (Methodist),
R.* and Micajah Wright* and Jacob Young* (owner of saw-mill).
William Hooker was assessor. [*=deceased]

In 1877 the re-survey of the northern State line was made, varying but little from the line of 1786. Ceres village was transferred to Pennsylvania, and in 1878 the boundary stones were placed.

Myrtle, formerly Mapleton Postoffice, was established in 1877, with Silas Cooper as postmaster, who held the office until F.E. Tull was appointed. In 1887 Mr. Tull sold his store to J.C. Burt, who carried on the office of deputy until regularly appointed in August, 1887.

A busy time at the corners. Myrtle, Pa.
Circa 1905-1910
The Myrtle Cheese Factory was established, thirteen or fourteen years ago, by George Chamberlain, his heirs being the present owners. The Hickox Mill, in existence many years, is still in use, east of the village; and at the head of Bell's run is Miller's saw-mill, operated by the Dibble Brothers. Lester Hargrave is said to have been the first resident of this settlement. Like others of the pioneers of Ceres, he was connected with Keating's agency here.

A birdseye view of Myrtle, Pa.
circa 1900
The Oswayo flood of May 31, and June 1, 1889, filled the valley, being about three feet higher than the flood of 1865. Large saw logs were carried over the main street of Ceres, and boats were used for travel; several trestles on the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad were carried away, and the track torn up. The only dams on the stream which escaped destruction were F.M. Van Wormer's and Pratt & Bixby's. Among the heavier losers by this disaster were G.C. Hickox, F.M. Van Wormer and the Oswayo Tannery Company; many others along the flood-swept valley met with smaller losses. Ceres Village.

Late in 1837 Samuel Estes came to Ceres village, where he found a one-half log and one-half plank house standing opposite the present Central Hotel. Within a few years (in 1841) he moved south of the creek and erected part of the present Oswayo House, which he conducted until the Western New York & Erie Railroad was built, when he moved to Olean and built a hotel near the depot. In later years, he moved to Minnesota, where he died.

In 1838 Nelson Peabody came to the village. He found John Smith's general store and the Estes tavern. John King kept the post-office where William K. King now resides; Cooper's old saw-mill, where Franklin Van Wormer's large mills are now situated, and the Youngs' mill, where is now the Minor mill, were in operation; the Methodists had a class here, which has been continued to the present time. Mr. Peabody was clerk in John Smith's store until February, 1840, when V. Perry Carter bought the concern and Mr. Peabody joined Russell Cooper in business and continued four or five years. V. Perry Carter opened his store after the death of John Smith, whose daughter he married in 1842.

In 1841 the residents of the village grew tired of having to walk one and one-half miles to John King'' house for their letters, and had V. Perry Carter petition the department for an office in the village. This petition was granted, but Mr. King interested John Keating and others in his cause and had the office returned to him. A little later Mr. Carter had a chart of the locality made and a new petition signed. The demand was manifestly so just that the department ordered the removal of the office to the village, where it has been continued to this day. Mr. King kept the post-office on the table in the family sitting-room, and into this each one who expected a letter had to go to seek it.

Josiah Priest, who, in 1850, wrote sketches of the Oswayo valley, was justice of the peace at Ceres. His papers were never published is the statement of Mrs. Keyser, while Mr. Carter is positive that parts or all of the papers appeared in print.

Robert Hinds was the only merchant here in 1852. John Robarts was a trader here for a number of years; also Simpson & Barber, C.H. Smith, John B. Gleason, F.H. Raymond and G. Perry. Joseph Morse was postmaster here before the war, succeeding John King, and had the office in his house, which occupied the site of the Central Hotel, afterward the residence of V. Perry Carter until destroyed by the first fire, in 1869. In 1855 or 1856 Mr. Carter returned from Richburg, bought the Hinds store and was appointed postmaster, holding the office until his removal to Duke Centre, in 1879, when he was succeeded by Robarts, who in turn was succeeded by Call. Louis Carrier was appointed in 1885, but Miss Augusta Call conducted the office for eight years, or until the appointment of John B. Gleason in June, 1889.

When Nelson Peabody arrived there were two school buildings - one south, where is the present school building on the Pennsylvania side, while the building on the New York side occupied the site of Wellington White's present home. These buildings continued in use until the present house was erected. In Ceres township in 1846 general stores were kept by P.B. Dedrick and Ralph Adams, and the tavern by Samuel Estes. In 1847 Dedrick & Pardy, Samuel Estes and C. Peabody were merchants; J.H. Wright and D. Dunham the new tavern-keepers.

In 1847 the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ceres was incorporated. The oldest record in possession of the pastor shows the names of W.T. Lane, Honeoye; Joel Whitney, Lane school-house; Stephen Chapel, South Bolivar; R.D. Garrison, Pikeville (members joined the Nazarites), and B.C. Call of Ceres; Edward Nicholas and Calvin Blood of Shinglehouse were the class leaders. Later H.B. Robarts is named as leader of the Bell's run class, with Elisha B. West local preacher; A Mallory was recording steward in 1867, while Mrs. F.G. Fuller is now recorder. The pastoral record goes back only to 1879, when A.B. Kelly was appointed. In 1882 Rev. W. Post and Rev. A.I. Blanchard came, and in 1886 Rev. W.H. Farnham. There are now seventy-nine members.

In 1840 Nelson Peabody was commissioned justice of the peace and held the office until elected associate judge in 1861. He was again commissioned and served until six or seven years ago. During the war he was deputy provost marshal for Ceres township. Among the soldiers of the district, many of whom belong to Portville Post, No. 85, G.A.R., are the following named:
Frank A. Chapman, Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry; F.P. Chapman, Eighty-fifth New York;
Nat. Hendrix, Company A, Eighty-fifth New York;
Henry B. Robarts, Eighty-fifth New York;
John Frugan, New York Infantry;
William Hyde, William Worden, Eighty-fifth New York;
Frank Fuller, Eighty-fifth New York;
John B. Gleason, Clark Wells and Edgar Wells, Forty-second Regiment, Pennsylvania Bucktails;
Byron Lanphere and Robert Lanphere, Bucktails;
Jacob Brock, Eighty-fifth New York;
Adam Burdick, Eighty-fifth New York; Daniel and Matthew Burdick, Eighty-fifth New York;
Lafayette Maxson, Eighty-fifth New York;
James Gobles, Eighty-fifth New York;
Martin Stephens, Pennsylvania Infantry;
F. Maxson, Eighty-fifth New York;
Robert Clark, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania;
Frank Van Wormer, Pennsylvania;
A. De North, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania;
Moses Ford, Hiram Grow, Daniel Peabody, James Biggins and Amos Safford, Eighty-fifth New York (Amos drowned in the Oswayo some years ago);
Bill North, Bucktails; William North, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania; George North, Fifth-eighth Pennsylvania;
George Lanphere, Eighty-fifth New York;
James Hobbs, New York Infantry;
__________ Carpenter (wounded at Gettysburg), Pennsylvania Infantry;
Volney Mix, Pennsylvania Infantry;
Albert Lanphere, Bucktails;
Freeman Fuller, Bucktails;
Philip Haines and Bennie Haines, Pennsylvania Infantry;
F. Hawley, Eighty-fifth New York; Lewis Hawley, Eighty-fifth New York; John Hawley, Eighty-fifth New York; Floyd Hawley, Forty-second Pennsylvania;
C. Melven, Forty-second Infantry;
C. Bridge and West Bridge, Forty-second Pennsylvania Regiment;
also Nate Foote, Thomas, John, and Alonzo Cushman, and Nathan Hand.

Charles B. Bailey, who resided in Ceres township before the war, now of Young Hickory, N.Y., was, in June, 1889, granted a back pension of $5,000, and $72 monthly. This large pension was granted on account of his total blindness.

A.B. Luce was the first agent at Ceres of the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad in October, 1881. W.D. Chase took charge in February, 1882; E.D. Cummings in May, 1882; L.J. White in February, 1883, and in November, 1883, C.H. Gleason, the present agent, took charge. (Between 6,000 and 8,000 cords of bark will be shipped from Ceres this summer.)

In 1877 the White & Van Wormer Mill at Ceres was erected. This is one of the immense lumber industries of the county.

Contributed by Maureen M. (Buckley) Lee

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History of McKean County
J.H. Beers, Chicago, 1890
Ceres Township
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CERES TOWNSHIP occupies the northeast corner of the county. King's run of the Oswayo runs in a general northern course…

[S273] 1850 United States Federal Census, census 1850 USA PA McKean, Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748.Page 84 BENSON, BEE Bell GILBERT.
John Benson (36) facts

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1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson
date 2nd Sept 1850
John Radachick?
Name: John Benson
Age: 7
birth: ca 1843
Pennsylvania
Gender: male
Home: Ceres, McKean, PA
Family: 640
Household
Potter Benson 33 NY farmer
Henriette Benson 34 PA
Stalira Benson 13 PA
Gulielma Benson 11 PA
Mary Benson 9 PA
John Benson 7 PA
Elizabeth Benson 3 PA
Harriet Benson 1 PA
637:
Thomas Bee 61 England farmer
Mira " 51 PA wife
Olge " 16 PA laborer
Mary " 13 PA
Mira " 13 PA
Robert " 10 PA
Adelaid " 8 PA
Thomas " 6 PA
839:
John Bee 33 England farmer
Deborah Bee 49 NY
Mary Bell 92 England
641:
Thomas Gilbert 43 PA farmer
Deliann " 23 NY
Statira " 1 IA
Mary " 60 England

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. 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 Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

census 1850 USA PA McKean Ceres
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20181117HAv- Ages revised, Potter Benson & John Bee, from 55 to 33-
1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson
date 2nd Sept 1850
John Radachick?
Name: John Benson
Age: 7
birth: ca 1843
Pennsylvania
Gender: male
Home: Ceres, McKean, PA
Family: 640
Household
Potter Benson 33 NY farmer
Henriette Benson 34…

[S275] 1870 United States Federal Census, census 1870 USA PA McKean Ceres, Page 61.
Potter Benson, Head (3) facts
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134-135 BENSON BRYCE B. 19 SON M CERES TWP PA . 15
134-135 BENSON ELIZABETH 23 DAU F CERES TWP PA . 15
134-135 BENSON HARRIET 21 DAU F CERES TWP PA . 15
134-135 BENSON HENRIETTA 54 WIFE F PA HOUSE KEEPER 15
134-135 BENSON POTTER 56 HEAD M NY FARMER 15
[S1708] Public Member Trees, recovered, Martin Family Tree - Keldi Merton / Record for Elizabeth Fish (9) facts.
Record for Elizabeth Fish (9) facts
Record for Elizabeth Fish (8) facts .... (15)
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Didymus Benson 1785-1840
BIRTH 19 MAY 1785 • Easton, Washington, New York
DEATH 1840 • Allegany, New York
Record for Elizabeth Fish (9) facts
20200325HAv- Martin Family Tree - Keldi Merton
Didymus Benson 1785-1840
BIRTH 19 MAY 1785 • Easton, Washington, New York
DEATH 1840 • Allegany, New York

Record for Elizabeth Fish (8) facts
20200325HAv- Martin Family Tree - Keldi Merton
Elizabeth Fish 1787-1870
BIRTH 1787 • New York
DEATH AFT 1870 • Apple River, Jo Daviess, Illinois

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