Joseph Benham
Joseph Benham was
In 1815, Joseph graduated from the Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, its first graduation class.[1]
In his book Old Court House,
In 1825, Benham delivered a welcome speech to General
In 1839 Benham was one of several persons interviewed by the Ohio Democratic Party to possibly receive their nomination to the
Joseph Benham died on July 15, 1840, when returning from New Orleans. He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Louisville. On January 1, 1858, he was re-interred in the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati; his wife Maria was buried there July 3, 1884.
Joseph Benham was first married to Isabella Greer. Their daughter, Harriette G. Benham, married George D. Prentice, editor of the Louisville Journal. Their son, Calhoun Benham, became a U.S. District Attorney for California, and later served in the Confederate Army. After Isabella's death, Joseph Benham married Maria Slacum, and their daughter Ada married Charles Snowden, Lord Fairfax of California.
References
- ^ Knopf, Alfred A: The United States of America * A History, 1960, Page 192.
- ^ Greve, Charles. T.; Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens; 1904; Page 580.
- ^ Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of ...; United States Congress Senate, 1823, Page 337
- ^ Ohio History, Volume 29, Page 231 - Online website. In the late 1830s he edited a weekly newspaper, the Kentucky and Ohio Journal.
- ^ Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Medical and Law Departments of Cincinnati College, 1835-1836; Board of Directors, 1836
- ^ Wesenberger, Francis; The History of Ohio, 1825-1850; The Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society; (1941); Page 379
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