House Bentley and Frances "Fanny" Wallace
Husband House Bentley 1 2
AKA: Hance Bentley 3 Born: - Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA Christened: Died: - Washington Co, PA Buried:
Father: Sheshbazzar Bentley (Abt 1749-1800) 2 4 5 6 Mother: Hannah Baldwin ( - ) 2
Marriage: 8 Aug 1799 - Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA 7
Wife Frances "Fanny" Wallace 1 3 7
Born: 30 Jun 1782 7 Christened: Died: - Monongahela City, Washington Co, PA Buried:
Father: Col. William Wallace ( -1821) 8 9 Mother: Elizabeth Hopkins ( -1818) 8 9
Children
1 F Hannah Bentley 5 7
Born: 5 Nov 1800 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Kennedy ( - ) 5 7
2 M Sheshbazzar Bentley 5 7
AKA: Sache Bentley 3 Born: 27 Nov 1802 7 Christened: Died: 20 Mar 1875 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 10 Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Shouse ( - ) 7 Marr: 1825 7
3 F Elizabeth Bentley 5 7
Born: 6 Mar 1805 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Todd ( - ) 7
4 M William Wallace Bentley 5 7
Born: 22 Jun 1807 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 F Eleanor Bentley 7
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 M George Bentley 7
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 M Benjamin Bentley 7
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
8 M House Bentley 7
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
9 M Franklin Bentley 7
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
10 F Martha J. W. Bentley 5 11
Born: 3 Dec 1816 11 Christened: Died: 1853 11 Buried:Spouse: John Caldwell (1814- ) 11 Marr: 25 Jul 1842 11
11 F Margaret Bentley 5 11 12
Born: 8 Feb 1819 11 Christened: Died: Bef 1889 Buried:Spouse: Robert G. Mullen (1814-1887) 12 13
12 M Benjamin Franklin Bentley 3 5 11 14
Born: 28 Dec 1821 - Carroll Twp, Washington Co, PA 3 5 11 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Van Voorhis ( - ) 3 10 14 15 Marr: 15 Feb 1849 3 5
13 F Mary Ann Amanda Bentley 5 10 16
Born: 3 Jun 1828 10 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Joshua N. Stephens (1820- ) 10 16Spouse: Levi Stephens ( - ) 10
General Notes: Husband - House Bentley
He attended in his early boyhood the subscription schools of the neighborhood of the place of his birth, Bentleyville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, until he was old enough to work, when he entered his father's mill to learn the trade.
After marriage he and his wife moved to Carroll township, where he built a mill on Mingo creek, which he carried on many years. In 1824 he moved to a farm near Monongahela river, and there passed the remainder of his life. He was a member of the M. E. Church. Politically he was a Whig, actively and enthusiastically patriotic, and was considerably interested in militia matters, having at one time been a general.
He was born in the old log house at Bentleyville, and there learned the miller's trade with his father, and subsequently built near Monongahela City on Mingo Creek, a mill, which was still standing into the twentieth century, and was operated by him for many years. He was the owner of a tract of 360 acres between Mingo Creek and the Monongahela River, and after retiring from milling, gave the mill and 130 acres of land to his son William and daughter Hannah, after which he devoted the remainder of his life to agricultural pursuits, and died on the farm at an advanced age.
1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 32, 1145.
2 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 64.
3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 810.
4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 933.
5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1145.
6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1097.
7 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 65.
8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 32.
9 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 26.
10 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 67.
11 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 66.
12 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 362.
13 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 937.
14 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 196.
15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 633, 1145.
16
—, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1031.
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