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Benjamin Cooley Needham Sr.

Birth	:	17 Aug 1794 Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
Death	:	17 Sep 1880 Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2625000, -91.3744400
Description	:	Benjamin served in the U.S. Army during the war of 1812 and was under British fire while serving with a scouting party at the Battle of Plattsburg. He married Achsah Thayer on March 17, 1814 and they located in Wilmington, Essex County, New York. His wife Achsah died and he married Lois Huntley on February 22, 1821. He and his wife Lois moved to Pittsford, Vermont and occupied a house which stood near the bank of the creek, some forty rods south of the house which had been the residence of Colonel Benjamin Cooley. In June 1856 he settled on... Read More	Benjamin served in the U.S. Army during the war of 1812 and was under British fire while serving with a scouting party at the Battle of Plattsburg. He married Achsah Thayer on March 17, 1814 and they located in Wilmington, Essex County, New York. His wife Achsah died and he married Lois Huntley on February 22, 1821. He and his wife Lois moved to Pittsford, Vermont and occupied a house which stood near the bank of the creek, some forty rods south of the house which had been the residence of Colonel Benjamin Cooley. In June 1856 he settled on Section 9 at Boyland's Grove in Pittsford Township, Butler County, Iowa and opened a farm. He gave the township its name after his Vermont birthplace. Benjamin built the first store building and was the first merchant in Parkersburg. In the summer of 1865 he put up a large frame building(30 x 40 feet) near the depot, and he stocked general merchandise. He served his patrons in that location until the time of his death. For many years after his death the building was used as a tenement house. After he moved to Parkersburg he built three houses after the age of 72. His obituary states that he was rugged mentally and physically as the hills of his native state of Vermont. He was liberty loving. There was no place in his nature for intolerance in statecraft, theology or social ethics. Giving as he did his time to check British arrogance, and his youngest son to the nameless graves of Andersonville for our Nationality. There was no place left for puritanical narrowness of creed, temperate, frugal and industrious, his life was an example of genuine Christianity. He died September 17, 1880 at age 86 years 1 month in Parkersburg, Iowa. He is buried in a gravesite North West of Parkersburg, Iowa in an old cemetery on the old 'Griner Farm' along with his wife Lois Huntley. The cemetery is listed as the Old Needham Cemetery. Their gravestones are broken and lying on the ground, but still readable. The only gravestones still standing are those of Loan and Alzina Dunning, the parents of Susan Dunning who married Benjamin and Achsah's son, Silas.

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Where is Benjamin Cooley Needham Sr.'s memorial?
Benjamin Cooley Needham Sr.'s memorial is located at: Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Louisa County, USA.
When did Benjamin Cooley Needham Sr. death?
Benjamin Cooley Needham Sr. death on 17 Sep 1880 in Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Benjamin Cooley Needham Sr.'s memorial?
Latitude: 41.2625000
Longitude: -91.3744400

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lois Louise Huntley Needham

(1797 - 1857)

Siblings

Azariah C. Needham

(1802 - 1879)

Children

Benjamin Cooley Needham Jr.

(1815 - 1885)

Silas Thayer Needham

(1817 - 1900)

Josephine Mary “Josie” Needham Bates

(1834 - 1909)

(unknow - unknow)

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