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     Myron Dale Beltz was born on 20 November 1929 at Shell Creek, Madison County, NE, USA. Age 4/12 at the 1930 census. Public Records.¹ He was the son of August Herman Beltz and Cordulla Huebner Pose. Myron Dale Beltz died on 23 February 2012 at Independence, Jackson County, MO, USA, at age 82.¹

     Ormonde Frank Beltz was born on 30 August 1923 at NE, USA. Age 6 at the 1930 census. He was the son of August Herman Beltz and Cordulla Huebner Pose. Ormonde Frank Beltz died on 25 October 2014 at KS, USA, at age 91. Son of August and Cordula Willamine (Pose) Beltz. He married Carolyn Lucille Sagaser Aug. 29, 1943 in Kansas City, Mo. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Verna Bell C. Richardson, and three brothers, Myron Dale Beltz, Lewellyn Warren Beltz, and Arland Lawrence Beltz.. He was buried at Fort Scott National Cemetery, at Fort Scott, Bourbon County, KS, USA.

     Susie Adwlla Beman was born on 14 August 1873 at Hardwick, Worcester County, MA, USA. She married Clarence Elberton Hodgkins, son of Thomas J Hodgkins III and Ellen M Knowlton, in 1892. Susie Adwlla Beman died on 12 November 1928 at Northhampton, Hampshire County, MA, USA, at age 55. She was buried at Bridge Street Cemetery, at Northampton, Hampshire County, MA, USA.

     Abigail was born at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA, USA, on 18 June 1793.¹ She was the daughter of Asa Bement and Abigail Brown. Abigail Bement died on 14 November 1862 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, at age 69. She was buried at Ithaca City Cemetery, at Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY, USA.

     Asa was born at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA, USA, on 10 June 1764.¹ He married Abigail Brown at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA, on 19 January 1786.¹ He married Lucy Bishop at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, on 18 October 1815. Married by Rev. Jerimiah Osborn..^1,2 Asa died on 21 April 1847 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, at age 82.¹ He was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.

     Historical gazetteer of Tioga County, New York, 1785-1888

Author: Gay, W. B. (William Burton)
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : W.B. Gay & Co.

208 TOWN OF NEWARK VALLEY

Asa Bement, b at Stockbridge, Mass.,in June, 1764, son of Asa and Ruth (Neal) Bement, was a blacksmith and farmer. He married 19 Jan 1786 with Abigail Brown, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Burr) Brown, of Stockbridge, where she was born 31 July, 1762. He was one of the sixty associates who bought the ten townships, and in the grand division he drew lot 177. In the summer of 1792 he began to fit it up for a home, by clearing some land, building a log house, and sowing some wheat.

At the end of this second summer he returned to Stockbridge, feeling that his new home was ready for his family, so after spending most of the winter enjoying the privileges of settled society, he bought of John Brown another lot of boards for a Sleigh box, 4 Feb 1794. He soon started with his wife and four children for this sylvan paradise. The place on which he settled had natural beauties and advantages equal to any in the valley, and two of its beautiful maple groves yet grace the landscape. His wife died 14 Nov 1814. He married (2d), 18 Oct 1815, with Lucy Bishop, widow of Noah Lyman, and daughter of Judge Nathaniel and Ruth (Bartlett) Bishop, of Richmond, Mass., previously of Guilford, Conn., where she was born 4 Sep 1774. He died 21 April 1847. She died 19 July 1852. He had by his first wife, eight children, and by the second, one: Parthenia, Betsey, Frances, Abigail, William, Emily, Mary, Frederick, Jane.

Newark Valley Historical Society

Asa Bement Jr. was among the first settlers in Newark Valley. He brought his young family from Stockbridge, Massachusetts in the 1790's to settle here on the banks of the east branch of Owego Creek. His 350 acre farm included tilled fields, pastures, and woodlands. In addition to this home, Asa built a saw mill, a grist mill, a blacksmith shop, and barns on his property. The mills and blacksmith shop served the needs of neighboring farms as well as his own. The Bement farmstead was one of the most prosperous in Northern Tioga County.

When Asa built this house in the mid 1790's, it had a kitchen, ante-room, pantry, bedroom and a sleeping loft for his children. A formal parlor in the Federal style was added in the 1820's. Asa's son William extended the house to include a second story, new parlor and two more bedrooms on the first floor in 1843. These rooms and the exterior of the house reflect the Greek Revival style popular in the early to mid 1800's. In the I880's the summer kitchen was added to the north end of the house.

Over the years the property was owned by the Ford and later the Billings families. In 1977, Mrs. Myrtie Louise Billings Hills deeded the house to the Newark Valley Historical Society to be preserved as a living history museum. In 1997 she gave 90 acres of the original farm to the society. Today the house is furnished as it was in the early 1800s. Additional structures on the site include a reconstructed blacksmith shop, the threshing barn, a woodshop and carriage shed. Today on the farmstead, costumed interpreters demonstrate 19th century skills and trades such as blacksmithing, cooking, spinning and weaving and woodworking as they were done in Asa's day.
The Bement-Billings House Museum is located at the Farmstead.

Blacksmith Shop

In the 1790's, Asa Bement and his young cousin John Rewey, built a log blacksmith shop as part of the Farmstead. Here they made and repaired iron implements such as sled runners, chains, kitchen utensils, household hardware, farm tools and horse shoes. Their shop served the needs of the surrounding area as well as the farmstead.

     Asa Bement was born on 4 February 1739 at Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT, USA. He married Ruth Neal on 15 January 1761 at Southington, Hartford County, CT, USA. CT Church Records 1630- 1920.. Asa Bement died on 28 January 1814 at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA, USA, at age 74. Son of William Bement and Phoebe Markham.

Married Ruth Neal January 15, 1761 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. They had nine children: Rebecca; Asa, Jr; Sarah; Ebenezer; Ruth; Hopeful; John; Phebe; George William.

Served in the Continental Army, Captain Ezra Whittlesy's company of the Berkshire County (Mass) militia. Served as a selectman for Stockbridge in the Massachusetts legislature.. He was buried at Stockbridge Cemetery, at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     Son of William Bement and Phoebe Markham.
Married Ruth Neal January 15, 1761 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. They had nine children: Rebecca; Asa, Jr; Sarah; Ebenezer; Ruth; Hopeful; John; Phebe; George William.

Served in the Continental Army, Captain Ezra Whittlesy's company of the Berkshire County (Mass) militia. Served as a selectman for Stockbridge in the Massachusetts legislature.

     Celia Bement was born on 26 August 1821 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of William Brown Bement and Ruth Bartlett Lyman. Celia Bement died on 10 June 1889 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, at age 67.¹ She was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.

     She remained unmarried and lived with her brother Egbert much of her life.

     Egbert Bement was born in 1827 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA. He was the son of William Brown Bement and Ruth Bartlett Lyman. Egbert Bement married Sarah Smith in 1849 at NY, USA. Egbert Bement died on 20 December 1907 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY. Cemetery records. He was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.

     Emily was born at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, on 23 September 1798.¹ She was the daughter of Asa Bement and Abigail Brown. Emily Bement died on 5 September 1875 at Berkshire, Tioga County, NY, USA, at age 76. She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, at Berkshire, Tioga County, NY, USA.

     Frances was born at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA, USA, on 18 December 1790.¹ She was the daughter of Asa Bement and Abigail Brown. Frances Bement died on 12 December 1856 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, at age 65. She was buried at Bushnell Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.

     Frederick was born at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, on 14 November 1804.¹ He was the son of Asa Bement and Abigail Brown. Frederick Burr Bement died on 2 September 1884 at Belvidere, Boone County, IL, USA, at age 79. He was buried at Belvidere Cemetery, at Belvidere, Boone County, IL, USA.

     Hopeful Bement was born on 22 January 1774 at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA, USA. She was the daughter of Asa Bement and Ruth Neal. She married Parley Simons at NY, USA, circa 1803. Hopeful Bement died on 1 May 1837 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, at age 63. Descendants of Hopewell/Hopeful (Bement) and Parley Simons are located on World Family Tree, Volume 13, Pedigree #2717. This pedigree consists of 472 of their descendants (including spouses). The Bement Chronicles indicate her name to be "Hopewell", some other records indicate her name was "Hopeful.". She was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.

     Jane was born at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, on 14 August 1816.¹ She was the daughter of Asa Bement and Lucy Bishop. Jane Bement died on 26 March 1892 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, at age 75. She was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA. Wife of Major Frederick Theodore Wells..

     Mary was born at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, on 8 March 1801.¹ She was the daughter of Asa Bement and Abigail Brown.

     Perthema was born at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA, USA, on 17 January 1787. Calculated from age 60-3-15 at death. She was the daughter of Asa Bement and Abigail Brown. She married Abraham Hodgkin at Berkshire County, MA, USA, in 1805.^2,3 Perthema Bement died on 2 June 1847 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, at age 60.^4,5,3 She was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.^6,7,8

     Parthenia was the daughter of Asa Bement and Abigail Brown. W. B. Gay says that the marriage was to Partenia Bement, eldest daughter of Asa Bement, in 1805. The Bement Family of America, confirms the marriage.
     The Compiler and his wife Cathy found the historic Bement homestead on their 1993 summer tour on New York. We were gathering data in Tioga County along Route 38, Newark Valley, when we saw a sign listing the homestead. We stopped and introduced ourselves as descendants of Asa Bement's son-in-law and got a welcome reception as they were looking for additional information on the family.^3,2

     William was born at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA, on 29 May 1796.¹ He was the son of Asa Bement and Abigail Brown. William Brown Bement married Ruth Bartlett Lyman in September 1819 at NY, USA. William Brown Bement died on 21 March 1870 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, at age 73. He was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.

     Yvette Marie Benavides married John Alan Hotchkin, son of Robert Jerrold Hotchkin and Nancy Dennae Pitkin, on 19 January 2005 at Bexar County, TX, USA.¹

     Laura Benjamin was born on 4 June 1817 at Sheffield, Berkshire County, MA, USA. Age 32 at the 1850 census. She married Hosea D. Lane at Dover, Dutchess County, NY, USA, on 7 November 1839. Laura Benjamin married Joseph Dennis in 1848 at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY, USA. Laura Benjamin died on 20 June 1859 at Dover, Dutchess County, NY, at age 42.

     Ava Thelma Bennett was born on 19 September 1902 at AR, USA. Age 27 at the 1930 census.² She was the daughter of William Frank Bennett and Rosella (Ella) Oliver. She married Alfred Earl Hotchkin at OK, USA, in 1921. Their marriage date is according to the 1930 census..³ She resided at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX, USA, in 1935. Ava Thelma Bennett died on 26 December 1962 at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX, at age 60.² She was buried at Highland Cemetery, at Durant, Bryan County, OK, USA.

     Charles was born at Elkland, Tuscola County, MI, USA, on 17 June 1873.^1,2 He was the son of Charles Theophlis Bennett and Sarah Louisa Hendrick. Charles Chester Bennett died on 19 May 1937 at Masonville, Delta County, MI, USA, at age 63.³ He was buried at Rapid River Cemetery, at Woodlawn, Delta County, MI, USA. His wife was Devina Le Veque..

     Charles Daniel Bennett was born on 23 April 1819 at Samgerfield, Oneida County, NY, USA. Age 36 at the 1855 NY Census of Sangerfield, NY. He married Sophia M. Burch, daughter of Zebulon Burch and Elizabeth A Rowland, on 23 January 1840 at Samgerfield, Oneida County, NY. Charles Daniel Bennett died on 27 December 1891 at age 72.

     Charles Theophlis Bennett was born on 10 August 1838 at Granger, Allegany County, NY, USA.^1,2 Heserved in NY Regt, during the Civil War.¹ He married Sarah Louisa Hendrick at Jefferson, Ashtabula County, OH, USA, on 3 July 1865.¹ Charles Theophlis Bennett died on 22 February 1916 at Laing Hospital, Escanaba, Delta County, MI, USA, at age 77.^1,2 He was buried at Rapid River Cemetery, at Woodlawn, Delta County, MI, USA.

     Talma says that Charles was from Granger, Allegany Co, NY and served 3 years in a NY Regt during the Civil War. They resided in Rapid City, MI in 1906.¹

     Charlotte was born at Elmwood Twp, Tuscola County, MI, USA, on 28 June 1870.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Theophlis Bennett and Sarah Louisa Hendrick. She married George Nelson Elliott at Escanaba, Delta County, MI, USA, on 30 September 1891.^1,2 Charlotte Jennie Bennett died on 10 March 1944 at Escanaba, Delta County, MI, at age 73. She was buried at Rapid River Cemetery, at Woodlawn, Delta County, MI, USA.

     Gilbert Homer Bennett was born on 17 May 1876 at Cass City, Tuscola County, MI, USA. Age 33 at the 1910 census.
At the WWI Draft Registration he was a resident of Chicago and at WWII he rsided in Keeler, MI.^1,2,3 He was the son of Charles Theophlis Bennett and Sarah Louisa Hendrick. Gilbert Homer Bennett married Emily M. DeMars on 20 August 1902 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. They were married 7 years at the 1910 census and had no children. Cook County Marriages 1871- 1920.. Gilbert Homer Bennett appeared on the census of 1910 at Chicago, Cook County, IL. The census lists the family as: Gilbert H. Bennett, 33, married once 7 years, born MI, father born NY, mother born OH. house painter; wife Emily M., 38, born MI, father born NY, mother born Canada.. He died on 10 April 1956 at Hartford, Van Buren County, MI, USA, at age 79.^4,5 He was buried at Keeler Cemetery, at Keeler, Van Buren County, MI, USA.

     Henrietta E. Bennett was born on 26 April 1866 at Saybrook, Ashtabula County, OH, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Theophlis Bennett and Sarah Louisa Hendrick. She married William Thomas Sherwood at Cass City, Tuscola County, MI, USA, on 20 December 1884.^1,2 Henrietta E. Bennett lived in 1906 at Rapid River, Kalkaska County, MI, USA.¹ She died on 15 February 1949 at Delta County, MI, USA, at age 82. She was buried at Rapid River Cemetery, at Woodlawn, Delta County, MI, USA.

     Ida Jane Bennett was born in 1856 at Portage, Livingston County, NY, USA. She married Selah Thomas Sanford at Nunda, Livingston County, NY, USA, on 2 May 1881. Ida Jane Bennett died on 10 May 1941 at Pomroy, Garfield County, WA, USA. Daughter of Nathaniel Bennett and Elizabeth Wright.¹ She was buried at Pomeroy City Cemetery, at Pomeroy, Garfield County, WA, USA.

     John R. Bennett was born on 26 September 1832 at Butler Twp, Richland County, OH, USA. He married Alice Amanda Boyer, daughter of Jorum M. Boyer and Mary Ann (Libby) Newman, on 5 February 1872 at Sunfield, Eaton County, MI, USA. John R. Bennett died on 7 February 1911 at Eaton County, MI, USA, at age 78. He was buried at Welch Cemetery, at Sunfield, Eaton County, MI, USA.

     John Russell Bennett was born on 14 September 1883 at Cass City, Tuscola County, MI, USA.^1,2,3,4,5,6 He was the son of Charles Theophlis Bennett and Sarah Louisa Hendrick. John Russell Bennett died on 24 June 1971 at Escanaba, Delta County, MI, USA, at age 87.^7,8 He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, at Escanaba, Delta County, MI, USA.

     Julia was born at Elkland, Tuscola County, MI, USA, on 9 March 1868.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Theophlis Bennett and Sarah Louisa Hendrick. She married James Carick Mintier at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA, on 24 January 1888. Talma says that they were married again in 1903.
Called Gertrude Leonard in Marriage Records..¹ Julia Gertrude Bennett married, according to conflicting information an unknown person on 19 October 1904 at Chicago, Cook County, IL. Cook County IL Marriage Records, 1871- 1920.. She lived in 1906 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA.¹ She died on 25 March 1937 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, at age 69. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths 1916 to 1947.²

     Martha Jane Bennett was born on 11 August 1837 at Butler Twp, Richland County, OH, USA. She married Johannes (Joe) Boyer, son of Jorum M. Boyer and Mary Ann (Libby) Newman, on 3 July 1866 at Roxand Twp, Eaton County, MI, USA. Martha Jane Bennett died on 17 September 1913 at Roxand Twp, Eaton County, MI, at age 76. She was buried at Meadowbrook Cemetery, at Mulliken, Eaton County, MI, USA.

     Daughter of John B. and Sarah Freeman Bennett.