NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: Benjamin C. Lukens (1887)

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Transcribed by Deb Murray.

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Benjamin C. Lukens was born in Maryland in 1812. His father and grandfather
lived in Harford County in that State. In 1833 he married Miss Louisa Smith,
of his native State, and about six years later came to Brookfield Township,
settling on an unimproved farm. He is the father of five children, four 
living - B.S., Cumberland, Ohio; John C., Kansas; Joseph F. (a graduate of
Ohio University, Sthens, 1866), superintendent of schools, Lebanon, Ohio;
Lizzie H. (Arrick), Reinersville, Ohio. Joseph F. was in the late war, served
under General Thomas and was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry. Mr. Lukens is a
Republican and a member of the Methodist Protestant church. He was living at
Baltimore at the time the first railroad was put in operation between that
place and Ellicott's mills. The care were drawn by one horse, upon wooden
rails.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by 
L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
Brookfield