Benjamin Mulford ²

  General Notes:

Benjamin Mulford, father of William C. Mulford was born on August 17, 1802 in Clermont county, Ohio, and received his education in that section. His father died when he was quite young and he was called upon to look after the farm and the family living there until 1832, when he came to Sparta township and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land at a cost of three hundred dollars, and in 1834 he bought forty acres adjoining, for which he traded a house. He lived on this farm until his death, which occurred on February 28, 1883, aged eighty-one years. Mr. Mulford was a Democrat, was interested in all public enterprises and was particularly energetic on the question of good roads, many of which he assisted in building, and was road supervisor for a number of years. His religious membership was with the Free Will Baptist church. His parents were Daniel and Constance Mulford, and his wife was Mary (Legg) Mulford, daughter of John and Constance Legg. She was born on February 22, 1808 in Boone county, Kentucky, and was educated at Cincinnati, where she lived until her marriage which took place near the present site of the Cincinnati Zoo.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Mulford were the parents of six children, and had one adopted child: Oliver, John, Ann, William, Franklin and one who died young. Oliver Mulford married Sarah Wills and lived at Dillsboro, Indiana, where he followed the blacksmith trade. They had seven children, Benjamin, Oliver, Martha, Sarah, Morton, Grant and Frank. John Mulford was married twice1 first to Cynthia Henderson, by whom he had four children, Charles, Martha, Mary Alice and Ida, and by his second wife, Mary Chance, he had three children, Morton, Laura and Emma. Ann Mulford became the wife of Michael Tarelin, and lived in Sparta township. They had six children, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, John, Edward and Fanny. Franklin Mulford was also married twice, first to Nellie Allen, who died young. They lived in Ripley county, and were the parents of four children, Oliver, Albert, Cora and Freemont. Mr. Mulford's second wife was Catherine Allen. They resided at Pierceville, Ripley county, and were the parents of four children, Mary, Laura, Hazel and Lora. James Vandolah was the adopted child, and he married Mary Larabee. They lived in Sparta township and two children were born of this union. The paternal grandparents were Daniel and Constance Mulford, the former native of the United States who livedduring Revolutionary times, removing to Clermont county, Ohio, at middle age. To this union nine children were born: Daniel, Hugh, James; Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (triplets), Anna, Mary and Phoebe. Daniel Mulford married Rillie Farkuer, and moved to Illinois, where he followed farming.
They have had five children, Perry, Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth and Abigail. Hugh Mulford married Marlah Hall, and moved to Lafayette, Indiana. They have had six children, William, Luther Frahl, Scott, Mary J. and Mariah.

Notes on Children:
James Mulford was married to Lucena Shults, and moved to Middletown, Ohio, in middle life. They had five children, Jasper, Van, Minerva, Alvina and Charlotte. The triplets died in infancy. Anna Mulford became the wife of Richard Pall, and lived at Riverside, near Cincinnati, Ohio, where they followed farming on a large scale. They were the parents of six children, Henry, Richard, Mary Jane, Ann, Elvira and one boy who was killed when very young. Mary Mulford married a Mr. Meyers, a grocer of Cincinnati They have had two children. Phoebe Mulford became the wife of Isaac Yost, and lived at Milford, Ohio, where her husband followed cabinet-making. Their children are William, Benjamin and Mary.

Adopted by Benjamin and Mary Legg Mulford. ⁴

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1840, Sparta, Dearborn, Indiana. ⁵

• Census, 1850, Sparta, Dearborn, Indiana. ⁶
Benjamin Mulford, 48, farmer, real estate $2500, born in Ohio. Mary Mulford, 40, born in Ohio. John Mulford, 19, farmer, born in Ohio. Clarissa A. Mulford, 17, born in in Ohio. William C. Mulford, 9, born in Ohio. Benjamin T. Mulford, 6, born in Ohio. James F. Vandolah, 1, born in Ohio.

Benjamin married Mary Legg on 4 Oct 1827 in Pittsburg, Carroll, Indiana.¹ (Mary Legg was born on 22 Feb 1808 in , Boone, Kentucky and died about 1862 in Sycamore, Hamilton, Ohio ².)

Benjamin next married Jane. (Jane was born in 1819 in , , Indiana.)