Shenandoah/Page County Pence Family Group Sheets

Compiled by Richard A. Pence

19 Jul 2008

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Contents
The Hawksbill Pences: Sheandoah/Page County
  • 4. Jacob Pence, Shenandoah/Page County
  • 5. Lewis Pence, Shenandoah/Page County
  • 6. Henry Pence, Shenandoah/Page County and Champaign County, OH
  • 7. Adam Pence, Shenandoah/Page County and Scott County, KY

    The Children of Jacob Pence

    (Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Shenandoah County, VA, and Champaign County, OH

    4 JACOB PENCE was baptized 14 Dec 1727 in the Reformed Church at Iggelheim, Pfalz, Bayern (Germany), the son of Johann Georg Bentz and Anna Barbara Bullinger; died before 29 Oct 1778 in Shenandoah Co VA, when his wife (Barbara) and oldest son and heir (Frederick) were named administrators of his estate; married Barbara _____ (who later married Henry Harshbarger 20 Dec 1785; she left a will [written 4 Jan 1794, filed 14 Mar 1797] in Shenandoah Co, describing herself as widow, first, of Jacob Pence and then Henry Harshbarger); Jacob came with his father and at least three brothers on the ship Phoenix which arrived in Philadelphia 15 Sep 1749; he received a grant from Lord Fairfax for 262 acres on 20 Aug 1766 on the Hawksbill Creek in what was then Frederick Co VA (later Shenandoah Co and now Page Co); the land adjoined that of his brothers Lewis and Henry; all three joined each other at a point near the Little Hawksbill Creek about one mile east of the present village of Marksville (see MAP). Children, from Barbara's will:


    The Children of Frederick Pence

    (Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Shenandoah County, VA, and Champaign County, OH

    41 (GEORGE) FREDERICK PENCE was no doubt the George Frederic Bens, son of Jacob and Barbara Bens, who was born 20 Nov 1752 and was baptized 25 Dec 1752 at the First Reformed Church in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 1835 in Mad River Twp, Champaign County, Ohio; married (1) Mary _____ probably about 1778 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, (2) Margaret (Peggy) Venis 9 Sep 1819 (surname unknown, the widow of Henry Venis) in Champaign County; Frederick Pence is called the oldest son and heir of Jacob Pence in Shenandoah County deeds; he was a gunsmith and wagonmaker; moved before 1819 to Champaign County; served in Captain Michael Reader's company in Shenandoah County (then called Dunmore County) during the Revolutionary War. Children:


    The Children of David Pence

    (Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    412 DAVID PENCE was born in 1779 in Shenandoah Co VA; died 23 Sep 1863 Concord Twp, Champaign Co OH; married (1) Barbara Offenbacher in VA (she was born in VA, died about 1836 in Champaign Co, daughter of Jacob and Magdalene Offenbacher, per his will and Shenandoah deeds), (2) Susannah Gump 15 Oct 1838 in Miami Co OH (she was born about 1794, died after 1880 census, Champaign Co). Children:


    The Children of Frederick Pence

    (Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    413 FREDERICK PENCE was born about 1781 in Shenandoah Co VA; died - Feb 1836 in Johnson Twp, Champaign Co OH, buried Pence Cemetery, Johnson Twp (see Frederick Pence Cemetery); married Amelia Jenkins 9 Nov 1811 in Champaign Co (she was born about 1783 in VA, died 31 Feb 1859 in Johnson Twp, buried F. Pence Cemetery, daughter of Thomas Jenkins and Nellie Sisk). Children:


    The Children of Russell Pence

    (Frederick4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4131 RUSSELL PENCE was born in 1812 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 17 Apr 1857 in Champaign County; married Rhoda Robinson 21 Feb 1837 in Champaign County (she was born 12 Aug 1815 in Virginia, died 26 May 1886, aged 70 years, 9 months, 14 days, in Adams Twp, Champaign County).


    The Children of Frederick Pence

    (Russell5, Frederick4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Shelby County, OH

    41311 FREDERICK PENCE was born 12 Jul 1837 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 1 Jun 1917 at Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio; married Elizabeth Ann Blackford 15 Apr 1858 in Champaign County (she was born 26 Dec 1841 in Butler County, Ohio, died 12 Feb 1923 in Sidney, the daughter of Daniel and Ruth Blackford); Civil War veteran 113 OVI, Union Army in Civil War; Shelby County in 1880. Children:

    413111 (MARY) JANE PENCE was born in 1859 in Ohio.

    413112 RHODA ANN PENCE was born 20 Nov 1861 in Ohio; died in 1959 in Shelby County, Ohio; married George Washington Voorhis 22 Jan 1880 in Shelby County; lived in Sidney, Shelby County, at the death of her sister Ruth (Minnie) in 1945.

    413113 (SARAH) DELILAH PENCE was born 20 Jun 1863 in Ohio; died 1949 in Shelby County, Ohio; married (Mark) Elmer Voorhis 25 Jun 1881 in Shelby County, Ohio (he was the son of John Voorhis and Elizabeth Lennon); lived in Sidney, Shelby County, at the death of her siser Ruth (Minnie) in 1945.

    413114 RUSSELL PENCE was born 19 Apr 1866 in Ohio; married Etna A. Arbogast 29 Dec 1887 in Shelby County, Ohio (she was born in Greene Twp, Shelby County, died - Aug 1937 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, buried Platteville Cemetery, Shelby County, the daughter of Allen and Lydia Arbogast); they were in Greene Twp in 1900 with two children (also mother-in-law and sister-in-law); Etna was with a brother Johnson A. Arbogast and her daughter Ruby in Akron in 1910 and she and Ruby were there in 1920.

    413115 WILLIAM O. PENCE was born 8 Jan 1868 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 1924; married Alma A. Moore about 1890 (daughter of George W. and Callie Moore); in Shelby County, Ohio, 1900 and 1910.

    413116 EMMA JANE PENCE was born 15 Feb 1870 in Ohio; died 22 Oct 1948 in shelby County, Ohio; married William Thomas Martin 29 Mar 1888 in Shelby County (son of Thomas Martin and Margaret Linn); she lived in Sidney, Shelby County, at the death of her sister Ruth (Minnie) in 1945.

    413117 RUTH E. (MINNIE F.) PENCE was born 21 Feb 1872 in Ohio; died 23 Oct 1945 at Fletcher, Miami County, Ohio, buried in Fletcher Cemetery; she married Charles Edward Kiser 30 Oct 1890 in Shelby County, Ohio.

    413118 NAOMI PENCE was born 31 Dec 1874 in Ohio (1873 in 1900 census); married (1) ____ Ewing, (2) _____ Wendell; lived in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, at the death of her sister Ruth (Minnie) in 1945.

    413119 FREDERICK PENCE was born 31 Dec 1876 in Shelby County, Ohio; died 22 Dec 1923 in Orange Twp, Shelby County; married (1) Jennie Eby 31 May 1905 in Shelby County (she died 28 Jul 1910 in Sidney, Shelby County, buried Cedar Point Cemetery, Shelby County), (2) Lillie Regina Hen 26 Jan 1915 in Shelby County; veteran of the Spanish-American War; he registered for the World War I draft in La Plata County, Coloriado; in 1920 he, with no family, was living with William T. Martin as his brother-in-law (see No. 413116).

    41311A HATTIE PENCE was born 31 Jan 1878 in Shelby County, Ohio; she married Emory Nelson Stewart 20 Dec 1899 in Shelby County; she lived in Sidney, Shelby County, at the death of her sister Ruth (Minnie) in 1945.

    41311B HARRY E. PENCE was born 10 Aug 1881 in Shelby County, Ohio; married Glenna Medarus 25 Dec 1902 in Clark County, Ohio; only his mother was living with him in Shelby County in the 1920 census; he lived in Washington state in 1945 at the death of his sister Ruth (Minnie).


    The Children of Elijah Pence

    (Frederick4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4134 ELIJAH PENCE was born 6 Apr 1818 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 12 Sep 1877 in Shelby County, Ohio (a news item in Champaign County says he died "near Palestine," which is in Darke County, Ohio); married Amelia (Permelia) Merica 20 Apr 1837 in Champaign County (she was born in 1817 in Virginia, died after 1880 census, Champaign County). Children:


    The Children of John C. Pence

    (Elijah5, John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    41345 JOHN C. PENCE was born 21 Jan 1855 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 9 Jan 1929 in Shelby County, Ohio, buried in Graceland Cemetery, Shelby County; married Phoebe Ann Ludlow 22 Feb 1877 in Shelby County (she was born 11 Jul 1857 in Pemberton, Shelby County, died 7 Sep 1939 in Orange Twp, Shelby County, buried Graceland Cemetery); they were in Johnson Twp, Champaign County, in 1880, Adams Twp, Champaign County, in 1900 and Shelby County in 1910; her father, Charles W. Ludlow, and granddaughter Bonnie B. Argenbright were with the family in 1900 and 1910. John C., age 63, and "Febe Ann," age 61, in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, in 1920. Children (1900 census says Phoebe was the mother of three children, three living) include:


    The Children of Wesley Pence

    (John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4137 WESLEY PENCE was born 21 Oct 1825 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 8 Jan 1877 in Champaign County (of typhoid fever), age 51 years, 2 months, 18 days, buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Johnson Twp, Champaign County; married Lydia Ammon 23 May 1850 in Champaign County (she died 15 Nov 1902, age 78 years, 7 months, 1 day, buried in Evergreen Cemetery). Children:


    The Children of Russell John Pence

    (Wesley5, John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    41372 RUSSELL JOHN PENCE was born 7 Apr 1854 in Johnson Twp, Champaign County, Ohio; died 16 Mar 1938 in Johnson Twp, buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Johnson Twp; married Susan Emily Robbins 6 Aug 1881 in Champaign County (she was born 7 Aug 1856 in Ohio, died 8 Jul 1951 1951 in Urbana, Champaign County, buried in Evergreen Cemetery, the daughter of Isaac Robbins and _____ Cugabright). Children, from 1900 census of Johnson Twp:


    The Children of Jacob Pence

    (Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    414 JACOB PENCE was born about 1782 in Shenandoah Co VA; died between 3 Aug (will written) and 10 Oct 1854 (will probated) in Champaign Co OH. He married (1) Elizabeth Widock 4 Sep 1802 in Shenandoah Co (she was the daughter of Henry Widock and Christina Offenbacher). He married (2) Judy Baily 23 Mar 1815 in Madison Co VA (Her parentage and dates unknown, although it appears she died in Champaign Co after a son, Ambers, was born in 1822), (3) Sarah Ebert 28 Mar 1824 in Champaign Co (she was born in 1801 and died in 1896); he was a blacksmith and probably the Jacob, blacksmith, living beside his father Frederick and another Jacob Pence, cooper, in the 1810 census of Shenandoah Co. A number of his children went to Madison Co IN early; the identified ones include Adam, Joseph, David and muel Pence was also in Madison Co by the 1850 census and the following additional Pences have been found in a Madison Co history as being in Richland Twp, Madison Co between 1830 and 1850: Jesse, Abram and John, and these may be related to the C Pencs. Children:


    The Children of John Pence

    (Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    415 JOHN PENCE was born about 1783 in Shenandoah Co VA; died 19 Sep 1845 in Champaign Co OH, age 63, buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Jackson Twp, Champaign Co; married (1) Mary Frances Hoffman 25 Dec 1815 in Shenandoah Co (she was the daughter of Frederick Hoffman and Barbara Neff and apparently died about 1823 in Champaign County, after the birth of a child and before John's second marriage), (2) Barbara Loudenback 7 Jul 1824 in Champaign Co (she was born 5 Feb 1800 in VA, died 9 Sep 1863, age 63 years, buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery); he was a veteran of the War of 1812; to Champaign Co in 1822. Children (first four by first wife and identified as such in a court case involving the collection of their mother's share of her father's estate):


    The Children of Martin Pence

    (John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Whitley County, IN

    4152 MARTIN PENCE was born 9 Jul 1818 in Shenandoah Co VA; died 28 Nov 1904 in Whitley Co , buried South Whitley Cemetery; married Barbara Loudenback 15 Aug 1843 in Champaign Co OH (she was born 8 May 1820 in Champaign Co, died 6 Jan 1893 in Whitley Co, buried South Whitley; she was the daughter of David Loudenback and Susannah Strickler); to Whitley Co about 1850. Click HERE for biographies of Martin, Frederick and Hamilton Pence. Children:


    The Children of Frederick Pence

    (John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Whitley County, IN

    4153 FREDERICK PENCE was born 4 Apr 1821 in Shenandoah County, Virginia; died 14 Mar 1897 in Whitley County, Indiana, buried in South Whitley Cemetery, Whitley County; married (1) Susan Jenkins 24 Apr 1840 in Champaign County, Ohio (she was born 12 Sep 1819 in Champaign County, died 26 May 1891 in Whitley County, Indiana, buried in South Whitley Cemetery, the daughter of Joel Jenkins and Mary Woods), (2) Mary Houghton 11 Mar 1893 in Whitley County (she was born 29 Apr 1833, died in Ft. Wayne, Allen County, Indiana). Click HERE for biographies of Martin, Frederick and Hamilton Pence. Children, all by first wife:


    The Children of Hamilton Pence

    (John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Whitley County, IN

    4154 HAMILTON PENCE was born 26 Jan 1822 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 30 Aug 1899 in Whitley County, Indiana, buried South Whitley Cemetery, Whitley County; married (1) Sarah Harbour 23 Jul 1844 in Champaign County (she was born 8 Aug 1819 in Champaign County, died 21 Sep 1895 in Whitley County, buried South Whitley, the daughter Elisha Harbour and Catherine Arrowsmith), (2) Mrs Catherine A. Hahn 2 Jun 1896 in Huntington County, Indiana. Click HERE for biographies of Martin, Frederick and Hamilton Pence. Children:


    The Children of Washington Pence

    (John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4156 WASHINGTON PENCE was born - Jun 1825 in Champaign County, Ohio (but 1824 on his tombstone); died 26 Jan 1911 in Champaign County, buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Jackson Twp, Champaign County; married Sarah Ellen Davis 2 Aug 1845 in Champaign County (she was born 2 Aug 1823, died 19 Apr 1877 in Champaign County, buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery). Children:


    The Children of Jackson Pence

    (John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign and Van Wert Counties, OH

    4158 JACKSON PENCE was born in 1830 in Champaign Co OH; died 1 Jun 1892 in Van Wert Co OH; married Mary Margaret Kear 6 Mar 1851 in Champaign Co; they were in Van Wert Co in 1880 and she in Van Wert Co in 1900 and 1910. Children:


    The Children of Benjamin Pence

    (John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Whitley County, IN

    415C BENJAMIN PENCE was born 4 Mar 1837 in Champaign Co OH; died 14 Oct 1881 in Whitley Co IN; married Eleanor Kite 24 Mar 1861 in Champaign Co (she was born 28 Jul 1839 in Champaign Co, died 1912 Whitley Co). Children:


    The Children of Noah Pence

    (John4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH, and Whitley County, IN

    415D NOAH PENCE was born - Jul 1840 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 7 Aug 1901 in Whitley County, Indiana, age 61 years and 9 days, buried South Whitley Cemetery, Whitley County; married Amy Browning 29 May 1859 in Champaign County (she was born 20 Dec 1839 in Champaign County, died 30 Jan 1922 in Whitley County, buried South Whitley Cemetery); they moved to Whitley County after 1860. Children:


    The Children of Daniel Pence

    (Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    416 DANIEL PENCE was born in 1784 Shenandoah County, Virginia; died 15 Jan 1853 in Champaign County, Ohio, age 70 years and 27 days, buried Myrtle Tree Cemetery, Mad River Twp, Champaign County; married (1) Elizabeth Wiant 30 Oct 1809 in Albemarle County, Virginia (she was born 12 Nov 1786, probably in Shenandoah County, died before 1814, the daughter of John and Mary Wiant), (2) Elizabeth Johnson 3 Nov 1814 in Champaign County (she died 11 Aug 1852, age 61 years, 9 (possibly this is 8) months, 2 days, buried Myrtle Tree Cemetery). Children:


    The Children of Samuel Pence

    (Daniel4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4161 SAMUEL PENCE was born in 1815 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 17 Jan 1845 in Champaign County, buried in Lutheran Cemetery, St. Paris, Champaign County (age 35 on tombstone); married Mary Ann Hower 23 Feb 1834 in Champaign County (she died 30 Jul 1889, age 73 years, 5 months, 14 days, buried in Lutheran Cemetery; she remarried to Adam Apple in 1846). Children:


    The Children of Eli Pence

    (Samuel5, Daniel4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    41616 ELI PENCE was born 20 Jan 1842 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 23 Jan 1941 in Champaign County; married (1) Rachel Ann Stroufe 4 Mar 1866 in Champaign County (she was born 15 Mar 1846 in Johnson Twp, Champaign County, died 9 Oct 1918 in Champaign County, the daughter of George W. Shroufe and Isabelle Grimes), (2) Mrs. Ellen Walker 2- Sep 1921 in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio (she was age 62; possibly the Ellen Linsky who married Henry Walker 3 Jul 1882 in Madison County); he was a Union Army veteran and the last surviving veteran in Champaign County; enlisted on 4 Aug 1862, age 21, as a private, on 19 Auug 1862 he was mustered into Co. H, 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (the complany consisted of mostly men from Champaign County), promoted to corporal on 1 May 1864, slightly wounded in shoulder at a battle in Georgia, mustered out 12 Jun 1865 at Camp Harker, Tennessee; he was in Johnson Twp, Champaign County in 1880, 1900 and 1920 (as father-in-law to Perry E. Apple); not found in 1910 census. Children:


    The Children of William Daniel Pence

    (Daniel4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4163 WILLIAM DANIEL PENCE was born 21 Sep 1816 in Champaign Co OH (twin); died 10 Jan 1900 in Champaign Co, buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Johnson Twp, Champaign Co; married (1) Elizabeth Riker 20 Oct 1842 in Champaign Co (she was born in 1822, died in 1854, buried Spring Grove Cemetery), (2) Zennella (Jennetta) McDaniel 13 Jun 1854 in Champaign Co (she was born in 1833, died 1912, buried Spring Grove Cemetery). Children:


    The Children of Isaac Pence

    (Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    418 ISAAC PENCE was born 10 Apr 1792 in Shenandoah Co VA; died 14 Feb 1870 (suicide) in Champaign Co OH; buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Johnson Twp, Champaign Co; married (1) Catherine Wiant 12 Nov 1817 in Champaign Co (she was born 4 Nov 1785 in Albemarle Co VA and died 12 Jun 1850, age 61 yr, 7 months, 8 days, and is buried with her husband in Spring Grove; daughter of John Wiant), (2) Martha (Patsy) (Brown) Williams 26 Jan 1851 in Champaign Co (she was born in 1823 and died in 1908, buried Spring Grove. daughter of David Brown); he served in a VA regiment in the War of 1812; the news story telling how he shot himself describes him as very wealthy.


    The Children of Allen Pence

    (Isaac4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4182 ALLEN PENCE was born 29 Jan 1820 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 29 Oct 1895 in Champaign County, buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Johnson Twp, Champaign County; married Sarah (Catherine) Riker 13 Oct 1842 in Champaign County (she was born 15 Feb 1819 in Champaign County, died 13 Jul 1885 of typhoid fever, age 66 years, 4 months, 26 days, at her home in Jackson Twp, buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, the daughter of William Riker and Rachel Ferris); they were in Jackson Twp, Champaign County, in 1880. Children:


    The Children of Isaiah Pence

    (Isaac4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Kosciusko County, IN

    4185 ISAIAH PENCE was born 29 Apr 1824 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 3 Sep 1890 in Jackson Twp, Kosciusko County, Indiana, buried in Hidy Cemetery, Jackson Twp; married Margaret Williams 23 Sep 1847 in Champaign County (she was born 16 Aug 1821 in Ohio, died 17 Oct 1881 in Jackson Twp). Children:


    The Children of Emanuel Pence

    (Isaac4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Kosciusko County, IN

    4186 EMANUEL PENCE was born 12 Mar 1827 in Champaign Co OH; died 17 Jun 1878 in Kosciusko Co IN, buried in Hidy Cemetery; married (1) Hannah Bodey 2 May 1852 in Champaign Co (she was born in 1831 in Ohio, died 26 Feb 1860 in Jackson Twp, Kosciusko Co, buried Hidy Cemetery, daughter of Adam Bodey and Mary Brubaker), (2) Maria Kyler 27 Oct 1861 in Kosciusko Co (she was born 24 Jan 1834, died 17 Nov 1928 in Jackson Twp, daughter of Jesse Kyler and Amelia Stafford). Children:


    The Children of Jonas Pence

    (David4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Huntington County, IN, and Monroe County, MI

    4121 JONAS PENCE was born in 1801 in Shenandoah County, Virginia; married (1) Elizabeth Offenbacher 27 Jan 1823 in Champaign County, Ohio (she is given as mother of their son George in his application for his second marriage), (2) Catherine (_____) Wine (she was born in 1804 in Pennsylvania), (3) Mary Fox 5 Feb 1864 in Monroe County, Michigan (she was age 51 at marriage); he was in Huntington County, Indiana, in 1850 with his second wife and her daughters, Catherine Wine (age 7) and Mary Wine (age 5) and the Pence children listed below:


    The Children of Absolom Pence

    (David4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4123 ABSALOM PENCE was born in 1810 in Shenandoah County, Virginia; died after the 1870 census in Champaign County, Ohio; married Sarah Prince 6 Mar 1831 in Champaign County (she was born in 1813 in Virginia, died 16 Jul 1876 in Johnson Twp, Champaign County, buried Lutheran Cemetery, St. Paris, Champaign County). Children:


    The Children of Simeon Pence

    (David4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4128 SIMEON PENCE was born 11 Mar 1820 in Concord Twp, Champaign County, Ohio; died 25 Jan 1889 at his home just east of St. Paris, Johnson Twp, Champaign County, aged 68 years, 10 months and 14 days, buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Johnson Twp; married Eliza McMorran 20 Jan 1842 in Champaign County (she was born in 1825 in Pennsylvania, died 1 Apr 1881, aged 55 years, 11 months, buried Evergreen Cemetery), (2) Phoebe (Brelsford) Northcutt 18 Jun 1882 in Champaign County (she was born in 1859 in Ohio, died after 1900, the daughter of William Brelsford and Hannah Scott). Children:


    The Children of Adam Pence

    (Jacob4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Madison County, IN

    4141 ADAM PENCE was born 23 Feb 1803 in Shenandoah Co VA; probably died shortly after 1850 in gold fields of California (as the result of a bite from a "deadly serpent," according to son's obit; a descendant says the family was told he was stung by a bee while crossing the Rio Grand on the return from California and died of infection); married Nancy Darter 26 Dec 1824 in Fayette Co IN (she was the daughter of Jacob Darter and Katherine Weddle); to Madison Co IN frin Champaign Co OH in 1833. Children:


    The Children of Martin David Pence

    (Adam5, Jacob4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Madison County, IN, and Rice County, KS

    41411 MARTIN DAVID PENCE was born 12 Jan 1826 in Ohio, probably Champaign County; died - Oct 1900 in Sterling, Rice County, Kansas; married Ruth Hancock 29 Jul 1847 in Delaware County, Indiana (she was born in 1829 in Indiana, the daughter of John Hancock and Elizabeth Pollard); in Madison County, Indiana, in 1850, 1860, 1870; to Rice County in 1876. Children:


    The Children of John Pollard Pence

    (Martin David6, Adam5, Jacob4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Rice County, KS

    414113 JOHN POLLARD PENCE was born in 1857 in Madison County, Indiana; died in 1938 in Sterling, Rice County Kansas; married Laura Catherine Mahoney about 1881; Rice County, Kansas, in 1900. Children:


    The Children of Joseph Pence

    (Jacob4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Madison County, IN

    4143 JOSEPH PENCE was born 18 Mar 1807 in Shenandoah County, Virginia (but one record says Rockingham County, Virginia); married Elizabeth Dillon about 1834 in Champaign County, Ohio; to Madison County, Indiana, in 1835. Children include (the 1840 census also shows a daughter under age 5 who apparently died young):


    The Children of David Pence

    (Jacob4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Madison County, IN

    4144 DAVID PENCE was born in 1808 probably in Shenandoah County, Virginia; married (1) Catharine Ammon 12 Jun 1828 in Champaign County, Ohio (she was the daughter of Peter Ammon and Elizabeth Rheinhard / Rinehart), (2) Mary (Polly) Ephard 6 Aug 1835 in Champaign County (she was born in 1814 and died in 1868 in Madison County, Indiana, the daughter of Philip Ephard and Margaret Elizabeth Utz); Madison County, Indiana, in 1850-1880; David was living with his son William F. Pence in 1880. Children:


    The Children of William Pence

    (Jacob4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Madison County, IN

    4146 WILLIAM PENCE was born in 1819 in Virginia; married Elizabeth _____ about 1850 (she was born in 1831 in North Carolina); they were in Madison County, Indiana, in 1850. Son:


    The Children of Jacob Pence

    (Jacob4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    4149 JACOB PENCE was born 25 May 1828 in Champaign Cou OH; died 4 May 1885 in Johnson Twp, Champaign Co, buried Myrtle Tree Cemetery, Champaign Co; married Mahala Offenbacher 7 Sep 1852 in Champaign Co (she was born in 1833 in OH, died in 1915 in Johnson Twp, Champaign Co, buried Myrtle Tree); in 1910 she is called Matilda and is living with sons Perry and Levi and daughter Amanda Caldwell and two granddaughters. Children:


    The Children of Andrew J. Pence

    (Jacob4, Frederick3, Jacob2 Pence, Johann Georg1 Bentz)

    Champaign County, OH

    414A ANDREW J. PENCE was born 22 Mar 1830 in Champaign County, Ohio; died 11 Nov 1916 in Champaign County; married Eliza Ann Garringer 27 Apr 1851 in Champaign County (she was born in 1826 in Pennsylvania, died 1 Sep 1890, age 64 years, 5 months, 15 days, buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Johnson Twp, Champaign County); an Andrew Pence filed for legal separation from his wife Eliza in Mar 1885; possibly this couple; also, an Andrew Pence married Mrs. Augustus Klefner 4 Jun 1887 in Champaign County; it like was him living alone in Johnson Twp, Champaign County, in 1900, and with his son Allen in Champaign County in 1910. Children: