NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST GENEALOGICAL RECORD; VOLUME 10; PART 1; JAN., 1932 ARTICLE: BENJAMIN HAIGHT BIBLE RECORDS PAGES 10 - 11 As transcribed by the submitters from the original publication. Submitted to the USGenWeb Nebraska Archives, February, 1998, by Ted and Carole Miller (susieque@pacbell.net). USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. *************** (page 10, cont.) BENJAMIN HAIGHT BIBLE RECORDS Contributed by Elmer Haight, David City, Nebraska Benjamin Haight's Bible passed at his death to his daughter Delia Vaughn. She probably added the later death records. Before her death she gave the Bible to the present owner Elmer Haight, David City, Nebraska, son of Lewis B. Haight, (Benjamin and Alma Beach). Benjamin Haight, Born May 31st 1794, Died Jan. 6 - 1866 Age 71 yrs. Pheobe Comstock (1st wife) " Jan. 13 - 1795, (a) " Aug 6 - 1825 Age 30 yrs. Alma Beach (2nd " ) " Aug.17 - 1808, (b) " Jan. 31 - 1848 " 40 " Jane C. Wood (3rd " ) " Mar. 12 - 1815, " Mar. 17 - 1870 " 56 " ----------------------------------------------------------------- Notes by Editor: (a) Friend's Records at East Hoosuck, Mass., give 6 mo-17-1795 as date of birth. See New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 71, p. 364. (b) Children of Highland and Abigail Beach, all born at Middlebury, Vt., were Seymour Giles, b. Nov. 2, 1806; Alma, b. Aug. 17, 1808; Abigail, b. Nov. 7, 1810. Records on file in office of Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vt. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (page 11) GENEALOGICAL RECORD 11 Benjamin Haight and Phoebe Comstock, married Feb. 4-1814 (c) children born to this union as follows - no record of deaths Juil Elma Haight, Born Mar. 25-1815 Anna Mariah Haight,(d) " Apr. 19-1816 Amy Jane Haight, " Mar. 27 -1818 Hannah Haight, " July 31-1821 Phoebe Haight (e) " May 12-1824 Benjamin Haight and Alma Beach - 2nd wife - married Dec. 31-1827 Children born to this union as follows - Hiland Haight, Born Feb. 9-1829- (f) died June 16-1901 age 72 years Elias Haight, " Aug. 24-1830- (f) " in Libby prison, no date David Haight, " Dec. 8-1831- " about 1890-no date given James Haight, " Apr. 13-1834- " " 1889- " " given Lewis B. Haight, " Sept. 21-1835- " Apr. 22-1902-age 67 years Permelia A. Haight, " Sept. 11-1837- " Mar. 8-1904- " 67 " Phidelia Haight (g) " " 13-1839- " Dec. 27-1922- " 83 " Benjamin Haight (h) " Mar. 4-1842 } - " Sept. 4-1891- " 49 " Alma M. Haight Twins } - " Aug. 14-1844- " 2 " Susan Haight " July 30-1844- " Sept. 14-1844- " 6 weeks Sarah L Haight " Mar. 13-1846- " Oct. 14-1885- " 39 years Desire Haight " Dec. 28-1847- " Mar. 15-1848- " 10 weeks Benjamin Haight and Jane C. Wood 3rd wife, married Oct. 20-1849. Children born to this union as follows - Charles Haight, born Feb. 10-1851 - lost on Lake Michigan. Elias Haight and Nancy Corey, Married in Sept.-1855 Children born to this union as follows - Charles E. Haight, born Aug. 31-1856 - died in Michigan [sic.?] woods (i). Loella C. Haight, " Apr. 22-1858 ----------------------------------------------------------------- (c) See New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 72, pp. 110-111-112. (d) Anna M. Haight married Carlos Alphonso Cummings at Buffalo, N. Y., the year Lake Erie overflowed, about 1841. They lived at Adrian, Mich. He remembered visiting his grandfather, Benjamin Haight, at Honey Creek, Wis. Anna (Height) Cummings died at Adrian, Mich., Sept. 17. 1864. - Letter of her son, Chas. L. Cummings, Brooklyn, N. Y., July 12, 1930. (e) Phebe Haight married William Bennett. Deceased husband referred to in letter of Phebe (Haight) Bennett, Chicago, Ill., to her sister, Deal (Height) Vaughn, Spring Prairie, Wis., Nov. 28, 1904. (f) Elias and Hiland were both born in the same house on a farm near Millville, Orleans Co., N. Y. - Mrs. Phebe Bennett to Mrs. Deal Vaughn, Nov. 28, 1904. (g) Phidelia was the last of the children born in Michigan. - Letter of Elmer Haight [son of Lewis B.], Nov. 23, 1929. (h) Ben and Alma were born in Wisconsin, the year their parents moved from Adrian, Mich. - Letter of Elmer Haight, Nov. 23, 1929. (i) "Saturday morning [Jan. 5] Chas. E. Haight was killed in the woods 45 miles northeast from, here, - - - - I found a letter on him from you, - - - - I note in your letter to him that he has a sister in York, Nebr." - Letter of A. J. Myrland, District Attorney, Grantsburg, Wis., to Elmer Haight, David City, Neb., Jan. 7, 1907.