Benjamin Franklin LOOFBOURROW

  General Notes:

Much has been written about BF Loofbourrow. B. F. LOOFBOURROW, merchant, Delaware; was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Dec. 18, 1820, and is the son of Benjamin W. Loofbourrow, a farmer, who died when the son was an infant ; he was then sent to his grandfather, Geo. Fryback, where he remained until about 13 years old ; then his grandfather died, and he was placed in the hands of a guardian, with whom he remained engaged in farming until he was 18 years of age; in 1839, he came to Delaware Co., and located in Eden, Brown Township, where he was engaged for a year as clerk in a dry-goods store; he then went upon a farm, where he continued until 1852; during his residence in Brown Township he filled the offices of Township Clerk and Justice of the Peace; in 1852, he moved to Delaware, where he was engaged in clerking in an auditor's office three years. In 1854, he was elected to the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware Co., and during this term of office he made a host of friends ; he was re-elected to the same office for the five succeeding terms, being clerk for the county eighteen years. In 1872, Mr. Loofbourrow became a partner in the Delaware Manufacturing Co., and was appointed its Secretary and Treasurer, filling this position until the close of this establishment ; in 1879, he entered his present business-Pearson & Loofbourrow, queens ware and crockery, located on the east side of Sandusky street, and is the leading house in this line of goods in Delaware. Mr. Loofbourrow way formerly a Whig, and was a hard worker in its ranks He was married in 1841, to Miss M. E. Longwell of Delaware Co., daughter of Ralph S. Longwell one of the pioneer settlers of Delaware Co., and had; two children living by his first wife; his wife died in 1856. In 1860, he married Miss Hannah M. McConica, of Morrow Co., Ohio.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Burial: Oakgrove, 1891, Oak Grove Cem., Delaware, Ohio.

• Personal Photo: from Delaware Co., History, 1901, Delaware Co., Ohio, United States.

Benjamin married Martha E. LONGWELL, daughter of Ralph Slack LONGWELL and Elizabeth "Betsy" THURSTON, on 25 Dec 1841 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Martha E. LONGWELL was born on 6 Sep 1821 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States, died on 16 Nov 1856 in Kilbourne, Brown, Delaware, Ohio and was buried in Old Eden Cem., Kilbourne, Brown, Delaware, Ohio.) The cause of her death was Typhoid Fever.

Benjamin next married Hannah M. McCONICA, daughter of James McCONICA and Hannah HUBBELL, on 29 Feb 1860 in , Morrow, Ohio.⁴⁰ (Hannah M. McCONICA was born on 22 Feb 1835 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States, died on 23 Nov 1899 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and was buried in Oak Grove Cem., Delaware, Ohio.)