Benjamin Franklin Egolf is the son of Susan Shriner and Adam Egolf. He was born 6 May 1838 in Thorncreek Township, Whitley, Indiana. He died 8 Jan 1929 at age 90 in Whitley County, Indiana. He is buried at Egolf Cemetery, Whitley County, Indiana.

On 9 Aug 1860, he married Mary Ann Sevits in Whitley County, Indiana. She is the daughter of Jacob Sevits and Mary Ann (unknown). She was born 8 Jun 1840 in Ohio. She died 10 Nov 1899 at age 59 in Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana. She is buried at Egolf Cemetery, Whitley County, Indiana.

Children of Benjamin Franklin Egolf and Mary Ann Sevits:

1. Thomas W. Egolf was born in Jul 1862 in Whitley County, Indiana. He died 26 Aug 1862 at just one month old in Whitley County, Indiana. He is buried at Egolf Cemetery, Whitley County, Indiana.
2. Emma J. Egolf was born 27 Apr 1863 in Whitley County, Indiana.
3. James Washington Egolf was born in 1865 in Indiana.
4. Ida Clara Egolf was born 16 Sep 1867 in Thorncreek Township, Whitley, Indiana.
5. Franklin Sevits Egolf was born 26 Jun 1868 in Whitley County, Indiana.
6. Jemimah Egolf was born in Jan 1870 in Indiana. She married a Mr. Shanks. She died sometime after 1908.
7. Jermina Egolf was born in 1870 in Indiana. [This child is either a twin of Jemimah who died before the 1870 census or is an error. I suspect it is not a twin, but rather "Jemimah" misspelled.]
8. Alice P. Egolf was born in Jan 1873 in Whitley County, Indiana.
9. Charles Henry Egolf was born 25 Dec 1874 in Whitley County, Indiana. He died 12 Aug 1875 at age 7 months in Whitley County, Indiana. He is buried at Egolf Cemetery, Whitley County, Indiana.
10. Joseph Egolf was born in Nov 1877 in Whitley County, Indiana.

Sources

Benjamin: Birth, Death and Burial from Egolf Cemetery Records.
Marriage from Marriage Records Whitley County, Indiana 1838-1860.

Mary: Birth, Death and Burial from Egolf Cemetery Records.
Death also from her own obituary.

Thomas: Birth, Death and Burial from Egolf Cemetery Records.

Jemimah: Birth from the 1870 census (Thorn Creek, Whitley, IN p. 462).

Charles: Birth, Death and Burial from Egolf Cemetery Records.

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Benjamin: 1840 census. Whitley County, Indiana. Page 232.
• Benjamin: 1850 census. Whitley County, Indiana. Page 454.
• Benjamin: 1860 census. Whitley County, Indiana.
• 1870 census. Thorn Creek, Whitley, IN p. 462.
• 1880 census. Whitley County, Indiana.
• 1900 census. Smith, Whitley, IN. p. 137.
• 1910 census. Thorncreek, Whitely, IN. p. 31.