BIOGRAPHY OF SAMUEL BENDER - From "200TH ANNIVERSARY, DADE CO., MO"

 

"Early Pioneer Doctors of Dade County"

 

   "The next doctor to settle in Dade County was Dr. Samuel Bender of Dadeville.  His obituary, preserved by his descendants, Ormel Hembree and his sister, Lillis Courtney of Greenfield, show that he was born in Mercersburg, Maryland in 1795, moved to Madison, Indiana, in 1818, where in 1820 he married Mary Ann Dawes who was said to have Mayflower ancestry.

   "Soon after his mariage he determined to practice medicine, studied and attended lectures at Louisville, Kentucky, lived there three years, then in 1824 moved to Overton County, Tennessee. In 1842 he came to Missouri being one of the earliest settlers in the Dadeville community.  He practiced medicine for more than 40 years, moving to Greenfield in 1858 where he had a drug store on the southwest corner of the square which later became the location of the F. M. Sneed drug store.  He had a very large practice extending over several counties.  He had great power of endurance physically, and was untiring in his professional duties. 

   "The doctor was a member of the Christian Church, joining in Kentucky and being very active in that denomination.

   "Although in failing health for months, Dr. Bender's death was unexpected.  He talked freely in the evening, but before morning drifted out on that unknown sea.  He died near Greenfield in 1868 in his 73rd year."

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FROM "HISTORY OF DADE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE"

 

"On the south side of the square on the corner where Mr. Snead had his drug store was a little one-story frame, some fifteen by twenty feet, where Dr. Samuel Bender had his office."   (pg. 54)

 

"On Garrett street that Reverend had just finished a two-story frame, since added to and now the residence of Jno. E. Scroggs.  Northwest of this and nearly opposite the present residence of Judge Talbutt, stood a one-story building of four or five rooms, owned and occupied by Dr. Samuel Bender, wife and daughter.   (pg. 57)

 

"The population of the town (Greenfield) did not exceed two hundred.  Some of these had their peculiarities, and striking ones.  Dr. Bender was a very eccentric person.  Pages could be filled with an account of his peculiar ideas.  One is sufficient here and is inserted by request of Mr. States.  The Doctor was partial to the perfume of the polecat and would extract it from the animals' gland and bottle it.  He was bitterly opposed to the use of tobacco and should a man enter his office smoking he would immediately uncork the polecat bottle and sprinkle the contents over the floor, saying "You like your stink, I like mine."   (pg. 59)

 

"A Doctor from Tennessee, about this time (1840-45) settled here (Dadeville) by the name of Dr. Bender.  He immediately engaged in the active practice of his profession, and his fame as a physician and surgeon went out over the land, and the sick and ailing from a distance flocked to him for treatment."   (pg. 234)

 

"Three prominent citizens were selected as a committee to decide upon an appropriate name (for the town which became Dadeville).  Dr. Bender, Dr. Hampton and Mr. Dale were chosen for this honorous duty.  Three straws of different lengths were placed in a hat and drawn."   (pg. 235)

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FROM "HISTORY OF DADE CO"

 

"The first merchants (in Dadeville, MO) were (Thomas) Dale and Swissler (Theodore Switzler), and Dr. Bender was the first druggist."   (pg. 474)

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Generation No. 1

 

1.  SAMUEL1 BENDER, DR. was born January 27, 1795 in MD, and died December 22, 1868 in Greenfield, Dade, MO.  He married MARY ANN DAWES April 09, 1820 in Madison, Jefferson Co.,  IN, daughter of CALEB DAWES and SUSAN.  She was born July 24, 1802 in Boston, Suffolk Co.,  MA, and died August 22, 1886 in Jasper Co., MO.

           

Children of SAMUEL BENDER and MARY DAWES are:

2.                        i.                SELINA H.2 BENDER, b. March 11, 1821, IN; d. May 09, 1884.

3.                       ii.                ANNETTE BENDER, b. October 06, 1824, TN; d. Aft. 1880.

4.                      iii. SERENA BENDER, b. February 16, 1827, TN; d. December 23, 1887, Jasper Co., MO.

5.                     iv. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL BENDER, b. June 18, 1829, Overton Co., TN; d. June 18, 1909,           Canadian Co., OK.

                           v.                AMANDA BENDER, b. 1831; d. 1846, Dade Co., MO.

6.                     vi. HENRY CLAY BENDER, b. August 1834, TN; d. 1912.

7.                    vii. ORMEL C. BENDER, DR., b. May 17, 1836, Overton Co., TN; d. December 01, 1885, Ashgrove,         Greene Co.,  MO.

                       viii. MARY CYRRILLA BENDER, b. July 17, 1838; d. July 11, 1868; m. JOE H. CARTER, September        08, 1867, Dade Co., MO.

8.                      ix.                OSCAR H. BENDER, b. Abt. 1842, TN.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  SELINA H.2 BENDER (SAMUEL1) was born March 11, 1821 in IN, and died May 09, 1884.  She married RICE. 

           

Children of SELINA BENDER and RICE are:

                             i.                FIDELIA3 RICE, b. Abt. 1845, KY.

                            ii.                WILLIAM A. RICE, b. Abt. 1847, MO; m. MARY E.; b. Abt. 1849, KY.

                          iii. LEANDER RICE, b. Abt. 1849, KY; m. MAGGIE; b. Abt. 1852, MO.

                          iv. MARY D. RICE, b. Abt. 1852, KY.

 

 

3.  ANNETTE2 BENDER (SAMUEL1) was born October 06, 1824 in TN, and died Aft. 1880.  She married HUGH LAWSON HEMBREE.  He was born September 28, 1820 in TN, and died May 01, 1898.

           

Children of ANNETTE BENDER and HUGH HEMBREE are:

                             i.                VIRGINIA3 HEMBREE, b. Abt. 1846, MO.

                            ii.                OSCAR B. HEMBREE, b. Abt. 1849, AR; m. THURSIE J..

                          iii. ADOLPHA R. HEMBREE, b. Abt. 1851, AR.

                          iv. OREN V. HEMBREE, DR., b. Abt. 1855, MO; m. (1) MINNIE HAWLEY; b. September 1878,                    Aurora, Lawrence Co., MO; m. (2) ETTA STILLWELL, 1883, Boone Co., AR; b. MO.

                           v.                ODIN V. HEMBREE, b. Abt. 1857, MO.

                          vi. HENRY O. HEMBREE, b. Abt. 1859, MO; m. SALLIE SHACKELFORD, May 21, 1889.

                         vii. MARY LORETTO HEMBREE, b. Abt. 1861, Dade Co., MO; d. 1911; m. JAMES PERIN           HARTLEY; b. September 04, 1862, Dade Co., MO; d. November 10, 1957.

                       viii. HUGH L. HEMBREE, b. Abt. 1863, MO.

 

 

4.  SERENA2 BENDER (SAMUEL1) was born February 16, 1827 in TN, and died December 23, 1887 in Jasper Co., MO.  She married (1) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KIRBY, DR. February 16, 1850, son of TULLY KIRBY and NANCY HARRINGTON.  He was born January 09, 1828 in Warren Co., KY, and died July 05, 1858 in Dade Co., MO.  She married (2) ALLEN F. SCOTT 1861 in MO.  He was born December 31, 1812 in KY, and died April 08, 1881 in Jasper Co., MO.

           

Children of SERENA BENDER and BENJAMIN KIRBY are:

                             i.                LEONIDAS "LONNIE"3 KIRBY, DR., b. December 01, 1850, Polk Co., MO; d. August 20, 1926; m.        RHODA VIRGINIA CRUMP, Harrison, Boone Co., AR.

                            ii.                LORETTA KIRBY, b. Abt. 1854; m. J. O. NICHOLSON.

                          iii. INFANT KIRBY.

 

           

Children of SERENA BENDER and ALLEN SCOTT are:

                          iv. CLARENCE L.3 SCOTT, b. Abt. 1863, Dade Co., MO.

                           v.                BENJAMIN L. SCOTT, b. 1865, Dade Co., MO; d. 1944.

                          vi. IZORA SCOTT, b. Abt. 1867, Scotland, Jasper Co., MO.

                         vii. SIZZIE SCOTT, b. Abt. 1869, Scotland, Jasper Co., MO.

 

 

5.  ALEXANDER CAMPBELL2 BENDER (SAMUEL1) was born June 18, 1829 in Overton Co., TN, and died June 18, 1909 in Canadian Co., OK.  He married (1) RACHEL ALLEN Abt. 1848 in Overton Co., TN, daughter of JOSIAH ALLEN and SARAH DALE.  She was born October 18, 1835 in Overton Co., TN, and died May 10, 1877 in Barber Co., KS.  He married (2) MAHALA W. BALLARD November 24, 1877 in Jackson Co., MO, daughter of BALLARD and MARGARET?.  She was born August 1832 in IL, and died July 25, 1905 in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK.  He married (3) IDA B. HOAGLAND December 15, 1906 in El Reno, Canadian Co., OK, daughter of H. HOAGLAND and MARY.  She was born Abt. 1861 in IL.  He married (4) NANCY M. WHITE October 19, 1908 in El Reno, Canadian Co., OK.  She was born Abt. 1851 in TN.

           

Children of ALEXANDER BENDER and RACHEL ALLEN are:

                             i.                ELZODIA "ELZADA"3 BENDER, b. 1852, TN; m. ISAAC N. POWELL; b. Abt. 1850, IL.

                            ii.                CLARA IDERAH "IDA" BENDER, b. May 1857, Dade/Cedar Co.?, MO; d. CA?; m. (1) WILLIAM                         B. LIGHTFOOT, May 05, 1872, Bates Co., MO; b. April 23, 1852, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH;                 d. September 23, 1915, Worland, Bates Co., MO; m. (2) JOHN HARVEY PORTERFIELD, August                  03, 1879, Sun City Township, Barber Co., KS; b. January 15, 1855, Auburn, Sangamon Co., IL; d.           January 16, 1916, Cotter, Baxter Co., AR; m. (3) JOHN WILLIAM SHIPLEY, November 07, 1893,       Wichita, Sedgwick, KS; b. February 28, 1858, IL; d. December 12, 1939.

                          iii. SAMUEL R. BENDER, b. MO; d. Bef. 1860.

                          iv. CLAY BENDER, b. February 11, 1859, MO; d. August 1898, Beaver Co., OK; m. THURSIA A.   REDMAN; b. July 1867, IL.

                           v.                SAMUEL LINCOLN BENDER, b. January 1862, MO; m. ETTA "ELLIE" RAMSEY, February 24, 1885, Barber Co., KS; b. April 1867, IL.

                          vi. LILLIE BENDER, b. June 26, 1864, MO; d. November 23, 1922, KS; m. JOHN THOMAS CHINN,              November 06, 1881, Barber Co., KS; b. May 21, 1857, Benton Co., IA; d. July 31, 1943.

                         vii. JOHN H. BENDER, b. 1866, KS.

                       viii. LOUIE S. BENDER, b. 1870, KS.

                          ix.                ORMEL A. BENDER, b. October 1873, KS.

 

 

6.  HENRY CLAY2 BENDER (SAMUEL1) was born August 1834 in TN, and died 1912.  He married KATHERINE T. BEGLEY February 28, 1861.  She was born 1844 in TN, and died October 12, 1891 in Dade Co., MO.

           

Children of HENRY BENDER and KATHERINE BEGLEY are:

                             i.                ALVA L.3 BENDER, b. 1862, MO; d. 1923, Dade Co., MO; m. ISONN B. WHITE, December 26,                       1878, Dade Co., MO; b. 1856, MS; d. 1926, Dade Co., MO.

                            ii.                MATTIE L. BENDER, b. November 01, 1864, MO; d. March 11, 1866, Dade Co., MO.

                          iii. ORMEL CARL BENDER, b. 1866, MO; d. 1900.

                          iv. SARILLA "RELLA" M. BENDER, b. Abt. 1868, MO; m. R. M. GIRTON.

                           v.                BICKNELL "BICK" BENDER, b. Abt. 1869, MO; d. December 08, 1932, Jasper, Jasper Co., MO;                 m. MATILDA RUTH; b. 1880; d. 1959.

                          vi. HAROLD "HARRY" BENDER, b. Abt. 1871, MO; d. August 03, 1940, Jasper, Jasper Co., MO; m.              ABBIE; b. 1876; d. 1959.

                         vii. MATTIE O. BENDER, b. February 07, 1874, MO; d. September 15, 1877, Dade Co., MO.

                       viii. LULA BENDER, b. April 04, 1874, MO; m. FRANK E. KING, September 03, 1895.

                          ix.                LILLIAN "LILLIE" T. BENDER, b. February 1877, MO; m. WHITLOCK.

                            x.                GALE L. BENDER, b. October 1883, MO; m. GEORGE COWHERD.

                          xi.                LITTLE TOOTSIE BENDER, b. December 16, 1884, MO; d. June 13, 1886, Dade Co., MO.

 

 

7.  ORMEL C.2 BENDER, DR. (SAMUEL1) was born May 17, 1836 in Overton Co., TN, and died December 01, 1885 in Ashgrove, Greene Co.,  MO.  He married EDNA G. LOWE December 25, 1864 in Mound City, Linn Co., KS, daughter of LOWE.  She was born April 05, 1843 in Richmond, Wayne Co., IN, and died October 17, 1910 in Hereford, Deaf Smith Co., TX.

           

Children of ORMEL BENDER and EDNA LOWE are:

                             i.                NINA M.3 BENDER, b. Abt. 1866; m. E. E. RAMSEY.

                            ii.                ETHEL GERTRUDE BENDER, b. April 19, 1868, Linn Co., KS; d. June 07, 1869, Linn Co., KS.

                          iii. LULU G. BENDER, b. Abt. 1872.

                          iv. STELLA BENDER, b. Abt. 1874; m. LUSK.

                           v.                BERTHA BENDER, b. Abt. 1876; m. WALKER.

                          vi. PAUL G. BENDER, b. Abt. 1878.

 

 

8.  OSCAR H.2 BENDER (SAMUEL1) was born Abt. 1842 in TN.  He married MARY W..  She was born Abt. 1848 in MO.

           

Children of OSCAR BENDER and MARY W. are:

                             i.                ERNEST T.3 BENDER, b. Abt. 1867, MO.

                            ii.                MINNIE BENDER, b. Abt. 1869, MO.

 

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