My Genealogy Hound

BENJAMIN DELANEY is one of the oldest and most prominent colored citizens of Brown County. He is a son of Benjamin and Juda (Rogers) Delaney, and is about eighty years of age. His father was a slave, and very old when the Emancipation Proclamation set him free. Our subject was raised in Brown County, and in early life was employed as a hand on the river boats. He has been a farmer since, and his economy and perseverance are fitly represented in the farm of 109 acres which he possesses. He is Republican, politically, and has been a School Director. Mr. Delaney married Emily Harrison, who bore him eight children, five living: Amanda, wife of George Hughes, a blacksmith, of Pleasant Township; Josephine, wife of Edward Jennison, a farmer, of Union Township; Sallie, wife of Caleb Snead, a farmer, of Union Township; Martha, wife of James Brown, a farmer, of Pleasant Township; and Luella, wife of Harrison Payne, a farmer, of Pleasant Township. Mr. Delaney educated all of his children at home. Himself and wife have lived together about fifty years. She is a member of the M. E. Church.