1. Israle was 6 months old when the removal to Kentucky was made.
2. He was 15 years old when his father died.
3. He remained in the family of his mother until he went to California in 1852. On 16 April 1852 he set out for the land of gold and crossed the plains with an ox team.
4. After four months of travel his party arrived at Placerville, California, which then rejoiced in the significant name of Hangtown.
5. He remained there for six years and passed the first four years in mining and the next two in the business of a farmer.
6. In 1858 he retuned home from the West, via the Istmus of Panama and thence to New York and then home.
7. He resumed farming in Warren County, locating on the land he had bought before leaving for California.
8. After a residence on it of about 16 years, he sold out and located on a farm which he has since occupied in the Township of Point Pleasant. He bought the property in 1862, and at that time it consisted of wild prairie and timber. The farm is all improved, and is well supplied with good buildings.
9. He was owner of 470 acres in the township where he resided and of 115 acres in Swan Township, of which he had retained the ownership since it became his property.
10. Israel K. Jared of Point Pleasant Township, was one of the leading agriculturists of Warren County.
1. In 1849 Gold was discovered in California. Benjamin, with his two brothers, James and Israel, set out for the gold fields. The year was 1852. He was twenty two years old. The trip was to take six months. They drove oxen and went barefoot walking most of the way. However, they did rest in Utah, where it is said that Benjamin danced with one of Brigham Young's wives. He remained on the coast for six years, returning in 1858.
2. When he returned he had money. So, he took himself West again. This time into Iowa where he bought a good sizeable tract of land in Wayne County. In September 1858 he returned to Warren County and was united in marriage to Sarah Jane Davis. The date was 30h of September. It was a double wedding with Benjamin's sister, Elizabeth being united in marriage to Andrew L. Bair. The ceremony took place at the parental home with the Justice of Peace, Andrew Simmons of Monmouth, Illinois officiating.
3. They returned to his farm in Wayne County, Iowa, to start their married life. Their first child, Joseph, was born 19 Oct 1859 near Promise City, Iowa. James M., their second son, was born 25 Dec 1861. James remained in the family circle for just a short time. He died 7 Nov 1862.
4. Austust 5, 1862, Benjamin enlisted in the Union Army. The war between the states had begun. His enlistment papers describe him as 30 year old; eyes; dark; hair; dark; complexion; dark; height; five feet four inches. He enlisted for a period of three years and was sent to Burlington, where he was assigned to Company "F" of the 34th Regiment of the Iowa Voluntary Infantry, with the rank of Second Lieutenant. Here he remained for six weeks and then to Vicksburg and engaged in the battle of Wayn'es Bluff, in Feb. 1863. Later that month they were engaged in battle at Arkansas Post. Here nearly 7,000 prisoneers were taken. Benjamin and his regiment were detailed to guard the prisoners back to Chicago. He then returned to Benton Barracks at Camp Lauman at Burlington, Iowa.
5. He had contacted measels while in the armay and they had left his with sore weak eyes. After serving nine months of his enlistment, he resigneed from the army and was discharged on 5th of April 1863.
6. He returned to his farm, whis wife and his young son. He and Sarah were to have a total of eleven children. Some did not remain with the family for very long. Little Permelia was born and died on 7 October 1867.
7. Coal deposits were found on his land and they were mined. His mine was located in SESW Sec 26, twp 70, rg 20, Wright Twp. Wayne Co., Iowa. The oldest child and first born, Joseph, was to lose his life to poisonous gases in the mine. It was the 3rd of Sepember 1883, and Joseph was about twenty four years old.
8. Benjamin was not only a soldier of furtune, a farmer, a miner, and a father of eleven children, he was also a fancier of fine horses. He was known to "break" a few horses in his life time. He was always the envy of the county with his high steppers. Althea Green, Wayne County Historian, once wrote, "He was a fine figure of a man with his muscled body, his full flowing black beard, and his wide brimmed hat. He was a sight to see when he came into town racing his spirited team, hitched to a topless buggy".
9. Politically, Franklin was Democrat, having cast his first ballot for Franklin Pierce, while he was in California in 1852. Years later he ran for the office of Sheriff of Wayne County, 1886. Upon winning the election, he served a term of four years. During his tem the Jesse James Gang robbed the Croydon State Bank. The safe of the bank can be seen at the Vayne County Historical Museum.
10: The Seventh Day Advenist Church of Confidence, Iowa, was incorporated December 19, 1887. Among the donors to the church was F. B. Jared. Not all of the tithers and donors were members of this religious group, but the site of the said Church was to be used for religious services. Like so many early churches, members moved away, interest lagged, and the property was sold for taxes in 1914.
11. B. F. Jared was indeed a colorful figure in the history of Wayne County. When talking to people who remembered him, they all recall one particular thing about him. His fingernails would grow very long, up to three inches in length. With nails like that, he certainly did not do much of anything. He was more or less, a man of leisure. Remember he had gone to the gold fields of California, and wehn he returned six years lateer, he had enough money to go into Iowa and purchase a good sizable tract of land. Since that was the case, he not doubt, hired most of the work on his land.
12. On 31st of May 1917, Benjamin Franklin Jared died of cancer. Sarah was soon to follow, passing away on 16th of February 1919. They are both buried next to their children in Bethlehem Cemetery, North of Promise City, Iowa.
1. William never married
1. Andrew had red hair...never married
1. A short sketch of the life of Miriam L. Jared.
I was born August 2, 1842 in Swan Township, Warren County, about 4 miled southeast of Roseville, Illinois.
The house I was born in was a hued log house 18' x 24'. It had an attic, and a ladder that we used for a stairway. When we wanted to go to bed, the candles were blown out and that made the partitions. This house burned in 1868.
There were thirteen children, 8 boys and 5 girls. I was the youngest child. My father died in May 1844 when I was only 21 month old, leaving my mother with the greater part of these thirteen children and several grandchildren. She had 80 acres of land to finish paying for.
I was married to Caleb Bair, June 2, 1864. I have had 6 children. Three died at ages of 1, 5, & 15 years respectively. I have befriended three children, they having lived in our home until maturity. One boy we adopted. As I had lost three children of my own, I felt like I wanted to raise some other mother's children.
In 1866 we moved to Kansas. We had taken a claim and had it all fenced and a house, barn and crib built when a prairie fire came along and burned everything. The ashes weren't even left, because the wind blew them away.
We worked out for a while, but wages were very small and after a time, a man who had a claim there, let us live in an old shack that he had. We slept on the floor on a pile of hay in the corner, and had a tub for a table. We had bought two new tin cups to drink out of and we also used them for a mirror.
My little boy Jacob Emery was very good under such conditions. My husband and I became ill with malaria, and a doctor stopped once a week, and a lady from a nerighboring town came on horseback and gave us fresh water and cleaned as best she could. We finally got able to work again. Most everything had been eaten by grasshoppers that year.
After we had gotten enough to be able to make the trip, we went back to Illinois in a covered wagon. We lived on a farm near Roseville till March 1899. We then bought a home in Roseville and moved there.
My husband, Caleb Bair, passed away Jun 7, 1909. In July 1911, our house burned again. I lost nearly all I had. With some insurance, I bought a smaller house and have lived in it ever since. After my husband's death, I made my living by daily work and selling fruits and garden vegetables.
I joined the Church when about 18 years of age in a creek and they had to cut several inches of ice to have a place for the service. I now am a member of the Christian Church in Roseville, Illinois.
1. Esther Jared Coons Gunter came back to roseville, Illinois, with her son, George, and lived for a while in the home of Miriam L. Jared Bair.
2. She later loved to Swan Creek where she had a millinery store.
1. Mary "Polly" Clark was a widow when she married William.
2. She owned a farm West of Prairie City, Illinoios, and she & William lived on the farm.
3. Polly died at the birth of the third son.
4. Again, it was Elizabeth Bandy Jared who helped care for the four children until some of Polly's relatives finally came and cared for them.
1. Alonzo lived near London Mills, Illinois.