Jacob Stufflebeam was born c1798, most likely somewhere in New York, the son of Jacob Stufflebeam and an unknown mother.

He married Keziah Bean/Bane, 10 January 1822, Morgan County, Ohio. Although Jacob’s reported birth year in 1850 was 1794, that is probably several years too early. His parents married in 1777 and Keziah was born c1803.

In 1830, Jacob and his young family lived in Brush Creek, Muskingum, Ohio. At home were Jacob (30-39), Keziah (20-29) and three children – female (10-14), female (5-9), male (under 5) and female (under 5).

The female aged 10-14 is unknown. However, the other young children fit daughter Elizabeth, son Elias and a daughter who died young.

The family hasn’t been found in 1840, but were living in Fox Township, Davis, Iowa in 1850, the last census in which Jacob appears.

Jacob died on 9 April 1858 in Davis County, Iowa, where the administration of his estate began on 25 April 1858 with two of his sons-in-law among those named in the paperwork.

Keziah survived Jacob by quite a few years. She is last found in the 1870 census and likely died before 1880.

Children: (Stufflebeam)

1. Elizabeth, born May 1825, Ohio; died 13 September 1916, Iowa; married Thomas Bell Downing, 24 December 1846, Davis County, Iowa. They were the parents of two children.
2. Elias, born c1827, Ohio; died 2 May 1911, Tulare County, California; married Rachel Patterson, 17 July 1853, Davis County, Iowa. This couple was at home in 1860 in Fox River, Davis County. By 1870, although the family had moved to California, Elias was farming in Cottonwood, Tehama, California with one laborer living in the home and Rachel was living nearby with their three children. They aren’t found living in the same household again. By 1880, Rachel is enumerated as Rachel Bashore and she reportedly married John Bashore in 1875. Elias and Rachel were the parents of three children.
3. Martin Henry, born 10 December 1830, Muskingum County, Ohio; died 15 August 1922, Davis County, Iowa; married Nancy J. (Childers) Hopkins, c1862. They were the parents of three children, although Nancy had been previously married and had other children with her first husband.
4. Mary, born 31 March 1833, Ohio; died 17 January 1907, Davis County, Iowa; married John Benjamin Parris, 5 November 1852, Davis County, Iowa. They were the parents of eleven children, six living in 1900.
5. Jacob Vincent, born c1837, Illinois; died 18 November 1922, Davis County, Iowa; married (1) Nancy Ellen Goode, 28 May 1863, Davis county, Iowa (2) Lucy Ann Riley, 7 December 1893, Davis County, Iowa. Jacob and Nancy were the parents of three children, but they divorced and Nancy moved to Texas, where she is found in 1880.
6. Bryson Bane, born 3 August 1840, probably Van Buren County, Iowa [parent county of Davis County]; died 22 March 1905, Linn County, Oregon; married Martha Ann Buttrey, c1862. They were the parents of ten children, eight living in 1900.
7. Isaac L. Sylvester, born c1847, probably Davis County, Iowa; died between 1895, when he filed a claim against the estate of Franklin Aaron Burgher and 1900 when Lucetta was enumerated as a widow; married Lucetta Jane Close, c1869. They were the parents of eight children, four living in 1900 when Lucetta lived in Adair County, Missouri.

Jacob and Keziah (Bean/Bane) Stufflebeam have many descendants today.