Alexander H. Benedict

Family reference: 343.241

	Born	14 June 1812	Fabius, New York State
	Married	31 Dec 1836	Eliza Smith
	Died	20 March 1848	on his farm, Lafayette, New York

Parents:

• Father: Levi Benedict; 1782-1831
• Mother: Sarah Losse (or Losey); 1793-

Children:

1. L. Smith Benedict; 1840-1859
2. James Alexander Benedict; 1842-1915
3. L. Maria Benedict; 1844-1909

The Parents of Alexander

Little is known of Levi Benedict and Mercy Weed. They are buried at Fabius in New York State.

Alexander and Eliza

Eliza was the daughter of Ichabod Smith and Lois Smith and was born May 29, 1816. Her father died in his one hundredth year in 1869.

Alexander was a farmer and a logger in Lafayette, Onondaga co., New York. When just 36 years old, he was killed while building a new frame house to replace their old log house. While cutting logs to be cut into timber, he was struck by the rolling of the 100^th log on March 20, 1848. At the time they were living on Newell Hill Road in Lafayette.

Alexander died without a will and leaving Eliza to raise their three children. She was appointed administrator of the estate on March 27. Four years later, on June 13, 1852 she married Thomas H. Richardson. Thomas has enlisted in Company H, 16^th Regiment of New York Heavy Artillery on Jan. 5, 1864 and was discharged on Aug. 21, 1865. He was a school teacher in Fayetteville School System. Eliza died June 5, 1893 and Thomas died 11 years later on Sept. 28, 1904. Both are buried in Berwyn cemetery near Pompey1.

Footnotes

Sources

1. "Genealogy of the Benedicts in America", Vol. II by Elwyn E. Benedict; 1st pub. 1969; orig. avail. at Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, DC.

-- JimBenedict - 09 May 2008
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