Hiram Wesley Benedict

	Born	07 Nov 1826	Canaan Valley , Litchfield co., Conn
	Married	Date	Frances ?	at Location
	Died	Date	at Location

Parents:

• Father:Rev Thomas Benedict; 1803-
• Mother:Betsey Prindle 1804-1858

Children:

1. George Benedict 1860-

Census Records

1860 US Federal Census: Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois; Roll: M653_168; Page: 0; Image: 210. 10Jul1860

• Benedict, Hiram W, age 35, male, bookkeeping, value of personal: 2000, b CT
• Benedict, Frances, age 30, female, b CT
• Benedict, George, age 4/12, male, b IL
• Kellogg, Chas, age 27, male, rail road, value of real estate: 2000, personal: 800, b CT
• Kellogg, Mary, age 23, female, b VT
• 1 female servant, b Ireland

1870 US Federal Census: Chicago Ward 2, Cook, Illinois; Roll: M593_198; Page: 97; Image: 195. 7Jun1870. Boarding House

• Benedict, H W, age 44, male, white, clerk in store, value of personal: 4000, b CT
• Benedict, Frances, age 39, female, white, keeping house, b CT
• Benedict, George, age 11, male, at school, b IL

1880 US Federal Census: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T9_185; Family History Film: 1254185; Page: 462.3000; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 0318. This is a hotel. 14Jun1880

Name Age
Hiram W. Benedict 52 , male, hotel, b CT, parents b CT
Frances Benedict 56 , wife, female, keeping house, b CT, father b CT, mother b MA
George Benedict 20, son, male, single, clerk, b IL, parents b CT

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 346
113. Rev. THOMAS6 (Francis Knapp,5 Thomas,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1) b. Nov. 9, 1803, at New Market, Mass.; m. Feb. 11, 1824, Betsey, dau. Philemon Prindle of Canaan, Ct., b. Jan. 5, 1804, and d. May 8, 1858, at Stockbridge, Mass.; m. 2d, Nov. 24, 1863, Angeline P. Bunnell. Studied three years at the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institute (now Madison University). Baptist clergyman; res. Colbrook, Ct. Ch.
1) - Rev. AMOS NORTHROP, b. Feb. 11, 1825, at Canaan, Ct.; m. Oct. 27, 1847, Emily M., dau. Jacob and Lucy Howland of New Milford, Ct. A Baptist clergyman. He was ordained and settled in New Marlborough, Mass., July 14, 1847. Removed and settled in Huntington, Ct., April 1, 1851; in New Milford, Ct., April, 1855; in Bridgeport, Ct., April, 1857; in Norwich, Chenango county, Nov., 1861, and in Stratfield, Ct., Aug., 1865; member of Connecticut legislature in 1867; res. at Stratfield, Ct. Ch.
a) Elgiva, b. June 11, 1849, at New Marlboro, Mass.
b) Edwy Ethelbert, b. April 29, 1851, at Huntington, Ct.
c) Wyden Howland, b. Nov. 5, 1854, at Huntington, Ct.
d) Freydisa, b. July 4, 1860. at Bridgeport, Ct.
2) - HIRAM WESLEY, b. Nov. 7, 1826, at Canaan, Ct.; res. Chicago, Ill.

Footnotes

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