George Ely Benedict

	Born	1842	Clinton co., Michigan
	Married	1867	Laura Maria Eldred	at Location
	Died	1880	at Location

Parents:

• Father:Nelson Benedict; 1804-1865
• Mother:Mary Ann Ely 1805-

Children:

1. Charles Legrand Benedict; 1869-

Census Records

1850 US Federal Census: Essex, Clinton, Michigan; Roll: M432_349; Page: 42; Image: 347. 19Sep1850

• Benedict, Hiram Jr, age 49, male, farmer, b CT
• Benedict, Hannah, age 42, female, b NY
• Benedict, Catherine, age 13, female, b NY
• Benedict, Hiram, age 72, male, hatter, b NY
• .....2 Down.....
• Benedict, Nelson, age 40, male, farmer, value of real estate: 800, b NY
• Benedict, Mary Ann, age 45, female, b CT
• Benedict, Elizabeth M, age 9, female, b MI
• Benedict, George E, age 7, male, b MI

1870 US Federal Census: Essex, Clinton, Michigan; Roll: M593_669; Page: 518; Image: 481. 20Jun1870

• Benedict, George E, age 27, male, farmer, value of real estate: 4800, personal: 840, b MI
• Benedict, Laura, age 26, female, keeping house, b Ohio
• Benedict, Legrand, age 1, male, b MI
• 1 farm laborer

1880 US Federal Census: Essex, Clinton, Michigan; Roll: T9_576; Family History Film: 1254576; Page: 398.1000; Enumeration District: 49; Image: 0809. 9Jun1880

• Benedict, Laura, white, female, age 37, wid, farming, b Ohio, father b NY, mother b CT
• Benedict, Charlie L, son, white, male, age 11, b MI, parents b Ohio
• Benedict, Mary A, mother, white, female, age 75, wid, b CT, parents b CT

Sources

Ely Family History
Mary Ann Ely, Essex, CT b 1805, dau Denison Ely and Phebe Lay. m 1829 Henry Matthews, Penfield, Monroe County, NY. , who was b 1803, d 1834, son of Jabez Matthews and Louisa Owen; m 2nd Nelson Benedict, in Maple Rapids, MI in 1839, who was b 1810 and d 1865. Son of Hiram Benedict and Abigail McCrea. CH:
1) - Laura Ely b 1829, d 1835
2) - Elizabeth Matthews b 1840, d 1871. m 1867 Charles Puller
3) - George Ely b 1842, d 1880. m 1867 Laura Maria Eldred
4) - Helen Amanda b 1845, d 1848

Footnotes

-- SandeeToo - 14 Mar 2009
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