John Elroy Benedict

	Born	15 Mar 1801	at Location
	Married	Date	Emily Webb	at Location
	Died	Aft 1870	Yankton, Dacotah Territory

Parents:

• Father:John Thomas Benedict; 1773-1845
• Mother:Betsey Dart 1777-1838

Children:

1. Harriet P Benedict; 1826-
2. Phoebe Benedict 1828-
3. William W Benedict; 1831-
4. Washington Benedict; 1833-1901
5. Cordelia Benedict; 1836-
6. Mary Adelaide Benedict; 1838-
7. Albert G Benedict; 1841-1917
8. Leonard H Benedict; 1843-
9. Juliette Benedict; 1846-
10. Julianna Benedict; 1847-

Emily Webb

Emily was b ca 1807 in New York

Census Records

1860 US Federal Census: Woodhull, Steuben, New York; Roll: M653_862; Page: 0; Image: 572. 11Jul1860

• Benedict, John, age 58, male, farmer, value of real estate: 500, personal: 150, b NY
• Benedict, Emily, age 53, female, b NY
• Benedict, Harriet, age 23, female, b NY
• Benedict, Albert, age 19, male, b NY
• Benedict, Leonard, age 17, male, b NY
• Benedict, Juliette, age 14, female, b NY
• Benedict, Juliann, age 14, female, b NY
• Benedict, Emily A, age 4, female, b Iowa
• Benedict, Clarra, age 2, female, b Iowa

1870 US Federal Census: Bon Homme, Dakota Territory; Roll: M593_118; Page: 2; Image: 5. 14Aug1870

• Benedict, Wm, 30, male, white, farmer, value of real estate: 1000, b PA
• Benedict, Adeline, age 38, female, white, b NY
• Benedict, William, age 19, male, farm laborer, b NY
• Benedict, Emma, age 15, female, b Minnesota
• Benedict, Alice, age 15, female, b NY
• Benedict, Alva, age 13, male, b Minnesota
• Benedict, Emily, age 11, female, b NY
• Benedict, Flora, age 5/12, female, b Dakota
• .....Next Door.....
• Benedict, John, age 69, male, farmer, value of real estate: 1000, b NY
• Benedict, Emily, age 62, female, b NY

1880 US Federal Census: Bon Homme, Dakota Territory; Roll: T9_111; Family History Film: 1254111; Page: 96.3000; Enumeration District: 95; . 28 & 29Jun1880

• Wood, B H, white, male, age 47, married, farmer, b NY, parents b NY
• Wood, Cordelia, wife, white, female, age 44, keeping house, b NY, parents b NY
• Wood, Emmie, dau, white, female, age 24, lives at home, b Iowa, parents b NY
• Benedict, Emily, mother in law, white, female, age 73, widow, b NY, parents b NY
• .....Next Doors.....
• Hoaglin, Wm, age 36, male, white, farmer, b NY, parents b NY
• Hoaglin, Juliette, age 34, female, white, keeping house, b NY, parents b NY
• Hoaglin, Rosie, age 12, dau, female, white, at home, b Dakota, parents b NY
• Hoaglin, John, age 10, son, male, white, b Dakota, parents b NY
• Hoaglin, Thurman, age 8, son, male, white, b Dakota, parents b NY
• .....Next Door.....
• Benedicrt, A G, age 39, male, white, farmer, b NY, parents b NY
• Benedict, Eliza J, age 44, female, white, keeping house, b NY, parents b NY
• Benedict, Addie, age 16, dau, at home, b NY, parents b NY (Mary A)
• McDuffy, N H, age 25, son in law, b NY, parents b NY

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 163
181. JOHN THOMAS6 (Abraham,5 John,4 Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1)
b. June 26, 1773, at Norwalk, Ct.; m. Feb. 7, 1795, Betsey, dau. Nathan Dart of Boston, Mass., who d. Feb. 5, 1838. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; d. near Dansville, March 7, 1845. Ch.
1) - WILLIAM, b. May 6, 1796, at New Lisbon; m. Nov. 9, 1819, Adeline Fellows. He d. at Huntsville, Otsego Co., Sept. 13, 1829. She res. at Durham, Greene Co. Ch.
a) Caroline, b. Sept., 1820.
b) (464.) Rev. William Addison, b. March, 1822; m. twice; no issue; grad. Amherst College, 1849; received degree of A. M.; Presb. minister.
2) - BETSEY, b. Sept. 8, 1797; m. Aug. 18, 1822, John R. Walker, res. Woodhull.
3) - PHOEBE, b. July 1, 1799; m. Feb. 19, 1824, John T. Wood; res. Sharon, Wis.
4) - JOHN, b. March 15, 1801; m. Jan. 19, 1826, Emily Webb, b. 1807; moved, recently, from Woodhull to Yankton, Dacotah Territory. He d 22Nov1858, she d 7Aug1886. Ch.
a) Harriet P., b. Nov. 19, 1826, Providence, Pa. She m Bligh Wood
b) Phoebe, b. Oct. 15, 1828.
c) William W., b. Feb. 5, 1831; m. Adeline (Thorne?), b. 1832, in Schoharie. Res., 1855, in Woodhull. Ch.
I.) Washington E., b. 1851.
II.) Alice E., b. 1855.
d) (465.) Washington, b. Aug. 9, 1833, at New Lisbon; res. Tuscarora. (N. Y. Census, 1865). Wife Irena L., b. 1835, Steuben Co. Ch.
I.) Charles, b. 1858, Iowa.
II.) Ernest H., b. 1864, Steuben Co.
e) Cordelia, b. Jan. 1, 1836, Hartwick. m Bucklin H Wood
f) Mary Adelaide, b. Oct. 9, 1838, Woodhull. m John Thomson
g) Albert G., b. May 15, 1841, at W.; m. Eliza J. --, b. 1838. He was in the army. They had two ch.; one living in 1865: I) Mary A., b. 1864. He m 2nd Eliza Graham 22Jun1861.
h) Leonard H., b. Aug. 2, 1843, at W.
i) Juliette, b. Sept. 25, 1846, Unadilla. m Wm Hoaglin 28Jul1867
j) Julianna, m Leander C Smith Aug1872.
5) - LEONARD, b. April 29, 1802; m. Feb. 25, 1829, Mary Hitchcock. No issue; res. New Hampton, Iowa.
6) Rev. ELISHA BLIGH, b. Sept. 5, 1806; m. Dec. 1, 1831, Hannah Martha, dau. Marcus S. Willard, who was drowned in the Cownesque river, at Elkland, Tioga Co., Pa., June 28, 1835, in attempting to cross on a foot bridge; m. 2d, Sept. 7, 1837, Emily R., dau. Hon. John Ryan. Presbyterian minister; settled at Elkland, Pa. Ch.
a) Ledentia Marilla, b. Feb. 7, 1833, Westfield, Pa.; m. Dec. 30, 1854, John C. Johnson.
b) Juvantia Martha, b. Dec. 12, 1834, Elkland, Pa.; m. April 12, 1858, Henry L. Fitch of Cooperstown.
c) Evander Ryan, b. Oct. 1, 1838; d. April 17, 1839.
d) Evalette Maria, b. Oct. 2, 1840, Elba.
e) Amoret Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1844, Millville.
f) Mary Susannah, b. Oct. 25, 1846, Millville; m. Nov. 1, 1865, John C. Whitaker. g) Charles Corydon, b. Dec. 29, 1850, Lawrenceville, Pa.; d. Feb. 9, 1853.
h) Charles Hiram, b. March 16, 1856, Covington, Pa.
7) - RHODA, b. July 18, 1808; m. March 4, 1836, Luther Newton; d. Feb. 24, 1841, Addison.
8) - CLARK HOYT, b. Dec. 16, 1811; m. Feb. 26, 1835, Merilla Knowlton. Ch.
a) Celestia, m. Pepper
b) Volckert, m. Miss Thurston.
9) - RUSSELL, b. March 29, 1814; d. May 5, 1815.
10) - MARY ANN, b. Feb. 8, 1816; m. March 12, 1837, Nelson Kenyon.
11) - CHLOE A., b. Feb. 14, 1818; m. Nov. 24, 1840, Orrel Whipple. Res. Byron. Had two sons in the army -- Charles Adelbert and Lewellyn Herbert; Charles A. returned in safety from his two years' campaign, but reenlisting, was taken prisoner and starved to death in Salisbury prison, aged 20. Lewellyn enlisted at 15 years of age, and died of fever in hospital at Washington, D. C.

Footnotes

The town of Yankton, Dacotah Territory is now located in the lower SE corner of South Dakota.

Note: Vol I death age for John cannot be correct, he was in the 1870 Census Records in Bon Homme, Dakota Territory.

-- SandeeToo - 02 Apr 2009
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