Clarence Albert Benedict was the son of Lovilla (Dewey)and Jacob Benedict. He married first married Laura May Cowlin on the 16th of September 1892 in Nebraska. She was the daughter of Maria (Loomis) and Matthew Cowlin. She was born 24 September 1874 in Hobart, Indiana, and died on the 19th of January 1951 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Their children were:
Charlotte Benedict (1893-1968), Roy Edwin Benedict (1894-1941), Alice Irene Benedict (1897-1991), Virgil Merrill Benedict (1898-1989), Gladys Lucille Benedict (1901-1969)
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Clarence then married Harriett Rhoda (Hill) Tuttle on the 2nd of June 1910 in Lake County, Ohio. She was born 14 November 1856 in South Madison, Lake County, Ohio, and died in Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio.
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Lastly, he married Elba May Dewey on the 4th of October 1916, she was the daughter of Wallace and Nancy Dewey. She was born 21 April 1874 in Ohio, and died 12 August 1959 in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
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Clarence was a Nebraska farmer, stage coach driver, and mail carrier when he met Laura Cowlin. At the land office in Chadron, Nebraska 13 Jan 1894, Clarence A. Benedict made payment in full for a homestead in the SW¬ of Section 20, Township 28 N of Range 46 West of the sixth principal Meridian in Nebraska containing 160 acres.(Box Butte, Sheridan County, Nebraska deeds) It was described as prairie and grazing land. On it Benedict built a sod house, 16 x 20, a sod stable, and other buildings. The land was described as most valuable for grazing. He also received 160 acres of Timber Culture land described as the SE¬ of Section 19, Township 28 Range 46 W. Final payment for this property was made 8 Jun 1899 when Clarence A. Benedict was a resident of Grand River, Ohio. His brother-in-law, M. Willard Cowlin attested at the time that he had known Benedict over ten years and that entry was made 13 July 1889. Cowlin stated that he lived one mile from the land and had personal knowledge of the work done on the claim since 1891. According to the affidavit, "at the time this entry was made...[it] was level prairie land, devoid of natural timber. In the 1891, ten acres of the claim were broken. All that was broken on this clain in the vicinity of where the tree seeds were planted was 20 acres in another part of the claim. There were ten acres cultivated in the third year. Five acres were cultivated and planted to ash and box "alder" tree seeds. In the fourth year there were ten acres planted to ash and box elder seeds, as all of the seeds planted in the preceding year were killed by drouth. In the fifth year, 10 acres were planted to locust seeds, likewise the sixth, seventh, and eighth years. Cowlin further testified that at the time of the affidavit, "there are no trees growing on the claim as all of the seeds planted on the claim had been killed by the drouth that prevails in this part of the state each summer." Clarence Benedict's father-in-law, Matthew Cowlin made a similar affidavit. (Homestead patent, Timber culture papers) The latter property was sold for $100 to Matthew Cowlin of Sheridan County, Nebraska on 1 Apr 1901 by Clarence A. Benedict and Laura M. Benedict of Lake County, Ohio. The homestead property described first was sold for $325 31 May 1897 to John Colman.(Sheridan County, deed records) In 1900, in Painesville, Ohio, Clarence Benedict worked as a freight handler.(Federal census records, Ohio, Lake County,). Clarence and Laura and family lived for a while in Willard, Ohio but there were marital problems. About 1906, Clarence left Laura and went west, dropping Virgil off in Iowa on the way. In Tacoma, Washington he worked as a lumberman and teamster and later sent for Virgil. (Virgil Benedict Autobiography) On 18 Nov 1909, Laura filed a petition for divorce. In it, she stated that ever since her marriage she had at all times conducted herself toward him as a wife should and that Clarence disregarded his "marriatable" duties and was guilty of gross neglect of duty and willful absence for more than three years. He had not lived with her since 20 Oct 1906, nor had contributed anything toward her support. Laura supported herself, she said, and her two children by doing house work and nursing the sick. Laura testified that she had at the time in her possession and under her control two of their children, Roy, then 15 years old and Gladys, then eight. She asked to be granted the care and custody, education and control of the two children named. The other two children born of the marriage [Irene, who had been adopted out, was not mentioned] were living in the western states, the older one [Charlotte] being married. Laura Cowlin believed that at the time Clarence Albert resided in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington at Station 12 South. The final journal entry in this case was 4 March 1910 in which Laura was granted custody of Gladys and expected to pay the court costs since the defendant had failed to come forward. (Huron County, OH, Clerk of the Court, Virgil Benedict Autobiography, Federal Census). Clarence Albert Benedict married two more times. About 1920, he went to live in Albia, Iowa. He resided in DesMoines, Iowa the last 19 years of his life. He was a member of Wesley Methodist Church in DesMoines since 1932, having transferred his membership from Albia. His last employment was as an engineer [fireman-death certificate] at Iowa Methodist Hospital (obituary). He died at Grayson Nursing Home but his usual residence was 1417 Maple St., DesMoines. He died of Cerebral Hemorrhage due to Hypertensive Heart Disease, duration over 10 years.(Death certificate)
Charlotte Benedict (1893-1968), Roy Edwin Benedict (1894-1941), Alice Irene Benedict (1897-1991), Virgil Merrill Benedict (1898-1989), Gladys Lucille Benedict (1901-1969)
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Clarence then married Harriett Rhoda (Hill) Tuttle on the 2nd of June 1910 in Lake County, Ohio. She was born 14 November 1856 in South Madison, Lake County, Ohio, and died in Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio.
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Lastly, he married Elba May Dewey on the 4th of October 1916, she was the daughter of Wallace and Nancy Dewey. She was born 21 April 1874 in Ohio, and died 12 August 1959 in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
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Clarence was a Nebraska farmer, stage coach driver, and mail carrier when he met Laura Cowlin. At the land office in Chadron, Nebraska 13 Jan 1894, Clarence A. Benedict made payment in full for a homestead in the SW¬ of Section 20, Township 28 N of Range 46 West of the sixth principal Meridian in Nebraska containing 160 acres.(Box Butte, Sheridan County, Nebraska deeds) It was described as prairie and grazing land. On it Benedict built a sod house, 16 x 20, a sod stable, and other buildings. The land was described as most valuable for grazing. He also received 160 acres of Timber Culture land described as the SE¬ of Section 19, Township 28 Range 46 W. Final payment for this property was made 8 Jun 1899 when Clarence A. Benedict was a resident of Grand River, Ohio. His brother-in-law, M. Willard Cowlin attested at the time that he had known Benedict over ten years and that entry was made 13 July 1889. Cowlin stated that he lived one mile from the land and had personal knowledge of the work done on the claim since 1891. According to the affidavit, "at the time this entry was made...[it] was level prairie land, devoid of natural timber. In the 1891, ten acres of the claim were broken. All that was broken on this clain in the vicinity of where the tree seeds were planted was 20 acres in another part of the claim. There were ten acres cultivated in the third year. Five acres were cultivated and planted to ash and box "alder" tree seeds. In the fourth year there were ten acres planted to ash and box elder seeds, as all of the seeds planted in the preceding year were killed by drouth. In the fifth year, 10 acres were planted to locust seeds, likewise the sixth, seventh, and eighth years. Cowlin further testified that at the time of the affidavit, "there are no trees growing on the claim as all of the seeds planted on the claim had been killed by the drouth that prevails in this part of the state each summer." Clarence Benedict's father-in-law, Matthew Cowlin made a similar affidavit. (Homestead patent, Timber culture papers) The latter property was sold for $100 to Matthew Cowlin of Sheridan County, Nebraska on 1 Apr 1901 by Clarence A. Benedict and Laura M. Benedict of Lake County, Ohio. The homestead property described first was sold for $325 31 May 1897 to John Colman.(Sheridan County, deed records) In 1900, in Painesville, Ohio, Clarence Benedict worked as a freight handler.(Federal census records, Ohio, Lake County,). Clarence and Laura and family lived for a while in Willard, Ohio but there were marital problems. About 1906, Clarence left Laura and went west, dropping Virgil off in Iowa on the way. In Tacoma, Washington he worked as a lumberman and teamster and later sent for Virgil. (Virgil Benedict Autobiography) On 18 Nov 1909, Laura filed a petition for divorce. In it, she stated that ever since her marriage she had at all times conducted herself toward him as a wife should and that Clarence disregarded his "marriatable" duties and was guilty of gross neglect of duty and willful absence for more than three years. He had not lived with her since 20 Oct 1906, nor had contributed anything toward her support. Laura supported herself, she said, and her two children by doing house work and nursing the sick. Laura testified that she had at the time in her possession and under her control two of their children, Roy, then 15 years old and Gladys, then eight. She asked to be granted the care and custody, education and control of the two children named. The other two children born of the marriage [Irene, who had been adopted out, was not mentioned] were living in the western states, the older one [Charlotte] being married. Laura Cowlin believed that at the time Clarence Albert resided in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington at Station 12 South. The final journal entry in this case was 4 March 1910 in which Laura was granted custody of Gladys and expected to pay the court costs since the defendant had failed to come forward. (Huron County, OH, Clerk of the Court, Virgil Benedict Autobiography, Federal Census). Clarence Albert Benedict married two more times. About 1920, he went to live in Albia, Iowa. He resided in DesMoines, Iowa the last 19 years of his life. He was a member of Wesley Methodist Church in DesMoines since 1932, having transferred his membership from Albia. His last employment was as an engineer [fireman-death certificate] at Iowa Methodist Hospital (obituary). He died at Grayson Nursing Home but his usual residence was 1417 Maple St., DesMoines. He died of Cerebral Hemorrhage due to Hypertensive Heart Disease, duration over 10 years.(Death certificate)
Clarence Albert Benedict was the son of Lovilla (Dewey)and Jacob Benedict. He married first married Laura May Cowlin on the 16th of September 1892 in Nebraska. She was the daughter of Maria (Loomis) and Matthew Cowlin. She was born 24 September 1874 in Hobart, Indiana, and died on the 19th of January 1951 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Their children were:
Charlotte Benedict (1893-1968), Roy Edwin Benedict (1894-1941), Alice Irene Benedict (1897-1991), Virgil Merrill Benedict (1898-1989), Gladys Lucille Benedict (1901-1969)
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Clarence then married Harriett Rhoda (Hill) Tuttle on the 2nd of June 1910 in Lake County, Ohio. She was born 14 November 1856 in South Madison, Lake County, Ohio, and died in Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio.
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Lastly, he married Elba May Dewey on the 4th of October 1916, she was the daughter of Wallace and Nancy Dewey. She was born 21 April 1874 in Ohio, and died 12 August 1959 in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
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Clarence was a Nebraska farmer, stage coach driver, and mail carrier when he met Laura Cowlin. At the land office in Chadron, Nebraska 13 Jan 1894, Clarence A. Benedict made payment in full for a homestead in the SW¬ of Section 20, Township 28 N of Range 46 West of the sixth principal Meridian in Nebraska containing 160 acres.(Box Butte, Sheridan County, Nebraska deeds) It was described as prairie and grazing land. On it Benedict built a sod house, 16 x 20, a sod stable, and other buildings. The land was described as most valuable for grazing. He also received 160 acres of Timber Culture land described as the SE¬ of Section 19, Township 28 Range 46 W. Final payment for this property was made 8 Jun 1899 when Clarence A. Benedict was a resident of Grand River, Ohio. His brother-in-law, M. Willard Cowlin attested at the time that he had known Benedict over ten years and that entry was made 13 July 1889. Cowlin stated that he lived one mile from the land and had personal knowledge of the work done on the claim since 1891. According to the affidavit, "at the time this entry was made...[it] was level prairie land, devoid of natural timber. In the 1891, ten acres of the claim were broken. All that was broken on this clain in the vicinity of where the tree seeds were planted was 20 acres in another part of the claim. There were ten acres cultivated in the third year. Five acres were cultivated and planted to ash and box "alder" tree seeds. In the fourth year there were ten acres planted to ash and box elder seeds, as all of the seeds planted in the preceding year were killed by drouth. In the fifth year, 10 acres were planted to locust seeds, likewise the sixth, seventh, and eighth years. Cowlin further testified that at the time of the affidavit, "there are no trees growing on the claim as all of the seeds planted on the claim had been killed by the drouth that prevails in this part of the state each summer." Clarence Benedict's father-in-law, Matthew Cowlin made a similar affidavit. (Homestead patent, Timber culture papers) The latter property was sold for $100 to Matthew Cowlin of Sheridan County, Nebraska on 1 Apr 1901 by Clarence A. Benedict and Laura M. Benedict of Lake County, Ohio. The homestead property described first was sold for $325 31 May 1897 to John Colman.(Sheridan County, deed records) In 1900, in Painesville, Ohio, Clarence Benedict worked as a freight handler.(Federal census records, Ohio, Lake County,). Clarence and Laura and family lived for a while in Willard, Ohio but there were marital problems. About 1906, Clarence left Laura and went west, dropping Virgil off in Iowa on the way. In Tacoma, Washington he worked as a lumberman and teamster and later sent for Virgil. (Virgil Benedict Autobiography) On 18 Nov 1909, Laura filed a petition for divorce. In it, she stated that ever since her marriage she had at all times conducted herself toward him as a wife should and that Clarence disregarded his "marriatable" duties and was guilty of gross neglect of duty and willful absence for more than three years. He had not lived with her since 20 Oct 1906, nor had contributed anything toward her support. Laura supported herself, she said, and her two children by doing house work and nursing the sick. Laura testified that she had at the time in her possession and under her control two of their children, Roy, then 15 years old and Gladys, then eight. She asked to be granted the care and custody, education and control of the two children named. The other two children born of the marriage [Irene, who had been adopted out, was not mentioned] were living in the western states, the older one [Charlotte] being married. Laura Cowlin believed that at the time Clarence Albert resided in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington at Station 12 South. The final journal entry in this case was 4 March 1910 in which Laura was granted custody of Gladys and expected to pay the court costs since the defendant had failed to come forward. (Huron County, OH, Clerk of the Court, Virgil Benedict Autobiography, Federal Census). Clarence Albert Benedict married two more times. About 1920, he went to live in Albia, Iowa. He resided in DesMoines, Iowa the last 19 years of his life. He was a member of Wesley Methodist Church in DesMoines since 1932, having transferred his membership from Albia. His last employment was as an engineer [fireman-death certificate] at Iowa Methodist Hospital (obituary). He died at Grayson Nursing Home but his usual residence was 1417 Maple St., DesMoines. He died of Cerebral Hemorrhage due to Hypertensive Heart Disease, duration over 10 years.(Death certificate)
Charlotte Benedict (1893-1968), Roy Edwin Benedict (1894-1941), Alice Irene Benedict (1897-1991), Virgil Merrill Benedict (1898-1989), Gladys Lucille Benedict (1901-1969)
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Clarence then married Harriett Rhoda (Hill) Tuttle on the 2nd of June 1910 in Lake County, Ohio. She was born 14 November 1856 in South Madison, Lake County, Ohio, and died in Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio.
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Lastly, he married Elba May Dewey on the 4th of October 1916, she was the daughter of Wallace and Nancy Dewey. She was born 21 April 1874 in Ohio, and died 12 August 1959 in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
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Clarence was a Nebraska farmer, stage coach driver, and mail carrier when he met Laura Cowlin. At the land office in Chadron, Nebraska 13 Jan 1894, Clarence A. Benedict made payment in full for a homestead in the SW¬ of Section 20, Township 28 N of Range 46 West of the sixth principal Meridian in Nebraska containing 160 acres.(Box Butte, Sheridan County, Nebraska deeds) It was described as prairie and grazing land. On it Benedict built a sod house, 16 x 20, a sod stable, and other buildings. The land was described as most valuable for grazing. He also received 160 acres of Timber Culture land described as the SE¬ of Section 19, Township 28 Range 46 W. Final payment for this property was made 8 Jun 1899 when Clarence A. Benedict was a resident of Grand River, Ohio. His brother-in-law, M. Willard Cowlin attested at the time that he had known Benedict over ten years and that entry was made 13 July 1889. Cowlin stated that he lived one mile from the land and had personal knowledge of the work done on the claim since 1891. According to the affidavit, "at the time this entry was made...[it] was level prairie land, devoid of natural timber. In the 1891, ten acres of the claim were broken. All that was broken on this clain in the vicinity of where the tree seeds were planted was 20 acres in another part of the claim. There were ten acres cultivated in the third year. Five acres were cultivated and planted to ash and box "alder" tree seeds. In the fourth year there were ten acres planted to ash and box elder seeds, as all of the seeds planted in the preceding year were killed by drouth. In the fifth year, 10 acres were planted to locust seeds, likewise the sixth, seventh, and eighth years. Cowlin further testified that at the time of the affidavit, "there are no trees growing on the claim as all of the seeds planted on the claim had been killed by the drouth that prevails in this part of the state each summer." Clarence Benedict's father-in-law, Matthew Cowlin made a similar affidavit. (Homestead patent, Timber culture papers) The latter property was sold for $100 to Matthew Cowlin of Sheridan County, Nebraska on 1 Apr 1901 by Clarence A. Benedict and Laura M. Benedict of Lake County, Ohio. The homestead property described first was sold for $325 31 May 1897 to John Colman.(Sheridan County, deed records) In 1900, in Painesville, Ohio, Clarence Benedict worked as a freight handler.(Federal census records, Ohio, Lake County,). Clarence and Laura and family lived for a while in Willard, Ohio but there were marital problems. About 1906, Clarence left Laura and went west, dropping Virgil off in Iowa on the way. In Tacoma, Washington he worked as a lumberman and teamster and later sent for Virgil. (Virgil Benedict Autobiography) On 18 Nov 1909, Laura filed a petition for divorce. In it, she stated that ever since her marriage she had at all times conducted herself toward him as a wife should and that Clarence disregarded his "marriatable" duties and was guilty of gross neglect of duty and willful absence for more than three years. He had not lived with her since 20 Oct 1906, nor had contributed anything toward her support. Laura supported herself, she said, and her two children by doing house work and nursing the sick. Laura testified that she had at the time in her possession and under her control two of their children, Roy, then 15 years old and Gladys, then eight. She asked to be granted the care and custody, education and control of the two children named. The other two children born of the marriage [Irene, who had been adopted out, was not mentioned] were living in the western states, the older one [Charlotte] being married. Laura Cowlin believed that at the time Clarence Albert resided in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington at Station 12 South. The final journal entry in this case was 4 March 1910 in which Laura was granted custody of Gladys and expected to pay the court costs since the defendant had failed to come forward. (Huron County, OH, Clerk of the Court, Virgil Benedict Autobiography, Federal Census). Clarence Albert Benedict married two more times. About 1920, he went to live in Albia, Iowa. He resided in DesMoines, Iowa the last 19 years of his life. He was a member of Wesley Methodist Church in DesMoines since 1932, having transferred his membership from Albia. His last employment was as an engineer [fireman-death certificate] at Iowa Methodist Hospital (obituary). He died at Grayson Nursing Home but his usual residence was 1417 Maple St., DesMoines. He died of Cerebral Hemorrhage due to Hypertensive Heart Disease, duration over 10 years.(Death certificate)
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