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Elijah Murry Benson

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Elijah Murry Benson

Birth
Darke County, Ohio, USA
Death
25 Oct 1910 (aged 70)
Riverton, Franklin County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Riverton, Franklin County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Blk 15 Lot 1 S/N
Memorial ID
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The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, Saturday, October 29, 1910; pg. 6

DIED IN NEBRASKA.

E. M. BENSON

FRANKLIN, Neb., Oct.- 28.— E. M. Benson died suddenly at his home at Riverton Tuesday night, October 25. Death came to him while he was sitting in a chair. The deceased was an old soldier and a pioneer of this county. The burial took place at the home Wednesday afternoon.
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Enlisted = 19 Sep 1861
Discharged = unknown
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Elijah Murry Benson was married four times that has been able to document.

1st. Elijah M. Benson & Miss Margery A. Bowers were married April 9, 1859. (Source: Darke County, OH Marriage Records) (No cemetery record found for Margery....maybe the homestead?)

2nd. Elizabeth Vinson

3rd. Nancy J. Evans aka Nannie J.

4th. E.M. Benson, 61, born Ohio, son of James & Susan B. (Murry) Benson, and Katie A. Crilly, 51, born Ireland, daughter of Hugh & Sarah (McKee) Crilly, were married July 10, 1901 at Riverton. (Source: Franklin County, NE Marriage Records)
The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, Saturday, October 29, 1910; pg. 6

DIED IN NEBRASKA.

E. M. BENSON

FRANKLIN, Neb., Oct.- 28.— E. M. Benson died suddenly at his home at Riverton Tuesday night, October 25. Death came to him while he was sitting in a chair. The deceased was an old soldier and a pioneer of this county. The burial took place at the home Wednesday afternoon.
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Enlisted = 19 Sep 1861
Discharged = unknown
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Elijah Murry Benson was married four times that has been able to document.

1st. Elijah M. Benson & Miss Margery A. Bowers were married April 9, 1859. (Source: Darke County, OH Marriage Records) (No cemetery record found for Margery....maybe the homestead?)

2nd. Elizabeth Vinson

3rd. Nancy J. Evans aka Nannie J.

4th. E.M. Benson, 61, born Ohio, son of James & Susan B. (Murry) Benson, and Katie A. Crilly, 51, born Ireland, daughter of Hugh & Sarah (McKee) Crilly, were married July 10, 1901 at Riverton. (Source: Franklin County, NE Marriage Records)


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