John Benson
1812 - 1892 (79 years)-
Name John Benson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Born 9 Jun 1812 Livingston County, New York, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 5] Gender Male Race White [5] Residence 1840 Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA [4] Residence 1850 Tittabawassee, Saginaw, Michigan, USA [3] Residence 1860 Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan, USA [1] Residence 1870 Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan, USA [2] Residence 1880 Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan, USA [5] Age: 69; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self Died 26 Feb 1892 Saginaw County, Michigan, USA Buried Saginaw County, Michigan, USA - Owen Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 58643214
Person ID I3261 Clark Benscoter Last Modified 4 Mar 2020
Father Stephen Benson, b. 1771, Vermont, USA , d. 1842, Mount Morris, Livingston, New York, USA (Age 71 years) Relationship natural Mother Lucia Matthews, b. 1 May 1790, Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA , d. 1864, New York, USA (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Family ID F3182 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Wood, b. 2 Nov 1814, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA , d. 13 Jun 1897, Saginaw, Michigan, USA (Age 82 years) Married 14 Nov 1833 New York, USA Children 1. Smith Benson, b. 9 May 1844, Michigan, USA , d. 3 Jan 1919, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA (Age 74 years) [natural]2. Martha Elizabeth Benson, b. 19 Oct 1849, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA , d. 31 May 1926, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA (Age 76 years) [natural]3. William S Benson, b. 17 Apr 1845, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA , d. 9 Dec 1868, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA (Age 23 years) [natural]4. Adella Benson, b. 17 Apr 1856, Michigan, USA , d. 27 Aug 1940, Freeland, Saginaw, Michigan, USA (Age 84 years) [natural]5. Mary J Benson, b. 26 Aug 1852, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA , d. 6 Dec 1868, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA (Age 16 years) [natural]6. Harriet Benson, b. 20 Apr 1838, Michigan, USA , d. 24 Sep 1920, Tittabawassee, Saginaw, Michigan, USA (Age 82 years) [natural]7. Evangeline Benson [natural] 8. Orlanda Benson [natural] 9. Eli Benson [natural] 10. John Benson [natural] Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 Family ID F995 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 9 Jun 1812 - Livingston County, New York, USA 
Married - 14 Nov 1833 - New York, USA 
Residence - 1840 - Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA 
Residence - 1850 - Tittabawassee, Saginaw, Michigan, USA 
Residence - 1860 - Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan, USA Residence - 1870 - Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan, USA Residence - Age: 69; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - 1880 - Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan, USA 
Died - 26 Feb 1892 - Saginaw County, Michigan, USA Buried - - Saginaw County, Michigan, USA = Link to Google Earth
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John Benson death Saginaw News 27 Feb 1892
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Notes - John Benson, an old and respected pioneer of this tp., residing on sec. 3, was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., June 9, 1841; parents were Stephen and Lucia Benson; father was a soldier in war of 1812, and grandfather in Revolutionary war, participating in the battle of Trenton, Dec. 26, 1776, and the trials and sufferings at Valley Forge; subject of sketch came to this county in October, 1836, locating on sec. 14, and in 1842, on sec. 3, where he has since resided, and owns 80 acres of land; first house erected was 12x12 feet in size, and in the center of a great forest; was first Justice of the Peace of this tp., serving 21 years in succession, and 12 years since; was Tp. Clerk two years, and Treasurer 12 years; is Republican in politics, and a member of the I. O. O. F.; was married Oct 14, 1834, to Sarah B., daughter of Timothy and Susannah (Thorp) Wood, natives of Springfield, Mass.; wife was born at Westfield, Mass., Nov. 2, 1814; 4 of their 10 children survive-Harriet N., wife of Norman Swarthout, born April 20, 1836; Reuben S., born May 9, 1842; Martha E., wife of Horace Jerome, born Oct. 19, 1852, and Catherine A., wife of Lucius Munger, born April 17, 1856. William E., John E., Evangeline, Orlanda, Mary and Eli are deceased.
---http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/saginaw/countyhistory1881/thomastown938.aspx, accessed 7/28/2015 Source: History of Saginaw County Michigan, By Michael A. Leeson, Damon Clarke, Published 1881 Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Chicago pages 938-943
Name: BENSON, JOHN
Birth Date: 00/00/1811
Birth Place: LIVINGSTONE CO., NY
Death Date: 02/26/1892
Death Place: THOMAS TWP., MI
Miscellaneous
Year Moved to US/Saginaw: SAGINAW RESIDENT FOR 62 YRS
SAGINAW COURIER HERALD
Saturday, February 27, 1892
http://obits.netsource-one.net/, Public Libraries of Saginaw Obituary Index, accessed 2/16/2016
- John Benson, an old and respected pioneer of this tp., residing on sec. 3, was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., June 9, 1841; parents were Stephen and Lucia Benson; father was a soldier in war of 1812, and grandfather in Revolutionary war, participating in the battle of Trenton, Dec. 26, 1776, and the trials and sufferings at Valley Forge; subject of sketch came to this county in October, 1836, locating on sec. 14, and in 1842, on sec. 3, where he has since resided, and owns 80 acres of land; first house erected was 12x12 feet in size, and in the center of a great forest; was first Justice of the Peace of this tp., serving 21 years in succession, and 12 years since; was Tp. Clerk two years, and Treasurer 12 years; is Republican in politics, and a member of the I. O. O. F.; was married Oct 14, 1834, to Sarah B., daughter of Timothy and Susannah (Thorp) Wood, natives of Springfield, Mass.; wife was born at Westfield, Mass., Nov. 2, 1814; 4 of their 10 children survive-Harriet N., wife of Norman Swarthout, born April 20, 1836; Reuben S., born May 9, 1842; Martha E., wife of Horace Jerome, born Oct. 19, 1852, and Catherine A., wife of Lucius Munger, born April 17, 1856. William E., John E., Evangeline, Orlanda, Mary and Eli are deceased.
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Sources - [S226] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: M653_558; Page: 713; Image: 211; Family History Library Film: 803558.
- [S137] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: M593_702; Page: 483A; Image: 450; Family History Library Film: 552201.
- [S138] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Tittabawassee, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: M432_361; Page: 82A; Image: 170.
- [S267] 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: 210; Page: 177; Image: 360; Family History Library Film: 0014797.
Record for John Benson - [S225] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Thomastown, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: 603; Family History Film: 1254603; Page: 203B; Enumeration District: 322; Image: 0068.
Record for John Benson
- [S226] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: M653_558; Page: 713; Image: 211; Family History Library Film: 803558.