Elizabeth M. “Lizzie” Lee was the daughter of Helen Sarah Godfrey, b. VA Oct 5, 1827, d. GA Jan 6, 1901, and Nathaniel Butt Lee, b. VA Mar 22, 1821, d. GA Oct 30, 1902.
Lizzie was born in Princess Anne Co., VA, in 1846; died at age 50 of Bright’s Disease in Griffin, Spalding Co., GA, January 13, 1896; buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, January 15, 1896.
She married in Norfolk, Virginia, March 22, 1870, Otis S. Benson, son of Mary H. and Ed P. Benson. Otis was born in Mathew Co., VA, about 1840-1842; died June 23, 1903; buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
Lizzy Lee was listed in the 1860 US Census in Norfolk, VA, with parents and siblings as: N.B. Lee, 39, b. ca 1821, Livery stable keeper; Helen, 32, b. ca 1828; Lizzy, 14, b. ca 1846; Lucy, 12, b. ca 1848; Charles, 6, b. ca 1854; William, 3, b. ca 1857; and Helen, 1, b. ca 1859; all born in Virginia.
Her family was listed in the 1870 US Census in Norfolk, VA, without Lizzy as:
Nathaniel Lee, 49, Keeps livery stable; Helen, 40; Lucy, 18; Charles, 15, Clerk in Store; Willie, 13; Ellen, 11; Percy, 9; Suelove, 6; with Catharine Godfrey, 65; and Indie Godfrey, 23; all born in VA.
Her family was listed in the 1900 US Census in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, as: Nathaniel B. Lee, head, 79; Hellen G. Lee, wife 73, b. VA; Charles U. Lee, son, 46, b. VA; William G. Lee, son, 43, b. VA; Claude P. Lee, son, 39, b. VA; Sue L. Steed, dau, 33, b. VA; Lucile D. Steed g-dau, 5, b. GA; Susan Cobb, servant, 24, b. GA.
Helen and Nathaniel B. Lee had children:
a. Elizabeth M. Lee (above), b. VA 1846, d. 1896; m. Otis S. Benson
b. Lucy Lee, #52867350, b. VA 1848, d. GA 1937; m. (?) Heinz
c. Charles U. Lee, b. VA ca 1854
d. William Godfrey Lee, #52867383, b.VA 1857, d. GA 1940
e. Helen Sarah Lee, #52867462, b. VA 1859, d. GA 1941; m. Hunter Wynn, #52867424, b. 1853, d. 1917
f. Claude Percival “Percy” Lee, #52867361, b. VA 1861, d. GA 1941
g. Sue Love Lee, #52867417, b. VA 1864, d. GA 1932; m. GA 1891 Thomas C. Steed.
The Benson family is listed in the 1880 US Census in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, as Otis S. Benson, Self, 38, b. VA ca. 1842, Clerk for Supply Agent; Lizzie Lee, Wife, 32, b. VA ca. 1848; Otis, son, 6, b. VA, ca. 1874; Lee, son, 5, b. GA, ca. 1875; Claude P. Lee, bro-in-law, 19, b. VA; Charles Cambridge, other, 40, b. GA; Pierce Thomson, 27, b. GA, Janitor of Public Schools; and Frances Thomson, his wife, 24, b. GA, Housekeeper.
Otis S. Benson was listed in the 1900 US Census in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, in the hotel of M.C. Finley as: O.S. Benson, boarder, male, 56, b. VA May 1844; both parents born in VA; hotel manager.
Otis S. Benson and Elizabeth Lee had children, including:
1. Otis Nathaniel Benson, #15739198, b. VA 1873, d. OH 1949;
m. 1st 1896 Blanche S. Minter
m. 2nd 1918 Nina B. Alford
m. 3rd 1931 Kathryn LaVerna Lesser, #26012035
2. Lee Benson, b. GA ca 1875
3. Rupert B. Benson, b. Savannah, GA, ca 1886; m. Hamilton, OH, Sep 28, 1914, Eula M. Hawthorne, b. Five Mile, OH, in 1894, dau of Carrie Reddick and Henry Hawthorne. Rupert B. Benson was listed in the 1920 US Census in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, as Rupert B. Benson, 34, b. GA ca 1886, Commercial sign painter; with May B. Benson, wife, 33, b. KY.
Lizzie was born in Princess Anne Co., VA, in 1846; died at age 50 of Bright’s Disease in Griffin, Spalding Co., GA, January 13, 1896; buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, January 15, 1896.
She married in Norfolk, Virginia, March 22, 1870, Otis S. Benson, son of Mary H. and Ed P. Benson. Otis was born in Mathew Co., VA, about 1840-1842; died June 23, 1903; buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
Lizzy Lee was listed in the 1860 US Census in Norfolk, VA, with parents and siblings as: N.B. Lee, 39, b. ca 1821, Livery stable keeper; Helen, 32, b. ca 1828; Lizzy, 14, b. ca 1846; Lucy, 12, b. ca 1848; Charles, 6, b. ca 1854; William, 3, b. ca 1857; and Helen, 1, b. ca 1859; all born in Virginia.
Her family was listed in the 1870 US Census in Norfolk, VA, without Lizzy as:
Nathaniel Lee, 49, Keeps livery stable; Helen, 40; Lucy, 18; Charles, 15, Clerk in Store; Willie, 13; Ellen, 11; Percy, 9; Suelove, 6; with Catharine Godfrey, 65; and Indie Godfrey, 23; all born in VA.
Her family was listed in the 1900 US Census in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, as: Nathaniel B. Lee, head, 79; Hellen G. Lee, wife 73, b. VA; Charles U. Lee, son, 46, b. VA; William G. Lee, son, 43, b. VA; Claude P. Lee, son, 39, b. VA; Sue L. Steed, dau, 33, b. VA; Lucile D. Steed g-dau, 5, b. GA; Susan Cobb, servant, 24, b. GA.
Helen and Nathaniel B. Lee had children:
a. Elizabeth M. Lee (above), b. VA 1846, d. 1896; m. Otis S. Benson
b. Lucy Lee, #52867350, b. VA 1848, d. GA 1937; m. (?) Heinz
c. Charles U. Lee, b. VA ca 1854
d. William Godfrey Lee, #52867383, b.VA 1857, d. GA 1940
e. Helen Sarah Lee, #52867462, b. VA 1859, d. GA 1941; m. Hunter Wynn, #52867424, b. 1853, d. 1917
f. Claude Percival “Percy” Lee, #52867361, b. VA 1861, d. GA 1941
g. Sue Love Lee, #52867417, b. VA 1864, d. GA 1932; m. GA 1891 Thomas C. Steed.
The Benson family is listed in the 1880 US Census in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, as Otis S. Benson, Self, 38, b. VA ca. 1842, Clerk for Supply Agent; Lizzie Lee, Wife, 32, b. VA ca. 1848; Otis, son, 6, b. VA, ca. 1874; Lee, son, 5, b. GA, ca. 1875; Claude P. Lee, bro-in-law, 19, b. VA; Charles Cambridge, other, 40, b. GA; Pierce Thomson, 27, b. GA, Janitor of Public Schools; and Frances Thomson, his wife, 24, b. GA, Housekeeper.
Otis S. Benson was listed in the 1900 US Census in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, in the hotel of M.C. Finley as: O.S. Benson, boarder, male, 56, b. VA May 1844; both parents born in VA; hotel manager.
Otis S. Benson and Elizabeth Lee had children, including:
1. Otis Nathaniel Benson, #15739198, b. VA 1873, d. OH 1949;
m. 1st 1896 Blanche S. Minter
m. 2nd 1918 Nina B. Alford
m. 3rd 1931 Kathryn LaVerna Lesser, #26012035
2. Lee Benson, b. GA ca 1875
3. Rupert B. Benson, b. Savannah, GA, ca 1886; m. Hamilton, OH, Sep 28, 1914, Eula M. Hawthorne, b. Five Mile, OH, in 1894, dau of Carrie Reddick and Henry Hawthorne. Rupert B. Benson was listed in the 1920 US Census in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, as Rupert B. Benson, 34, b. GA ca 1886, Commercial sign painter; with May B. Benson, wife, 33, b. KY.
Elizabeth M. “Lizzie” Lee was the daughter of Helen Sarah Godfrey, b. VA Oct 5, 1827, d. GA Jan 6, 1901, and Nathaniel Butt Lee, b. VA Mar 22, 1821, d. GA Oct 30, 1902.
Lizzie was born in Princess Anne Co., VA, in 1846; died at age 50 of Bright’s Disease in Griffin, Spalding Co., GA, January 13, 1896; buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, January 15, 1896.
She married in Norfolk, Virginia, March 22, 1870, Otis S. Benson, son of Mary H. and Ed P. Benson. Otis was born in Mathew Co., VA, about 1840-1842; died June 23, 1903; buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
Lizzy Lee was listed in the 1860 US Census in Norfolk, VA, with parents and siblings as: N.B. Lee, 39, b. ca 1821, Livery stable keeper; Helen, 32, b. ca 1828; Lizzy, 14, b. ca 1846; Lucy, 12, b. ca 1848; Charles, 6, b. ca 1854; William, 3, b. ca 1857; and Helen, 1, b. ca 1859; all born in Virginia.
Her family was listed in the 1870 US Census in Norfolk, VA, without Lizzy as:
Nathaniel Lee, 49, Keeps livery stable; Helen, 40; Lucy, 18; Charles, 15, Clerk in Store; Willie, 13; Ellen, 11; Percy, 9; Suelove, 6; with Catharine Godfrey, 65; and Indie Godfrey, 23; all born in VA.
Her family was listed in the 1900 US Census in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, as: Nathaniel B. Lee, head, 79; Hellen G. Lee, wife 73, b. VA; Charles U. Lee, son, 46, b. VA; William G. Lee, son, 43, b. VA; Claude P. Lee, son, 39, b. VA; Sue L. Steed, dau, 33, b. VA; Lucile D. Steed g-dau, 5, b. GA; Susan Cobb, servant, 24, b. GA.
Helen and Nathaniel B. Lee had children:
a. Elizabeth M. Lee (above), b. VA 1846, d. 1896; m. Otis S. Benson
b. Lucy Lee, #52867350, b. VA 1848, d. GA 1937; m. (?) Heinz
c. Charles U. Lee, b. VA ca 1854
d. William Godfrey Lee, #52867383, b.VA 1857, d. GA 1940
e. Helen Sarah Lee, #52867462, b. VA 1859, d. GA 1941; m. Hunter Wynn, #52867424, b. 1853, d. 1917
f. Claude Percival “Percy” Lee, #52867361, b. VA 1861, d. GA 1941
g. Sue Love Lee, #52867417, b. VA 1864, d. GA 1932; m. GA 1891 Thomas C. Steed.
The Benson family is listed in the 1880 US Census in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, as Otis S. Benson, Self, 38, b. VA ca. 1842, Clerk for Supply Agent; Lizzie Lee, Wife, 32, b. VA ca. 1848; Otis, son, 6, b. VA, ca. 1874; Lee, son, 5, b. GA, ca. 1875; Claude P. Lee, bro-in-law, 19, b. VA; Charles Cambridge, other, 40, b. GA; Pierce Thomson, 27, b. GA, Janitor of Public Schools; and Frances Thomson, his wife, 24, b. GA, Housekeeper.
Otis S. Benson was listed in the 1900 US Census in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, in the hotel of M.C. Finley as: O.S. Benson, boarder, male, 56, b. VA May 1844; both parents born in VA; hotel manager.
Otis S. Benson and Elizabeth Lee had children, including:
1. Otis Nathaniel Benson, #15739198, b. VA 1873, d. OH 1949;
m. 1st 1896 Blanche S. Minter
m. 2nd 1918 Nina B. Alford
m. 3rd 1931 Kathryn LaVerna Lesser, #26012035
2. Lee Benson, b. GA ca 1875
3. Rupert B. Benson, b. Savannah, GA, ca 1886; m. Hamilton, OH, Sep 28, 1914, Eula M. Hawthorne, b. Five Mile, OH, in 1894, dau of Carrie Reddick and Henry Hawthorne. Rupert B. Benson was listed in the 1920 US Census in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, as Rupert B. Benson, 34, b. GA ca 1886, Commercial sign painter; with May B. Benson, wife, 33, b. KY.
Lizzie was born in Princess Anne Co., VA, in 1846; died at age 50 of Bright’s Disease in Griffin, Spalding Co., GA, January 13, 1896; buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, January 15, 1896.
She married in Norfolk, Virginia, March 22, 1870, Otis S. Benson, son of Mary H. and Ed P. Benson. Otis was born in Mathew Co., VA, about 1840-1842; died June 23, 1903; buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
Lizzy Lee was listed in the 1860 US Census in Norfolk, VA, with parents and siblings as: N.B. Lee, 39, b. ca 1821, Livery stable keeper; Helen, 32, b. ca 1828; Lizzy, 14, b. ca 1846; Lucy, 12, b. ca 1848; Charles, 6, b. ca 1854; William, 3, b. ca 1857; and Helen, 1, b. ca 1859; all born in Virginia.
Her family was listed in the 1870 US Census in Norfolk, VA, without Lizzy as:
Nathaniel Lee, 49, Keeps livery stable; Helen, 40; Lucy, 18; Charles, 15, Clerk in Store; Willie, 13; Ellen, 11; Percy, 9; Suelove, 6; with Catharine Godfrey, 65; and Indie Godfrey, 23; all born in VA.
Her family was listed in the 1900 US Census in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, as: Nathaniel B. Lee, head, 79; Hellen G. Lee, wife 73, b. VA; Charles U. Lee, son, 46, b. VA; William G. Lee, son, 43, b. VA; Claude P. Lee, son, 39, b. VA; Sue L. Steed, dau, 33, b. VA; Lucile D. Steed g-dau, 5, b. GA; Susan Cobb, servant, 24, b. GA.
Helen and Nathaniel B. Lee had children:
a. Elizabeth M. Lee (above), b. VA 1846, d. 1896; m. Otis S. Benson
b. Lucy Lee, #52867350, b. VA 1848, d. GA 1937; m. (?) Heinz
c. Charles U. Lee, b. VA ca 1854
d. William Godfrey Lee, #52867383, b.VA 1857, d. GA 1940
e. Helen Sarah Lee, #52867462, b. VA 1859, d. GA 1941; m. Hunter Wynn, #52867424, b. 1853, d. 1917
f. Claude Percival “Percy” Lee, #52867361, b. VA 1861, d. GA 1941
g. Sue Love Lee, #52867417, b. VA 1864, d. GA 1932; m. GA 1891 Thomas C. Steed.
The Benson family is listed in the 1880 US Census in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, as Otis S. Benson, Self, 38, b. VA ca. 1842, Clerk for Supply Agent; Lizzie Lee, Wife, 32, b. VA ca. 1848; Otis, son, 6, b. VA, ca. 1874; Lee, son, 5, b. GA, ca. 1875; Claude P. Lee, bro-in-law, 19, b. VA; Charles Cambridge, other, 40, b. GA; Pierce Thomson, 27, b. GA, Janitor of Public Schools; and Frances Thomson, his wife, 24, b. GA, Housekeeper.
Otis S. Benson was listed in the 1900 US Census in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, in the hotel of M.C. Finley as: O.S. Benson, boarder, male, 56, b. VA May 1844; both parents born in VA; hotel manager.
Otis S. Benson and Elizabeth Lee had children, including:
1. Otis Nathaniel Benson, #15739198, b. VA 1873, d. OH 1949;
m. 1st 1896 Blanche S. Minter
m. 2nd 1918 Nina B. Alford
m. 3rd 1931 Kathryn LaVerna Lesser, #26012035
2. Lee Benson, b. GA ca 1875
3. Rupert B. Benson, b. Savannah, GA, ca 1886; m. Hamilton, OH, Sep 28, 1914, Eula M. Hawthorne, b. Five Mile, OH, in 1894, dau of Carrie Reddick and Henry Hawthorne. Rupert B. Benson was listed in the 1920 US Census in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, as Rupert B. Benson, 34, b. GA ca 1886, Commercial sign painter; with May B. Benson, wife, 33, b. KY.
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