Wilford's father, George built a big home. In the early 1880's we can picture the Bench family, seven girls and three boys, scampering through the high-ceilinged rooms or gathering around the long table in the big kitchen eating freshly baked bread, recently taken fromt the large oven in the black, coal stove. Fresh milk, with thick cream, yellow pats of butter and jars of plum preserves were brought from the cool earthen cellar. A trap door in the one corner of the kitchen was lifted with a rope handle and opened to the stone steps that led to the cellar.
With the constant demands on the meager income of the Bench family, George realized that added funds were needed as well as more work to keep his sons and daughters busy, to teach them the important habits of industry, honesty and thrift.
The Bench House" location was such that it could be commercialized and made into a rooming house and a public eating place. Jane was an excellent cook and the older girls could help her. The younger ones could wait on tables and take care of the guest rooms. The "Bench House" was a vital part of the community as many wedding, funerals and plays were performed in the house. George loved to perform in these plays.
Wilford Edmund Bench married Lydia Christina Andersen on February 25, 1914. Wilford second married Mryle Allred Christensen. When he died he was a widow.
Wilford's father, George built a big home. In the early 1880's we can picture the Bench family, seven girls and three boys, scampering through the high-ceilinged rooms or gathering around the long table in the big kitchen eating freshly baked bread, recently taken fromt the large oven in the black, coal stove. Fresh milk, with thick cream, yellow pats of butter and jars of plum preserves were brought from the cool earthen cellar. A trap door in the one corner of the kitchen was lifted with a rope handle and opened to the stone steps that led to the cellar.
With the constant demands on the meager income of the Bench family, George realized that added funds were needed as well as more work to keep his sons and daughters busy, to teach them the important habits of industry, honesty and thrift.
The Bench House" location was such that it could be commercialized and made into a rooming house and a public eating place. Jane was an excellent cook and the older girls could help her. The younger ones could wait on tables and take care of the guest rooms. The "Bench House" was a vital part of the community as many wedding, funerals and plays were performed in the house. George loved to perform in these plays.
Wilford Edmund Bench married Lydia Christina Andersen on February 25, 1914. Wilford second married Mryle Allred Christensen. When he died he was a widow.
Family Members
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Eliza Jane Bench Squire
1864–1933
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Esther Bench
1867–1925
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George Edward Bench Jr
1869–1924
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Arthur "Frank" Bench
1871–1937
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Arthur Frank Bench
1871–1937
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Emma Lillian "Lilly" Bench Hall
1874–1940
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Mary Ann Bench Lauber
1876–1950
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Ella Maria Bench Cox
1879–1965
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Clarice Isabel Bench Larson
1881–1960
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Jennie Maud Bench Cox
1886–1969
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