Commodore Benedict was born in 1834 in Somers, New York. His father, Henry Benedict, was a clergyman. His mother was Mary Betts Lockwood, daughter of Captain Stephen Lockwood, of Norwalk, Connecticut. At fifteen in 1849, he joined the banking house of Corning & Co., New York. In 1857 he opened his own stockbroker's office on Wall Street. During the United States Civil War he and his brother organized the Gold Exchange Bank. He was also president of the Commercial Acetylene Company and the Greenwich Construction Company.
In later life Benedict became a yachtsman and was Commodore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. He owned several yachts and sailed in South America, the Bahamas and the West Indies. He had been ill for more than a year when he died on November 23, 1920 at his estate home on Indian Harbor in Greenwich, Connecticut.
In 1859, he married Sarah C. Hart, daughter of Lucius Hart of New York. Their children were Frederick Hart Benedict, who was killed in an automobile accident near West Point; Martha, who married Ramsay Turnbull, of Bernardsville, NJ; Helen Ripley, who married Thomas Hastings, of Westbury NY; and Louise Adele Benedict, who in 1904 married, and later (1925) divorced Clifford B. Harmon; Louise was the life partner of artist Hildreth Meiere.
In later life Benedict became a yachtsman and was Commodore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. He owned several yachts and sailed in South America, the Bahamas and the West Indies. He had been ill for more than a year when he died on November 23, 1920 at his estate home on Indian Harbor in Greenwich, Connecticut.
In 1859, he married Sarah C. Hart, daughter of Lucius Hart of New York. Their children were Frederick Hart Benedict, who was killed in an automobile accident near West Point; Martha, who married Ramsay Turnbull, of Bernardsville, NJ; Helen Ripley, who married Thomas Hastings, of Westbury NY; and Louise Adele Benedict, who in 1904 married, and later (1925) divorced Clifford B. Harmon; Louise was the life partner of artist Hildreth Meiere.
Commodore Benedict was born in 1834 in Somers, New York. His father, Henry Benedict, was a clergyman. His mother was Mary Betts Lockwood, daughter of Captain Stephen Lockwood, of Norwalk, Connecticut. At fifteen in 1849, he joined the banking house of Corning & Co., New York. In 1857 he opened his own stockbroker's office on Wall Street. During the United States Civil War he and his brother organized the Gold Exchange Bank. He was also president of the Commercial Acetylene Company and the Greenwich Construction Company.
In later life Benedict became a yachtsman and was Commodore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. He owned several yachts and sailed in South America, the Bahamas and the West Indies. He had been ill for more than a year when he died on November 23, 1920 at his estate home on Indian Harbor in Greenwich, Connecticut.
In 1859, he married Sarah C. Hart, daughter of Lucius Hart of New York. Their children were Frederick Hart Benedict, who was killed in an automobile accident near West Point; Martha, who married Ramsay Turnbull, of Bernardsville, NJ; Helen Ripley, who married Thomas Hastings, of Westbury NY; and Louise Adele Benedict, who in 1904 married, and later (1925) divorced Clifford B. Harmon; Louise was the life partner of artist Hildreth Meiere.
In later life Benedict became a yachtsman and was Commodore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. He owned several yachts and sailed in South America, the Bahamas and the West Indies. He had been ill for more than a year when he died on November 23, 1920 at his estate home on Indian Harbor in Greenwich, Connecticut.
In 1859, he married Sarah C. Hart, daughter of Lucius Hart of New York. Their children were Frederick Hart Benedict, who was killed in an automobile accident near West Point; Martha, who married Ramsay Turnbull, of Bernardsville, NJ; Helen Ripley, who married Thomas Hastings, of Westbury NY; and Louise Adele Benedict, who in 1904 married, and later (1925) divorced Clifford B. Harmon; Louise was the life partner of artist Hildreth Meiere.
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