Mary Elizabeth (Daly) Higgins Benefiel was the daughter of Rev. Frederick Trenk Daly and Eunice B. Upham. She married Adoniran Judson Higgins on 29 April 1855 in Woodford, Illinois and together they had three children: Willard J. Higgins, Shelley Eugene Higgins and Lillian Mabel( Higgins) Avery. After the death of her husband in 1869, Mary married William Montgomery Benefiel on 28 August 1870 in Scott County, Iowa becoming the step-mother of Emma Jane Benefiel Wells and then the mother of Arthur Harold Benefiel.
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BENEFIEL.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Benefiel expired at her home on the Locust street afternoon. Last November she had an attack of la grippe, and when it was thought that she was convalescing, Bright's disease developed and to this is due her death. Since Wednesday her condition had been extremely critical and from that time her death had been looked for.
Mrs. Benefiel was a native of New England and came to Davenport in 1870. She had been twice married, her first husband, Dr. A.J. Higgins, dying in Missouri before her removal to Davenport. In this city she was married to W.M. Benefiel by whom she is survived. The following children also mourn her death: W.J. Higgins, of Burlington; S.E. Higgins, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mrs. L.M. Avery, of Ayrshire, Iowa; Harold Benefiel, of this city and Mrs. N.A. Wells, of Newton, Iowa.
(The Daily Times - Davenport, Iowa - Tuesday, January 02, 1894 - Page 4)
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BENEFIEL.
The funeral of Mrs. M.F Benefiel will be held at the residence, one-half mile west of the city limits, on the Locust street road, at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The interment will be in Oakdale cemetery.
(Quad-City Times - Davenport, Iowa - Tuesday, January 02, 1894 - Page 1)
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Cemetery record;
1st husband Dr. AJ Higgins;
wife of WM Benefiel
full name is on marker
Born VT.. Nov 23 1833
died in Davenport , Iowa
married age 60
Pneumonia
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BENEFIEL.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Benefiel expired at her home on the Locust street afternoon. Last November she had an attack of la grippe, and when it was thought that she was convalescing, Bright's disease developed and to this is due her death. Since Wednesday her condition had been extremely critical and from that time her death had been looked for.
Mrs. Benefiel was a native of New England and came to Davenport in 1870. She had been twice married, her first husband, Dr. A.J. Higgins, dying in Missouri before her removal to Davenport. In this city she was married to W.M. Benefiel by whom she is survived. The following children also mourn her death: W.J. Higgins, of Burlington; S.E. Higgins, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mrs. L.M. Avery, of Ayrshire, Iowa; Harold Benefiel, of this city and Mrs. N.A. Wells, of Newton, Iowa.
(The Daily Times - Davenport, Iowa - Tuesday, January 02, 1894 - Page 4)
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BENEFIEL.
The funeral of Mrs. M.F Benefiel will be held at the residence, one-half mile west of the city limits, on the Locust street road, at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The interment will be in Oakdale cemetery.
(Quad-City Times - Davenport, Iowa - Tuesday, January 02, 1894 - Page 1)
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Cemetery record;
1st husband Dr. AJ Higgins;
wife of WM Benefiel
full name is on marker
Born VT.. Nov 23 1833
died in Davenport , Iowa
married age 60
Pneumonia
Mary Elizabeth (Daly) Higgins Benefiel was the daughter of Rev. Frederick Trenk Daly and Eunice B. Upham. She married Adoniran Judson Higgins on 29 April 1855 in Woodford, Illinois and together they had three children: Willard J. Higgins, Shelley Eugene Higgins and Lillian Mabel( Higgins) Avery. After the death of her husband in 1869, Mary married William Montgomery Benefiel on 28 August 1870 in Scott County, Iowa becoming the step-mother of Emma Jane Benefiel Wells and then the mother of Arthur Harold Benefiel.
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BENEFIEL.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Benefiel expired at her home on the Locust street afternoon. Last November she had an attack of la grippe, and when it was thought that she was convalescing, Bright's disease developed and to this is due her death. Since Wednesday her condition had been extremely critical and from that time her death had been looked for.
Mrs. Benefiel was a native of New England and came to Davenport in 1870. She had been twice married, her first husband, Dr. A.J. Higgins, dying in Missouri before her removal to Davenport. In this city she was married to W.M. Benefiel by whom she is survived. The following children also mourn her death: W.J. Higgins, of Burlington; S.E. Higgins, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mrs. L.M. Avery, of Ayrshire, Iowa; Harold Benefiel, of this city and Mrs. N.A. Wells, of Newton, Iowa.
(The Daily Times - Davenport, Iowa - Tuesday, January 02, 1894 - Page 4)
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BENEFIEL.
The funeral of Mrs. M.F Benefiel will be held at the residence, one-half mile west of the city limits, on the Locust street road, at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The interment will be in Oakdale cemetery.
(Quad-City Times - Davenport, Iowa - Tuesday, January 02, 1894 - Page 1)
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Cemetery record;
1st husband Dr. AJ Higgins;
wife of WM Benefiel
full name is on marker
Born VT.. Nov 23 1833
died in Davenport , Iowa
married age 60
Pneumonia
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BENEFIEL.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Benefiel expired at her home on the Locust street afternoon. Last November she had an attack of la grippe, and when it was thought that she was convalescing, Bright's disease developed and to this is due her death. Since Wednesday her condition had been extremely critical and from that time her death had been looked for.
Mrs. Benefiel was a native of New England and came to Davenport in 1870. She had been twice married, her first husband, Dr. A.J. Higgins, dying in Missouri before her removal to Davenport. In this city she was married to W.M. Benefiel by whom she is survived. The following children also mourn her death: W.J. Higgins, of Burlington; S.E. Higgins, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mrs. L.M. Avery, of Ayrshire, Iowa; Harold Benefiel, of this city and Mrs. N.A. Wells, of Newton, Iowa.
(The Daily Times - Davenport, Iowa - Tuesday, January 02, 1894 - Page 4)
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BENEFIEL.
The funeral of Mrs. M.F Benefiel will be held at the residence, one-half mile west of the city limits, on the Locust street road, at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The interment will be in Oakdale cemetery.
(Quad-City Times - Davenport, Iowa - Tuesday, January 02, 1894 - Page 1)
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Cemetery record;
1st husband Dr. AJ Higgins;
wife of WM Benefiel
full name is on marker
Born VT.. Nov 23 1833
died in Davenport , Iowa
married age 60
Pneumonia
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Interred in Section 9 - Lot 81 are: Mary (Daly) Higgins Benefiel, Rev. Frederick Trenk Daly, Eunice (Upham) Daly, Emeline Lucinda "Emma" Daly, Orpha Lucinda (Lockwood) Daly, and Martha Call (Daly) Hall.
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