CIVIL WAR VETERAN WIDOW
Mary Ellen Benson, 74, died September 22, 1922 at the Washington Veterans' Home in Retsil per transcribed state death records. Veterans' home records state she died September 25th. She was the daughter of John and Nancy J. (Bebie) Kile. She stated that both of her parents had been born in Vermont.
She was born April 3, 1848 in Crete,Illinois and had lived in Washington state since 1870. She was the widow of Daniel Benson, who died February 15, 1900. They had married in Momence, Illinois on October 1, 1866. Mr. Benson had served in the civil war, having enlisted as a private on July 26, 1862. He served in the 76th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was discharged as a Corporal at Galveston, Texas on July 12, 1865. She never remarried. Her widow's pension was on Certificate 524,554.
By 1916, Mrs. Benson was the mother of two children, Orvill Ray Benson of Portland, Oregon and George E. Benson of Seattle, Washington. She had a sister, Mrs. S. G. Chamberlin, of 412 West 61st Street in Chicago, Illinois.
Mary Ellen Benson, 74, died September 22, 1922 at the Washington Veterans' Home in Retsil per transcribed state death records. Veterans' home records state she died September 25th. She was the daughter of John and Nancy J. (Bebie) Kile. She stated that both of her parents had been born in Vermont.
She was born April 3, 1848 in Crete,Illinois and had lived in Washington state since 1870. She was the widow of Daniel Benson, who died February 15, 1900. They had married in Momence, Illinois on October 1, 1866. Mr. Benson had served in the civil war, having enlisted as a private on July 26, 1862. He served in the 76th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was discharged as a Corporal at Galveston, Texas on July 12, 1865. She never remarried. Her widow's pension was on Certificate 524,554.
By 1916, Mrs. Benson was the mother of two children, Orvill Ray Benson of Portland, Oregon and George E. Benson of Seattle, Washington. She had a sister, Mrs. S. G. Chamberlin, of 412 West 61st Street in Chicago, Illinois.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN WIDOW
Mary Ellen Benson, 74, died September 22, 1922 at the Washington Veterans' Home in Retsil per transcribed state death records. Veterans' home records state she died September 25th. She was the daughter of John and Nancy J. (Bebie) Kile. She stated that both of her parents had been born in Vermont.
She was born April 3, 1848 in Crete,Illinois and had lived in Washington state since 1870. She was the widow of Daniel Benson, who died February 15, 1900. They had married in Momence, Illinois on October 1, 1866. Mr. Benson had served in the civil war, having enlisted as a private on July 26, 1862. He served in the 76th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was discharged as a Corporal at Galveston, Texas on July 12, 1865. She never remarried. Her widow's pension was on Certificate 524,554.
By 1916, Mrs. Benson was the mother of two children, Orvill Ray Benson of Portland, Oregon and George E. Benson of Seattle, Washington. She had a sister, Mrs. S. G. Chamberlin, of 412 West 61st Street in Chicago, Illinois.
Mary Ellen Benson, 74, died September 22, 1922 at the Washington Veterans' Home in Retsil per transcribed state death records. Veterans' home records state she died September 25th. She was the daughter of John and Nancy J. (Bebie) Kile. She stated that both of her parents had been born in Vermont.
She was born April 3, 1848 in Crete,Illinois and had lived in Washington state since 1870. She was the widow of Daniel Benson, who died February 15, 1900. They had married in Momence, Illinois on October 1, 1866. Mr. Benson had served in the civil war, having enlisted as a private on July 26, 1862. He served in the 76th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was discharged as a Corporal at Galveston, Texas on July 12, 1865. She never remarried. Her widow's pension was on Certificate 524,554.
By 1916, Mrs. Benson was the mother of two children, Orvill Ray Benson of Portland, Oregon and George E. Benson of Seattle, Washington. She had a sister, Mrs. S. G. Chamberlin, of 412 West 61st Street in Chicago, Illinois.
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