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             Husband: Eber BENHAM (1 2 3 4)
                Born: 1800 (5)
             Married: 05 APR 1827 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (44)
                Died: 1888 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (6)
              Buried: in Southford Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (7 8)
              Father: Joseph BENHAM
              Mother: Anna HALL
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Olive C. ROOT (9 10 11 12)
                Born: 1800 (13)
                Died: 1888 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (14)
              Buried: in Southford Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (15)
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses:
Children
01               (M): George B. BENHAM (16 17 18)
                Born: JAN 1828 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (19)
                Died: 03 JUN 1875 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (20 21)
              Buried: in Southford Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (22 23 24)
             Spouses: 
02               (M): Joseph H. BENHAM (25 26 27 28 29)
                Born: 1830 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died: 03 SEP 1892 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (30 31)
              Buried: 03 SEP 1892 in Southford Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (32 33 34)
             Spouses: 
03               (F): Mary Ann BENHAM (35 36 37)
                Born: 1831 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (38)
                Died: 1914 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (39)
             Spouses: George Wheeler RIGGS
04               (F): Elisabeth C. BENHAM
                Born: 20 DEC 1836 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died: 1840 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (40)
              Buried: in Southford Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (41 42)
             Spouses: 
05               (M): Henry Sylvester BENHAM
                Born: 15 JAN 1840 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died: 05 SEP 1853 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
              Buried: in Southford Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (43)
             Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 27.
    ... of Southbury ...
  2. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  3. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  4. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  5. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  6. Ibid., 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  7. Ibid., 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  8. Southford Cemetery Photograph - Oxford CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem3368.html.]
  9. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 27.
    ... of Oxford ...
  10. 1860 Oxford Census.
  11. 1870 Oxford Census.
  12. 1880 Oxford Census.
  13. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), 21.
  14. Ibid., 21.
  15. Ibid., 21.
  16. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 157.
    13th Regiment Infantry, Conn. Volunteers.
    [Civil War
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/157.html.]
  17. Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889), 514.
    Thirteenth Regiment Infantry ...
    Company I ...
    Privates:
    Benham, George B.
    Residence: Oxford
    Date of Enlistment: Dec. 10, '61
    Date of muster in this organization: Dec. 22, '61
    Remarks: Trans. to Co. H, 20th Regt V.R.C. Feb. 19, '64. Disc. Dec. 22, '64.
  18. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 491.
    Soldiers from Oxford ...
    Thirteenth Regiment Infantry
    Benham, George B., pri. Co. A, Dec. 22, 1861, must. out Jan. 6, 1865.
  19. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  20. Ibid., 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  21. American Legion Cemetery List - 2003 (David S. Miles Post 174, American Legion, Oxford, Conn., 2003).
    [
    http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/file0014.html.]
  22. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  23. American Legion Cemetery List - 2003 (David S. Miles Post 174, American Legion, Oxford, Conn., 2003).
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/file0014.html.]
  24. Southford Cemetery Photograph - Oxford CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem3367.html.]
  25. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 157.
    20th Regiment Infantry, Conn. Volunteers.
    [Civil War
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/157.html.]
  26. Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889), 696.
    Twentieth Regiment Infantry
    Company B ...
    Privates:
    Benham, Joseph H.
    Residence: Oxford
    Date of Enlistment: Aug. 4, '62
    Date of muster in this organization: Sep. 8, '62
    Remarks: Trans. to Co. D. 12th Reg. V. R. C. Aug. 13, '63. Disc. June 28, '65.
  27. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 514.
    The War of the Rebellion ...
    Soldiers Furnished by the Town of Oxford ...
    Twentieth Regiment Infantry, C. V. ...
    Benham, Joseph H., private company B, August 4, 1862. Transferred to invalid corps September 1, 1863, mustered out June 28, 1865.
  28. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farm helper.
    [living w/ parents.]
  29. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Machinist.
    [Living w/ parents.]
  30. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  31. American Legion Cemetery List - 2003 (David S. Miles Post 174, American Legion, Oxford, Conn., 2003).
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/file0014.html.]
  32. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  33. American Legion Cemetery List - 2003 (David S. Miles Post 174, American Legion, Oxford, Conn., 2003).
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/file0014.html.]
  34. Southford Cemetery Photograph - Oxford CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem3370.html.]
  35. 1860 Middlebury Census.
  36. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Nurse.
    [Living w/ parents.]
  37. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 544.
  38. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  39. Ibid., 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  40. Ibid., 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  41. Ibid., 21.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan21.html.]
  42. Southford Cemetery Photograph - Oxford CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem3373.html.]
  43. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), 21.
  44. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 27, 67.
    ... by Tho[ma]s L. Shipman.

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