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Julius Benton
1. Julius Benton was born in ca 1805 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. Julius married Cynthia Parks about 1825. Cynthia (daughter of William Parks and Hannah Hall) was born in ca 1809 in Sullivan County, New York; died about 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Eunice Benton
was born on 7 Oct 1826 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 29 Jan 1861 in Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Parksville Methodist Church Cemetery, Parksville, Sullivan County, New York. - 3. Noyes Benton
was born in Sep 1831 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 12 Dec 1915 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. - 4. Elias Benton
was born in Nov 1835 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 15 Jul 1906 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Parksville Methodist Church Cemetery, Parksville, Sullivan County, New York. - 5. Adelia A. Benton
was born in ca 1841 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. - 6. David H. Benton
was born in Sep 1844 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 2 Dec 1920 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Claryville Reformed Church Cemetery, Claryville, Sullivan County, New York.
Julius married Maria E. about 1855. Maria was born in ca 1818 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
- 2. Eunice Benton
Generation: 2
2. Eunice Benton
(1.Julius1) was born on 7 Oct 1826 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 29 Jan 1861 in Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Parksville Methodist Church Cemetery, Parksville, Sullivan County, New York. Family/Spouse: Garrett Abel Dewitt. Garrett was born on 3 Sep 1820 in Greene County, New York; died on 2 Mar 1897 in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. John Benton Dewitt
was born on 15 Dec 1845 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 9 eb 1898 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. - 8. Cynthia M. Dewitt
was born on 15 Mar 1849 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 3 May 1873 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in White Sulphur Springs Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York. - 9. Clarrissa Dewitt
was born on 17 Jul 1852 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 9 Sep 1865 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Parksville Methodist Church Cemetery, Parksville, Sullivan County, New York. - 10. Ida Frances Dewitt
was born on 21 Jan 1855 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 13 Apr 1920 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.
- 7. John Benton Dewitt
3. Noyes Benton
(1.Julius1) was born in Sep 1831 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 12 Dec 1915 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. Noyes married Effie Elisa Willey on 25 Sep 1858 (First Presyterian Church) in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. Effie (daughter of Seth Willey and Clarissa Bowers) was born in ca 1836 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 5 Jun 1899 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Floyd S. Willey
was born in Jun 1871 in Sullivan County, New York; died in 1930; was buried in Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
- 11. Floyd S. Willey
4. Elias Benton
(1.Julius1) was born in Nov 1835 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 15 Jul 1906 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Parksville Methodist Church Cemetery, Parksville, Sullivan County, New York. Notes:
1860 Liberty, NY with her sister, Eunice Dewitt's family
1870 Paradise, Grand Traverse Co., Michigan
1900 living with the Elijah Parks family in Liberty,NY
- Elias Benton of White Sulphur Springs was buried at Parksville Tuesday by Undertaker Brand. Benton, whose age was 70, was an old woodsman and hunter of the Egypt section, and was the man who about two years ago, while out hunting, mistook a boy’s gray cap for a woodchuck and sent a bullet through the hain of a son of Alfred Bryon, who was sitting on the opposite side of a rock, with nothing visible to Benton but the cap.
(Sullivan County Record, Thursday, July 19, 1906)Elias married Catherine M. Cherry on 12 Feb 1867 in Hardin County, Ohio. Catherine was born in 1843 in New York; died on 29 Jun 1894 in Grand Traverse County, Michigan; was buried in Fife Lake Cemetery, Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
- Elias Benton of White Sulphur Springs was buried at Parksville Tuesday by Undertaker Brand. Benton, whose age was 70, was an old woodsman and hunter of the Egypt section, and was the man who about two years ago, while out hunting, mistook a boy’s gray cap for a woodchuck and sent a bullet through the hain of a son of Alfred Bryon, who was sitting on the opposite side of a rock, with nothing visible to Benton but the cap.
5. Adelia A. Benton
(1.Julius1) was born in ca 1841 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
6. David H. Benton
(1.Julius1) was born in Sep 1844 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 2 Dec 1920 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Claryville Reformed Church Cemetery, Claryville, Sullivan County, New York. Notes:
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent: To Ora Manny, niece, Liberty, New York; Frank Stickle, nephew, 60 St. John Ave., Binghamton, N. Y.; Clara Belle Sweet, niece, 45 Tremont Ave., Binghamton, N. Y.; G. Wesley Stickle, nephew, 704 Ariel Building, Erie, Pa.; Eunice Stickle, niece, 45 Tremont Ave., Binghamton, N. Y.; Alvin Stickle. 64 Hoyt St., Buffalo, N. Y., nephew; Fred LeRoy DeWitt, nephew, Richwood, West Virginia, heirs at law and next of kin of David H. Benton, deceased, and to all other persons interesten in said estate send Greeting:
Whereas, Ida Larcom. of the Town of Neversink, in the County of Sullivan, New York, has by a duly verified petition lately applied to our Surrogate's Court of the County of Sullivan to have a certain instrument in writing relating to both real and personal estate duly proved and admitted to probate as the last will and testament of David H. Berfton. late of the Town of Neversink, in the County of Sullivan, New York; Therefore, you and each of you ar e hereby cited to show cause, if any you have, at a Surrogate's Court to be held in and for the County of Sullivan at tho court house in Monticello, N. Y., on the 31st day
of January, 1921, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day, why said instrument in writing should not be proved and admitted to probate as the last will and testament of the said David H. Benton, deceased, and letter testamentary issued to the executrix therein named.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate of the County of Sullivan to be hereunto affixed.
Witness, George H. Smith, Surrogate of our said County of Sullivan, this 27th day of December, in the year (L.S.) one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
WM. H. HOLMES, Clerk of the Surrogate's Court. GEO. L. COOKE, Atty for Petitioner, Monticello, N. Y.
(Republican Watchman, Monticello, NY, Friday, December 31, 1920)David married Phebe B. Hall in 1871. Phebe (daughter of Peter G. Hall and Elizabeth Denman) was born in Apr 1842 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 3 Jul 1919 in Neversink, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Claryville Reformed Church Cemetery, Claryville, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Generation: 3
7. John Benton Dewitt
(2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 15 Dec 1845 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 9 eb 1898 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military Service: 4 Jan 1864; American Civil War (North) 2nd Mounted Vols, of NY, Co.D Discharged 9 Aug 1865 at Louisville, KY
John married Elizabeth H. Davis on 9 Nov 1871 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Fred Leroy Dewitt
was born on 20 Nov 1875 in Pennsylvania; died on 13 Mar 1963. - 13. Mattie Isabelle Dewitt
was born on 1 Sep 1880; died on 29 Dec 1900 in Kentucky; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
8. Cynthia M. Dewitt
(2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 15 Mar 1849 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 3 May 1873 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in White Sulphur Springs Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York. Cynthia married Gideon Bruce Robertson on 1 Jan 1868. Gideon was born on 5 May 1842 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 30 Jun 1929 in Santa Clara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 14. Laura Evelyn Robertson
was born on 27 Oct 1868 in Robertsonville, Sullivan County, New York; died on 24 Aug 1959 in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon. - 15. Nellie B. Robertson
was born on 11 Nov 1870 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 31 Oct 1877. - 16. Eunice Robertson
was born on 6 Mar 1873 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 22 Oct 1877 in New York. - 17. Frank Robertson
was born on 10 Jan 1873 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 10 Nov 1896 in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado; was buried in Louisville Cemetery, Louisville, Boulder County, Colorado.
- 14. Laura Evelyn Robertson
9. Clarrissa Dewitt
(2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 17 Jul 1852 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 9 Sep 1865 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Parksville Methodist Church Cemetery, Parksville, Sullivan County, New York. 10. Ida Frances Dewitt
(2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 21 Jan 1855 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 13 Apr 1920 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. Notes:
After her mother died in 1861, she apparently lived with her Aunt and Uncle, Elias and Susan Dewitt, (1870 census). However, she is named in her mother's Uncle David Benton's estate, as are her Stickle children.
Ida married George M. Stickle in 1876. George (son of William Stickle and Martha Willey) was born in 1848; died on 19 Feb 1914 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 18. Frank Stickle
was born on 3 May 1882; died on 6 Jan 1963 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York; was buried in Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, Broome County, New York. - 19. Ora Augusta Stickle
was born on 8 Dec 1887 in Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania; died on 27 Nov 1970 in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. - 20. Clarissa Bell Stickle
was born in 1884; died in 1973; was buried in Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, Broome County, New York. - 21. Eunice Ann Stickle
was born on 17 Feb 1890 in Neversink, Sullivan County, New York; died on 14 Jun 1986 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; was buried in Crest Lawn Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. - 22. George Wesley Stickle
was born on 24 Sep 1892 in White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York; died on 1 Sep 1966 in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida; was buried in San Lorenzo Cemetery, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida. - 23. Alvin Monroe Stickle
was born on 18 Mar 1896 in Sullivan County, New York; died in 1985 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.
- 18. Frank Stickle
11. Floyd S. Willey
(3.Noyes2, 1.Julius1) was born in Jun 1871 in Sullivan County, New York; died in 1930; was buried in Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Floyd married Amy Hunt on 23 Mar 1892 in White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York. Amy was born in Jan 1873 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 24. Eugene Willey
was born in Jan 1893 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 26 Feb 1913 in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in White Sulphur Springs Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York.
- 24. Eugene Willey
Generation: 4
12. Fred Leroy Dewitt
(7.John3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 20 Nov 1875 in Pennsylvania; died on 13 Mar 1963. 13. Mattie Isabelle Dewitt
(7.John3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 1 Sep 1880; died on 29 Dec 1900 in Kentucky; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. 14. Laura Evelyn Robertson
(8.Cynthia3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 27 Oct 1868 in Robertsonville, Sullivan County, New York; died on 24 Aug 1959 in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon. 15. Nellie B. Robertson
(8.Cynthia3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 11 Nov 1870 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 31 Oct 1877. 16. Eunice Robertson
(8.Cynthia3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 6 Mar 1873 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 22 Oct 1877 in New York. 17. Frank Robertson
(8.Cynthia3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 10 Jan 1873 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 10 Nov 1896 in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado; was buried in Louisville Cemetery, Louisville, Boulder County, Colorado. 18. Frank Stickle
(10.Ida3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 3 May 1882; died on 6 Jan 1963 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York; was buried in Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, Broome County, New York. Notes:
Frank Stickle, a Binghamton tailor who was "second father" for dozens of Triple Cities brides and taught thousands of area women how to sew, died yesterday in Lourdes Hospital. Mr. Stickle 80, died at 3:45 p. m. after a long illness. His
home was at 60 St. John Avenue. A Binghamton resident for the last 43 years, Mr. Stickle made wedding gowns and veils for many area brides. Survivors include Harry E. Stickle of Port Dickinson, and Leland K. Stickle of Whitney Point; one daughter Mrs. Kathryn Shoemaker of Binghamton; two brothers, Alfin Stickle of Liberty and Wesley Stickle of St Augustine, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Clara Sweet of Binghamton and Mrs. Ora Many of Bradenton, Fla., and
Mrs. Eunice Hill of Atlanta, Ga.; six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mon., Jan. 7, 1963 PRESS, Binghamton, N. Y19. Ora Augusta Stickle
(10.Ida3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 8 Dec 1887 in Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania; died on 27 Nov 1970 in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. Family/Spouse: William Horton Many. William was born on 23 Aug 1884 in Sundown, Ulster County, New York; died on 26 Dec 1971 in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
20. Clarissa Bell Stickle
(10.Ida3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born in 1884; died in 1973; was buried in Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, Broome County, New York. 21. Eunice Ann Stickle
(10.Ida3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 17 Feb 1890 in Neversink, Sullivan County, New York; died on 14 Jun 1986 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; was buried in Crest Lawn Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Family/Spouse: Henry Selby Hill. Henry was born on 25 Jan 1896 in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina; died on 26 Oct 1986 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; was buried in Crest Lawn Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
22. George Wesley Stickle
(10.Ida3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 24 Sep 1892 in White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York; died on 1 Sep 1966 in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida; was buried in San Lorenzo Cemetery, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida. 23. Alvin Monroe Stickle
(10.Ida3, 2.Eunice2, 1.Julius1) was born on 18 Mar 1896 in Sullivan County, New York; died in 1985 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. 24. Eugene Willey
(11.Floyd3, 3.Noyes2, 1.Julius1) was born in Jan 1893 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 26 Feb 1913 in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in White Sulphur Springs Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York. Notes:
3 HIT BY TRAIN, I KILLED
Eugene Willi of White Sulphur Springs a Victim of the Cars at Livingston Manor Yesterday — Earl Hunt Badly Hurt.
The young men of near White Sulphur Springs—Eugene Willi, aged about 20, who lived with his grandfather, Noise Benton; Earl Hunt, aged about 35, son of Port Hunt, and Edward Welton, aged about 30, and married—were out looking for work yesterday, and while walking the Ontario and Western tracks between Livingston Manor and Hazel about 11:30 a.m., they stepped out of the way of a south bound train and were struck by a north bound train. Willi was killed. Hunt was badly injured and was taken to Thrall Hospital, Middletown. Welton escaped injury. Willi’s body was removed to undertaking rooms at Liberty.
(Sullivan County Record, Jeffersonville, NY, February 27, 1913)
