Isaac Benton

Isaac married Polly Ann Grindley in May 1826. Polly was born in 1806; died on 8 Dec 1852 in Virgil, Cortland County, New York; was buried in Snyder Hill Cemetery, Virgil, Cortland County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Settled in Oregon 13Sep1853.

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A sad accident - A young man by the name of Theodore Benton, son of Isaac Benton, of Virgil, and so seriously injured that he died in about two hours after the accident.

The circumstances of the sad affair are as follows: It seems that this young man started yesterday morning with his father's team for Ithaca, after a load of goods, and there were two other teams accompanying him. From what we can learn, there can be no doubt that he was running his horses, and while passing over a bridge, the hind wheel struck one of the beams, and threw the hind axle completely off from the wagon, and the young man, after holding on to the box until apparently overdone with fatigue and fright, was compelled to relax his hold, and fell to the ground. He was picked up by the gentlemen driving the other teams, and after his horse had stopped and his wagon had bean repaired, he was placed in a recumbent position in the bottom of the wagon, being, as his companions supposed, badly hurt, though to all appearances, able enough to ride until they could reach a tavern. His horses were then hitched to the back part of one of their wagons, and in this way they drove on to Varna, some fourteen miles from the place where the accident happened, when they discovered that the unfortunate young man was dead.

BINGHAMTON N.Y. BROOME REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, 1852

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 19 Sep 1861, Virgil, Cortland County, New York; American Civil War (North) 76th New York Inf, Co. F Mustered out 09Feb1863 - Harewood Hospital, Washington DC