Kendall Owen Bentley

Kendall married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Floyd Russel Bentley City: Madison County: Dane State: Wisconsin Birthplace: Iowa;United States of America Birth Date: 26 Apr 1896 Race: Caucasian (White) FHL Roll Number: 1674749

Volume 13 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, published September 4, 1950, reported that Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bentley and son, Gordon, along with Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Bentley, had moved from Madison, Wisc. to Norfolk, Va., where Mr. Bentley is working for the Newspaper office.

Floyd married Sarah Hazel Edwards on 7 Jul 1919 in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Owen Edwards and Minnie A. Benkelman) was born on 18 Sep 1895 in Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin; died on 4 Aug 1961 in Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BonnieJacobs shows that she married first Roland W. PRICE, on 20 Dec 1916 (Columbia County, Wisconsin Marriage records, 14-124). She further notes that in the 1931 disposition of the estate of George W. Benkelman, Hazel is named as Hazel BENTLEY.

Notes:

Said to be the son of William J. Edwards and Mary Elizabeth Owens, who also shows his place of brith as Caledonia Twp, Columbia County, Wisconsin. (Harold Henderson, hhsh@earthlink.net)

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Census Listings:


1900 Census
Wisconsin, Sauk County, Baraboo, 2nd ward
220 241
Edwards, Thos. O. head WM Oct 1871 28 M & WI WAL WAL contractor & carpenter
Minnie wife WF Aug 1866 33 M 7 2 2 WI PA GER
Pearl dau W F Aug 1893 6 S WI WI WI at school
Hazel dau W F Sep 1895 4 S WI WI WI

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Thomas married Minnie A. Benkelman on 17 Aug 1892 in Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin. Minnie (daughter of Johannes "John" Benkelman and Sarah Jane Keech) was born on 28 Aug 1866 in Lima Center, Rock County, Wisconsin; died in Feb 1901 in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Could this marriage have actually been in 1882? Lorraine Smith Benkelman cites a letter written from Portage, Wisconsin, on August 13, 1882, from Minnie to her cousin G. A. Striffler. She announced she was to be married on August 17. It is more likely that Lorraine mistranscribed the year of the letter, as Minnie was only 15 in 1882.

Married by Lyman B. Webb, Methodist elder, witnesses Chas. Mathison & Cor a Benkleman
"Minnie A. Benkleman" v4 p 0145 on 17 Aug 1892 in Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin

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BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Thomas Edwards was "of Baraboo" and that after their marriage the young couple lived in that town, where Thomas worked as a contractor-carpenter. Minnie died of consumption when her daughters were still young, and as a result they were carried for by relatives of their fathers in Baraboo during remainder of their childhood. They later moved back to Portage, where they were married.

Notes:

Johannes Benkelmann was referenced as applying to emigrate to North America in 1850 by Schenk, Trudy and Froelke, Ruth The W?rttemberg Emigration Index Salt Lake City: Ancestry, Vol. 5. 1988. 240 p. Source Code 8057.8, p 14. Also indexed with hims were Johann Adam and Catharine Benkelman (1851) and Johan Georg Benkelman (1850). Census records indicate he emigrated in 1852, though German church records show that actually "ist 1851 ausgewandert."

BonnieMargaret Jacobs wrote that Johannes, at the age of 15, made the journey to America with his older brother, Adam, and Adam's new wife, Catharina Schaufele. When the three of them left, they not only had to receive a release from the authorities that they had no outstanding debts, they also were required to have someone remaining in Germany to act as guarantor for any unknown debts that might later be discovered. Eldest brother Friedrich act as guarantor for Adam, whereas Johann Georg Stager, a citizen and farmer in B?rtlingen, was the guarantor of Johannes. Johannes arrived in Hamburg to depart for the United States a few days later than Adam and Catherine, June 23, 1851 versus June 19, but BonnieMargaret assumed they travelled on the same ship, (p. 81).

He is said to have stayed in New York for some period, presumably with Adam and Catherine, before later leaving for Milwaukee, Wisconsin with another brother, Leonard. Leonard later moved to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, whereas Johannes remained near Milwaukee, in Rock County. It was here that John was married in 1857, and from census records it is apparent he and Sarah moved to several other states before returning to Wisconsin.

He was a Private in Captain John Hauser's Company D, 48th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry from February 1865 to November 1865. His declaration for pension dated February 22, 1907 describes him as 6 feet an one-half inches tall, light complexion, gray eyes and brown hair. His occupation was shown as blacksmith.

BonnieMargaret writes that John and Sarah moved from Rock County sometime after the birth of daughter Minnie, going northwest to Columbia County where they were live out the rest of their lives, settling first in Marsalla and later in Lewiston. After John could not longer farm, due to rheumatism, they retired to the town of Portage. (p. 108).

The following article appeared in the Cass City Chronicle four months before John's death. An obituary was not located, however.

Cass City Chronicle
Friday, September 29, 1916

Mrs. M.M. Schwegler left Tuesday for Portage, Wisconsin to visit her brother, John Benkelman, who is in feeble health. Mrs. Schwegler is expected to remain there two weeks.

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Census Information:

1860 Census
Illinois, Wayne County, DuPage, P.O. Wayne Station
Page 358
2630 2681
John Binkleman 24 M Blacksmith $2000 $300 Wittemberg
Sarah Binkleman 26 F Penn
Emma Binkleman 2 F Ohio
Louisa Binkleman 1 F Ohio
Wm. Keech 24 M Blacksmith Penn

1870 Federal Census
Wisconsin, Columbia County, Marcellon, P.O. Randolph
Enumerated 1 June 1870
Page 21, Stamped 213
166-172
Benkelman, John 34 M W Farmer $1000 $428 Wertemburg
Benkelman, Sarah 36 F W Keeping House Pennsylvania
Benkelman, Franklin 6 M W At home Iowa
Benkelman, Minnie A 4 At Home Wisconsin
Divina, Mary 25 F W At Home Wertemburg


1880 Federal Census
Census Place:Marcellon, Columbia, Wisconsin Source:FHL Film 1255420 National Archives Film T9-1420
Page 17 RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
John BENKELMAN Self M M W 44 W?rttemberg Occ: Blacksmith And Farmer Fa: W?rttemberg Mo: W?rttemberg
Sarah J. BENKELMAN Wife F M W 45 PA Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Franklin BENKELMAN Son M S W 16 IA Occ: At Home Fa: W?rttemberg Mo: PA
Minne BENKELMAN Dau F S W 13 WI Occ: At Home Fa: W?rttemberg Mo: PA
Leonard J. BENKELMAN Son M S W 7 WI Fa: W?rttemberg Mo: PA
Cora E. BENKELMAN Dau F S W 3 WI Fa: W?rttemberg Mo: PA

1910 Census
Wisconsin, Columbia County, Portage City, Ward 1
Enumerated 18 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 26 Sheet 4B
220-37-38
Benkelmann, John Hd M W 74 m1 52 Ger-German Ger-German Ger-German
Benkelmann, Sarah Wf F W 75 m1 52 7/2 Pa Pa Pa
Benkelmann, Frank Son M W 46 S Iowa Ger/German Pa Laborer Odd Jobs
Benkelmann, Lenard Son m W 45 Wd Wisc Ger/German Pa Laborer Odd Jobs
Benkelman, John Jr Grandson M W 14 S Wisc Wisc Wisc
Benkelman, Myrtle Granddtr F W 10 S Wisc Wisc Wisc

Johannes married Sarah Jane Keech on 7 Jun 1857 in Emerald Grove, Rock County, Wisconsin. Sarah was born on 24 Aug 1834 in Pennsylvania; died on 28 Nov 1921 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that their first three children, Emma, George and Louisa, all died of fever (p. 107), Emma first, who was a few month past her fourth birthday, George died a month later, still just a baby, and then finally Louisa, some five months later, at age 3 and 1/2.

BonnieMargaret also noted that "The Benkelmans of Portage are buried in Silver Lake Cemetery, but the only record of that is with the cemetery sexton. None of the graves bears a marker. (p. 112).