Family: Johannes "John" Benkelman / Sarah Jane Keech (F5022)

• Father | Male Johannes "John" Benkelman

  
  

  Born	3 Apr 1836	Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany
  Died	18 Jan 1917	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Buried
  Married	7 Jun 1857  [1, 2, 3]	Emerald Grove, Rock County, Wisconsin  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	Johann Leonhard Benkelmann | F35 Group Sheet
  Mother	Maria Dorothea St?hle | F35 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Sarah Jane Keech

  
  

  Born	24 Aug 1834	Pennsylvania
  Died	28 Nov 1921	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Emma J. Benkelman

  
  

  Born	24 Jun 1858	Ohio
  Died	6 Nov 1862	Iowa
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Louisa Benkelman

  
  

  Born	2 Sep 1859	Ohio
  Died	11 Apr 1863	Iowa
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male George Benkelman

  
  

  Born	8 Aug 1862	Iowa
  Died	8 Dec 1862	Iowa
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Franklin C. Benkelman

  
  

  Born	16 Feb 1864	Iowa
  Died		Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Minnie A. Benkelman

  
  

  Born	28 Aug 1866	Lima Center, Rock County, Wisconsin
  Died	Feb 1901	Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin
  Buried
  Spouse	Thomas Owen Edwards | F3171
  Married	17 Aug 1892	Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Leonard Josiah Benkelman

  
  

  Born	12 Oct 1872	Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Died	8 Feb 1952	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Buried
  Spouse	Friedericke "Rieka" Koch | F2984
  Married	12 Jun 1894	Columbia County, Wisconsin

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Cora E. Benkelman

  
  

  Born	26 Jun 1876	Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Died	18 Jun 1904	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Buried

  
  

• 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).

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Henderson, Harold (hhsh@earthlink.net) "Ancestor Exchange!" Versin 2009-05-20 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hendersonscholes (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 107, citing Civil War pension records #351090, Apirl 20, 1886, refiled Jan 24, 1917 for widow's benefits, petition #1091985, Certificate No. 830682. (Reliability: 3).