Sarah Jane Keech

Sarah married Johannes "John" Benkelman on 7 Jun 1857 in Emerald Grove, Rock County, Wisconsin. Johannes (son of Johann Leonhard Benkelmann and Maria Dorothea St?hle) was born on 3 Apr 1836 in Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 18 Jan 1917 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minnie married Thomas Owen Edwards on 17 Aug 1892 in Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin. Thomas was born on 14 Oct 1869 in Wisconsin; died on 4 Apr 1963 in Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On his registration card for World War I, he was listed as Leonard Josiah Benkelman, born October 12, 1872 and a resident of Portage, Wisconsin. He was a farmer, tall, slender build, with blue eyes and dark hair. His mother was shown as Sarah Benkelman of Portage.

At the time of the 1930 Federal census, Leonard was a boarder in the home of Charles and Julia Langford in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin (ED 11-24, SD 9, Sheet 6A, Stamped 69). He was listed as age 58, widowed, born in Wisconsin, and a Farm Laborer.

BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that he was cared for by the Dreyer family in his later years, Harold Dreyer being the son of a niece of Friedericke's. (Jacobs, p. 112).

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Wisconsin, Columbia County, Portage City, Ward 4
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 1 ED 21 Sheet 4B
88-92
Benkelman, Leonard Hd W M Oct 1870 29 M 6 Wisc Germany Germay Day Laborer
Benkelman, Reaka Wf W F July 1866 33 M 6 2/2 Wisc Germany Germany
Benkelman, John Son W M Oct 1895 4 S Wisc Wisc Wisc
Benkelman, Myrtle Dtr W F Sept 1899 8/12 S Wisc Wisc Wisc

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

Leonard married Friedericke "Rieka" Koch on 12 Jun 1894 in Columbia County, Wisconsin. Friedericke was born in Jul 1866 in Wisconsin; died on 20 Nov 1904 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1900 census listed Cora a single. She was a school-teacher.

Cass City Chronicle
November 8, 1901

Local Mentions

A farewell party was given at Mrs. J. Schwegler's Monday evening in honor of her brother, Leonard and his niece Miss Cora Benkelman, who left for their respective homes in Manitowoc and Portage, Wisconisn, Tuesday.

Name: Cora E. Binkelman
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 18 Jun 1904
Death Place: Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1876
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Father's Name: John Binkelman
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Mother's Name: Sarah
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I08850-8
System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy
Source Film Number: 1310176
Reference Number: p235
Collection: Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968

BonnieMargaret Jacobs wrote that Cora died in 1904 of sarcoma. (p. 111)

Notes:

Harold Henderson (hhsh@earthlink.net) instead has her location of birth as Portage, Columbia county, and her date of death as 8 Sept 1967. She married second William Schulenberg.

Rural Madison Woman Dies
Mrs. Pearl A. Schulenberg, 74, Route 3, Madison, who was born at Barabo o in 1893, died Friday night in a Madison nursing home. She had been a l ongtime resident of Waubesa Beach vicinity, near here.
Mrs. Schulenberg was employed for many years by the Wisconsin Telephone Co. here.
She is survived by one son, Norman Scholes, Route 3, Stoughton; one daughter, Mrs. Elton Cruger, Route 3, Madison, and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Schroeder Funeral Home, 3325 E. Washington Ave . here, on Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home, wit h the Rev. E.D. Hulse of Bashford Methodist Church hereofficiating. Burial will be at Endeavor, Marquette County

Pearl married Robert Henry Scholes on 24 Dec 1913 in Columbia County, Wisconsin. Robert was born on 22 Sep 1891 in Moundville, Marquette County, Wisconsin; died on 13 Nov 1934 in Moundville, Marquette County, Wisconsin; was buried in Moundville Methodist Church, Moundville, Marquette 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.

Sarah married Floyd Russel Bentley on 7 Jul 1919 in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. Floyd was born on 26 Apr 1896 in Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa; died on 10 Jan 1953 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that he enlisted in the US Army on 28 Jun 1917, and served as a corporal in Company F, 128th infantry in Alsace, Meuse-Argonne and from July 1918 to April 1919 in the Army of Occupation. He was honorably discharged on May 18, 1919 to return to Portage and pick up his former occupation, which he had listed as farming and butchering. He died in a Veteran's Administration hospital, in Wood County, Wisconsin of advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. Not one attended his burial service, and the flag that draped his casket was sent to his father Leonard in Portage, care of general delivery (pp. 111 and 112, citing WW I service record, serial number 285761, provided courtesy of Harry M. Jackson, Director, Administrative Services of the Veterans Administration)

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Federal Census, Myrtle was a roomer in the home of Thomas and Gladys Carey of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (SD 3, ED 60, Sheet 9B). She wsa listed as age 20, single, and a Telephone Operator.

She and Frank were married and parents of Donald at the time of the 1930 census.

Art Peck shows she died in Madison, Wisconisn, no date listed. The SSDI seems to indicated her last residence was actually Houghton, Michigan.

MYRTLE MARX 24 Sep 1899 Apr 1984 49931 (Houghton, Houghton, MI ) (none specified) 388-26-9543 Wisconsin

Myrtle married Frank X. Marx on 12 Jun 1923 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. Frank was born on 4 May 1898 in Wisconsin; died in Feb 1984 in Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Three times widowed. She married (1) Arthur Pederson on 20 Nov 1937, (2) Donald B. Smith in May 1951, and (3) Elton Cruger on 14 Apr 1954. She had one child.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kendall married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MARX, Donald R. 85, of Seminole, died Thursday, Dec. 28 following a long illness. He was born Aug. 23, 1927, in Madison, WI, the son of Frank and Myrtle Marx. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Judy; his daughter, Gail Hughes of Webster, NY; two stepsons, John Barker of Granville, OH and Bob Barker of Champaign, IL; 8 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Don served in the U.S. Army in Japan, and upon his return he began a 40 year career with the J. C. Penney Company. He retired in 1987 in Houghton, MI. He was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church. Don was preceded in death by his parents and one grandchild. Services will be held on Jan. 15 at Calvary Episcopal Church, Indian Rocks Beach beginning at 10 am. Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Episcopal Church.
Published in the Tampa Bay Times on January 9, 2013