Sarah Jane Keech

1834 - 1921  (87 years)

• Name	Sarah Jane Keech  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	24 Aug 1834	Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Nov 1921	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin   [1, 4]
  Person ID	I11991	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Johannes "John" Benkelman,   b. 3 Apr 1836, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany ,   d. 18 Jan 1917, Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin  (Age 80 years)
  Married	7 Jun 1857	Emerald Grove, Rock County, Wisconsin   [1, 2, 5]
  	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).
  Children	1. Emma J. Benkelman,   b. 24 Jun 1858, Ohio ,   d. 6 Nov 1862, Iowa  (Age 4 years)   2. Louisa Benkelman,   b. 2 Sep 1859, Ohio ,   d. 11 Apr 1863, Iowa  (Age 3 years)   3. George Benkelman,   b. 8 Aug 1862, Iowa ,   d. 8 Dec 1862, Iowa  (Age 0 years)   4. Franklin C. Benkelman,   b. 16 Feb 1864, Iowa ,   d. Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin   5. Minnie A. Benkelman,   b. 28 Aug 1866, Lima Center, Rock County, Wisconsin ,   d. Feb 1901, Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin  (Age 34 years)   6. Leonard Josiah Benkelman,   b. 12 Oct 1872, Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin ,   d. 8 Feb 1952, Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin  (Age 79 years)   7. Cora E. Benkelman,   b. 26 Jun 1876, Columbia County, Wisconsin ,   d. 18 Jun 1904, Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin  (Age 27 years)
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F5022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Aug 1834 - Pennsylvania Married - 7 Jun 1857 - Emerald Grove, Rock County, Wisconsin Died - 28 Nov 1921 - Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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 (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. 111 (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).