Sarah Jane Keech

1834 - 1921  (87 years)

• Name	Sarah Jane Keech  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	24 Aug 1834	Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	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)
  Marriage	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)
  Family ID	F5022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Aug 1834 - Pennsylvania Marriage - 7 Jun 1857 - Emerald Grove, Rock County, Wisconsin Death - 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).