Family: Benjamin Franklin Benkelman, Sr. / Wilhelmina "Minnie" Johanna Friederika Jesse (F16)

• Male Benjamin Franklin Benkelman, Sr.

  
  

  Birth	24 Sep 1863	Bowmansville, Town of Lancaster, Erie County, New York
  Death	7 Sep 1952	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Marriage	26 Dec 1892  [1, 2, 3]	St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	Johann Adam Benkelman | F28 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Catharina Schaufele | F28 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Wilhelmina "Minnie" Johanna Friederika Jesse

  
  

  Birth	27 Sep 1865	Sherman Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan
  Death	18 Jun 1961	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Father	George W. Jesse | F29 Group Sheet
  Mother	Maria Johanna Elisabeth Klevsaat | F29 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Ruth Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	26 Jul 1894	St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas
  Death	31 May 1972	Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida
  Burial
  Spouse	Eustace Thwaites Ball | F30
  Marriage	26 Jul 1924	Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois

  
  

  Female Florence Mae Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	8 May 1896	St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas
  Death	19 Dec 1989	Stuart, Martin County, Florida
  Burial		St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida
  Spouse	Wilmot John "Bill" Carpenter | F31
  Marriage	1 May 1926	Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
  Spouse	Eustace Thwaites Ball | F32
  Marriage	13 Jan 1973	St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida

  
  

  Male Harold "Sime" Leroy Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	27 Nov 1897	St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas
  Death	8 Apr 1981	Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Isabel Lizzie Fletcher | F33
  Marriage	14 Sep 1918	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

  
  

  Male Benjamin Franklin Benkelman, Jr.

  
  

  Birth	17 Nov 1899	Jaqua, Cheyenne County, Kansas
  Death	8 Mar 1998	Houston, Harris County, Texas
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Avis Augusta Smith | F12
  Marriage	24 Aug 1926	Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan

  
  

  Female Lois Jane Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	18 Jan 1905	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Death	9 Mar 1989	Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	James E. Pease | F34
  Marriage	1 Sep 1925

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Benkelman General Store (Ben F. Benkelman, Sr. Proprietor), Cass City, Michigan, ca 1901-1924 After retiring from ranching, Ben Benkelman Sr. owned and operated a dry goods store in his hometown of Cass City for approximately twenty years. Ben Sr. is standing in the background of this photo. In the foreground is Mr. Philo S. Rice, who clerked at the Benkelman store for 19 years, and was proprietor of his own grocery store for nearly six years thereafter. He was born on Stuben, NY on 5 Dec 1863, and died in Cass City on 8 Oct 1928, leaving behind his widow, Carrie Fancher Rice and two children, Mrs. A. C. Atwell of Cass City and Roy F. Rice of Los Angeles. (Cass City Chronicle, 12 Oct 1928, page 1).
  		Benkelman General Store (Ben F. Benkelman, Sr. Proprietor), Cass City, Michigan ca 1920's The interior of Ben Benkelman's general store in Cass City, with store clerk Philo S. Rice standing on the left. The lady to the right is unknown. PLEASE EMAIL US IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY HER.
  		Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr. ca 1913 and Minnie (Jesse) Family of Cass City, Michigan Back, L to R: Ruth, Mae, Harold "Sime" and Ben, Jr. Front, L to R: Ben, Sr., Lois, Minnie
  		Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr. ca 1917 and Minnie (Jesse) Family of Cass City, Michigan Standing (L To R): Ruth, Mae, Harold, Ben Jr., Lois Seated (L to R): Ben Sr. and his wife, Minnie
  		Benkelman Home (Ben and Minnie Family), Cass City, Michigan, sometime after 1901 The home of Ben and Minnie Benkelman family of at 1454 Maple Street, Cass City, Michigan.

  
  

  Documents

  Jesse, Minnie 1892 Marriage to Benjamin Benkelman,Sr. Copy of Marriage License as filed in 1892 in Cheyenne County, Kansas in 1892

  
  

• Sources

  [S452] State of Kansas, Cheyenne County, Marriage License. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, September 15, 1962 (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. 134, instead shows location of marriage as Wano, Kansas (Reliability: 3).