John Leonard Benkelman

1895 - 1947  (51 years)

• Name	John Leonard Benkelman  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	25 Oct 1895	Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jan 1947	Wood County, Wisconsin   [1]
  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)
  Person ID	I5743	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Leonard Josiah Benkelman,   b. 12 Oct 1872, Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin d. 8 Feb 1952, Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Friedericke "Rieka" Koch,   b. Jul 1866, Wisconsin d. 20 Nov 1904, Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1894	Columbia County, Wisconsin   [1, 4]
  	BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Leonard and Fredericka established their home in Portage after their marriage.
  Family ID	F2984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Oct 1895 - Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin Death - 29 Jan 1947 - Wood County, Wisconsin  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Benkelman, Leonard Son of Leonard Benkelman and Grandson of Johannes B. 1895 D. 1947, Wisconsin World War I Photo
  		_Benkelman, John Leonard Son of Leonard Benkelman and Friedericke Koch B. 1895 D. 1947, Wisconsin World War I Photo

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Wisconsin, Columbia County, Portage City, Ward 4 Enumerated 5 Jun 1900 SD 1 ED 21 Sheet 4B 88-92 (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. 108 (Reliability: 3).