Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Henry Benedum    
                Born: ca 1821               1
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Catharine Ann Winters     
             Married: Feb- 1-1844          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Born: Mar- 5-1823          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2
                Died: May-11-1876          in Doddridge Co, WV  3,4
              Buried:                      in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: John Winters 
              Mother: Sarah Melinda Sloan 
           M Child 1: John H. Benedum      
                Born: Jun- 3-1847           5,1
                Died: Dec-27-1910           5,6
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1870                 school teacher  1
                Wife: Helen E. Hanes  b. Nov-18-1854  d. Feb-12-1949  
           M Child 2: Jedediah D. Benedum      
                Born: Feb- 4-1849          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4,7,8
                Died: Aug-16-1921           4
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  9
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1880                 in Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Charlotte May Wilson  b. Apr-19-1857  d. Aug- 4-1948  
             Married: Feb-25-1880          in Ritchie Co, WV  8
           F Child 3: Sarah E. Benedum      
                Born: ca 1852               1
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Martha A. Benedum      
                Born: ca 1854               1
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 5: Mary Alice Benedum      
                Born: Sep-28-1857           10,7
                Died: May- 1-1922           10
              Census: 1870, 1900, 1920     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Columbus Asberry Davis  b. Dec-24-1854  d. May- 1-1912  
             Married: ca 1877               7
           M Child 6: Anderson Albert Benedum      
       Also known as: Albert Anderson Benedum 11
                Born: ca 1863              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1,12
                Died: Jul-31-1935          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Census: 1870, 1900, 1930     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
          Occupation:                      farmer  14
                Wife: Hannah Jane Evans  b. ca 1863  
       Also known as: Jane Evans 15
             Married: Oct-24-1886           16

Sources:
(1) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) 
(2) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(3) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as C. 
A. Benedum, female, died May 11 1876. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(9) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(10) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 94. 
(11) Death record of son. 
(12) Birth record of daughter. 
(13) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(14) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(15) Obituary of daughter. 
(16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1930, location specified as Big Flint.







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