Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William H. Benson    
                Born: 1839                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
                Died: 1893                 in Clinton Co, OH  1
              Buried:                      in Sabina Cemetery, Clinton Co, OH  4
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1860                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  3
              Census: 1850                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
              Father: Mathias Benson   (1818 - 1891) 
              Mother: Roanna Hickman   (1818 -     ) 
                Wife: Olive I. Paugh     
             Married: Jul-25-1860          in Barbour Co, (W)VA  5
                Born: Feb-  -1841          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  6,2,3,7,8 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan-30-1925          in Newark, Licking Co, OH  9,1
              Buried:                      in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Licking Co, OH  4
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Newark, Licking Co, OH  
              Census: 1900                 in Richland Twp, Clinton Co, OH  
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1860                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  3
              Census: 1850                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Isaac Paugh 
              Mother: Elizabeth Matheny   (1818 -     ) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Luvada Benson      
                Born: Sep-20-1868           10
                Died: Jun-26-1900           10
              Buried:                      in Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: James Smith Coffindaffer  b. Jul-11-1868  d. Jul-31-1899  
       Also known as: Smith Coffindaffer 11,12

Sources:
(1) Headstone (year only) 
(2) 1850 Census, Barbour County, (W)VA. 
(3) Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV, Identified as Wm. H. Benson, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Barbour Co, son of 
Mathias & Roanna, farmer; and Olive Paugh, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Barbour Co, dau of Isaac & Elizabeth.  Married Jul 
25 18 1860 in Barbour County. MR p. 13, Line 15 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11625082&Type=Marriage. 
(6) 1900 Census. 
(7) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Union District). 
(8) 1910 Census. 
(9) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(10) Headstone. 
(11) Marriage record of daughter. 
(12) Death record of daughter. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date 1849 on headstone is incorrect.  Age 9 in the 1850 Census, age 19
in her 1860 marriage record, age 39 in the 1880 Census, and age 69 in the 1910
Census all put her birth in or about 1841.  In the 1900 Census, she was listed
as age 59, born in Feb 1841







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