Family/Spouse: LEWIS, James R. James (son of LEWIS, Howard L and KELLY, Margaret E) was born on 25 Jun 1928 in Sanborn, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Aug 2017 in Town of Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. LEWIS, Kevin

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Niagara Gazette - 12/14/1965

SANBORN-Jacob Bechtel,
80, of 3941 Saunders Settlement
Road, died Monday
(Dec. 13, 1965) after suffering
a heart attack in his home.
Tri ° Community Ambulance
Service responded to a call
to the home at about 7:15
p.m. Dr. Hadjispyros Kosti,
who also was called, pronounced
Mr. Bechtel dead.
Mr, Bechtel had been inl
failing health for the last six
months.
He was born in the Town
of Lewiston, Aug. 12. 1885,
and had lived in this area
throughout his life. He had
worked as a machine operator
for the State Highway Department
for 32 years, retiring
eight years ago.
His wife. Ella, died a year
ago this month and a son,
Hafley, died in 1963.
Survivors include t h r ee
daughters, Miss Marian Bechtel,
Mrs. James (Ruth) Lewis
and Mrs. Chester (Gertrude)
Walck, all of Sanborn; a
brother, Charles Bechtel, Niagara
Falls; three sisters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, Mrs;
Fred Bond and Mrs. Halvin
Alcorn, all of Niagara Falls,
and eight grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2
p.m. Thursday at the Pike and
Jones Funeral Home, Rev.
Kenneth K o 1 b e officiating.
Burial will be in Wheatiield
Cemetery, Shawnee.
Friends may call from 2 to
5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the fu
neral home.

Jacob married BENTHIN, Ella A about 1914. Ella (daughter of BENTHIN, Carl and HUEBNER, Augusta) was born on 12 Feb 1892 in New York; died on 17 Dec 1964 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/18/1964

SANBORN - Mrs. Ella A.
Bechtel, 72, of 2941 Saunders
Settlement Road, died Thursday
(Dec. 17, 1964) at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Chester
Walck, Lockport road, Sanborn.
She had been ill for several
weeks.
She was born Feb. 12, 1892,
the daughter of Carl and Augus-
ta Huebner Benthin, and has
lived all her life in this area.
She was a lifelong member of
St. Paul's United Church of
Christ, Shawnee.
Besides Mrs. Walck, she is
survived by her husband, Ja-
cob; two other daughters, Mrs.
James Lewis and Miss Marion
Bechtel, of Sanborn; two broth-
ers, Charles Benthin of Lock-
port and Frank Benthin, San-
born; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Schuler, Sanborn and Mrs. Mar-
vin A. Miller, Lockport and sev-
en grandchildren. A son, Har-
ley died in 1963.
Friends may call at Pike &
Jones Funeral Home, Hoover
Road, Sanborn, where the fam-
ily will be present from 2 to 5
and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at the funeral
home at 2 p.m. Sunday, with
the Rev. Kenneth H. Kolbe of-
ficiating.
Burial will be at Wheatfield.

Philip married Helena about 1883. Helena was born in Jul 1857 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/10/1947

Carl Benthin, 92, of Shawnee,
N. Y., husband of the late Augusta
Hubner Benthin, died Sunday,
March 9. He is survived by
six daughters, Mrs. Benjamin
Werth, Mrs. Jacob Bechtel, Mrs.
Arthur Schuler, Sanborn; Mrs.
Marvin Miller, Lockport; Mrs.
William Mielke, Bergen, N. Y.
and Miss Minnie Benthin at home;
three sons, John and Frank Benthin
of Sanborn, and Charles Benthin
of Lockport; and thirteen
grandchildren. Funeral services
will be conducted from the late
residence in Shawnee Wednesday
at 3 p.m. and from St. Paul's
Church, Shawnee at 3:30 pjn. The
Rev. Theodore Mayer of North
Tonawanda will officiate. Burial
will be in Shawnee cemetery.

Carl married HUEBNER, Augusta in 1884 in Niagara County, NY. Augusta was born in Jun 1863 in Germany; died on 24 Jun 1936 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/17/1936

SHAWNEE, June 17.-Mrs. Augusta
Benthin, 73 years old, wife of Carl
Benthin. retired farmer of the Shawnee
road, died at the family home here
yesterday. She had been in ill health
for some time.
Funeral services will be held from
the home on Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock, standard time, and at 2:30
from 8t. Paul's Lutheran church here.
Interment win be in Shawnee cemetery.
Mrs. Benthin was born to Germany
but had resided in this country for
over 50 years. For 28 years they operated
a fram on the Saunder's Settlement
road before coming to Shawnee.
In former years she was an active
member of St. Paul's church.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Benthin
is survived by the following children:
Mrs. Benjamin Werth, Mrs. Jacob
Bechtel, Mrs. Arthur Schuler and
Frank Benthin, all of Cambria,
Charles and John, both of Shawnee,
Mrs. William Mielke. of Bergen, N. Y,
and Minnie and Molly Benthin, at
home. Fifteen grandchildren also
survive.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/21/1921

The marriage of Miss Clara Human
of Fifth street and Charles Benthin
of Sanhom took place Wednesday,
June 15th., at the home of the bride.
Rev. Herman Brezlng officiated.
Sophia Human and John Benthin
were the attendants

Philip + Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1833 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]