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Niagara Gazette - 1/20/1969

JOHNSON CREEK - Hazel
B. Smart, 67, of 9023 Asher St.,
died, Sunday (Jan. 19, 1969) in
Medina Memorial Hospital after
a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Smart was born Jan.
22, 1901 in Buffalo, the daughter
of George S. and Ella Soper
Benham.
She was an active member
of the Hartland Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband,
Herbert; a son, Francis
Brown of Wilson; a stepdaughter,
Mrs. Elberta Price
of Lockport; a sister, Mrs.
Kenneth (Mildred) Hessel of
Middleport; four grandchildren
and a niece.
Friends may call at the
Wallace and Heath Funeral
Home Inc., 38 State St., Middleport
today from 7 to 9 p.m.
and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday in the funeral home
at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Harold
Ball officiating. Burial will be
in Hartland Central Cemetery

Family/Spouse: BROWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BROWN, Francis was born about 1924 in New York.

Hazel married SMART, Herbert S on 11 Jul 1932 in East Cleveland, OH. Herbert was born on 13 Aug 1901 in Batavia, Genesee County, NY; died on 2 Sep 1972 in Newfane Intercommunity Hospital, Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 7/16/1932

The marriage of Miss Hazel Benham
Brown to Herbert S. Smart took place
Monday. July 11. in the First Presbyterian
church. East Cleveland. Ohio.
The Rev. Howard M. Wells performed
the ceremony.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/6/1917

George S. Benham of Newfane died
suddenly Wednesday evening. September
5th, 1917. He is survived by his
wife, one daughter Hazel of Middleport,
N. Y., father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Benham of Clifton
Springs. N. Y., four sisters, Mrs. John
Walter and Miss Jennie Benham of
Clifton, N. Y , Mrs. Webb of Syracuse,
N. Y , Mrs. Huston of Mannsville. N.
Y.
Notice of funeral later.

ALSO

Adams NY Jefferson County Journal - 9/19/1917

George Stewart Benham, aged 41,
only son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H.
Benham of Clifton Springs, N. Y., was
instantly killed on Wednesday evening,
Sept. 5, near Olcott Beach, in an
automobile accident. Mr. Benham
was a resident of Newfane, N. Y., but
had charge of a garage at Lockport,
N. Y.
He and two other men from the
garage were testing out an eight cylinder
car when the accident occurred.
The road was new to Mr. Benham
and he mistook the soldiers' monument
for the end of the road, and applied
his emergency brake, which resulted
in the car skiding and hitting a telegrph
pole. His companions jumped
and escaped with minor injuries, but
Mr. Benham was pinned underneath
the car.
Mr. Benham was a nurse by profession,
having graduated from the
Buffalo State hospital in 1895, and followed
his profession until a few
months ago when he went into the
garage business.
The remains were brought to the
home of his parents in Clifton Springs
where the funeral services were held
on Saturday afternoon at 3:30, Rev.
D. S. Wilson conducting the services.
Interment in the Clifton Springs cemetery
on Pearl street
The deceased is survived by a wife
and two daughters, Misses Hazel and
Mildred Benham, of Newfane. N. Y.,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Benham
of Clifton Springs, N Y., four
sisters, Mrs John M. Walters and Miss
Jennie Benham of Clifton Springs,
Mrs. L. Paul Webb of Syracuse and
Mrs. G. Ralph Huested of Mannsville,
N. Y.
Mr. Benham was of a bright and
cheerful disposition and will be sadly
missed by a large circle of friends

Note - George listed in 1910 census as widow living in Buffalo with "Stella Wilson" and her sister Grace Culver - this would indicate Stella Wilson was, in fact, Stella Tillotson since Stella Tillotson's sister was Grace Culver

George married SOPER, Ella about 1900. Ella was born about 1879 in New York; died before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note - George listed in 1910 census as widow living in Buffalo with "Stella Wilson" and her sister Grace Culver - this would indicate Stella Wilson was, in fact, Stella Tillotson since Stella Tillotson's sister was Grace Culver

Notes:

Phelps NY Citizen - 10/2/1930

-Edward H. Benham.75, died at
Clifton. Springs Tuesday...Funeral
from the home at three o'clock Friday
afternoon. Mr. Benham waa a
brother-in-law of James Kavanaugh
of .this village,

Edward married KAVANAUGH, Mary Irene on 20 Jan 1874 in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY. Mary (daughter of KAVANAUGH, James and BURNS, Rose) was born on 26 May 1855 in Auburn, Cayuga County, NY; died on 12 Feb 1948 in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Geneva NY Daily Times - 2/13/1948

Clifton Springs, Feb. 13-Mrs.
Mary Kavanaugh Benham, 92,
widow of Edward H. Benham,
died yesterday in her home on
Broad St.
Friends may call at Weld's
funeral home, 26 Main S t Services
will be held there Monday
at 9 a. m. and at 9:30 in St. Felix
Catholic church.
Rev. Emmett Dougherty will
officiate. Burial will be in Clifton
Springs cemetery.
Mrs. Benham had been in poor
health for the past four years
but up until her passing had retained
all her faculties.
She was the daughter of James
and Rose Burns Kavanaugh and
was born in Auburn, May 26,
1656, the oldest of a family of
six children, none of whom are
now living.
When she was two years old,
the family moved to Phelps
where Mrs. Benham lived until
her marriage.
On January 20, 1874. she was
married to Edward H. Benham
of Canandaigua by Rev. Patrick
Lee at the Catholic rectory in
Clifton Springs. Following their
marriage, Mr. Benham engaged
in farming for about one year
and then went to Clifton Springs
where she had since resided - a
period of about 73 years. I
Mrs. Benham had a wonderful
'memory and could recall all the
Interesting happenings in the history
of Clifton Springs - the
growth of the sanitarium was of
great interest to her.
She had a sympathetic interest
in people which won for her a
welcome in the homes of neighbors
and friends and in any
gathering. She was a great lover
of children and young people
and was called Grandma Benham
by both young and old.
Mrs. Benham was the mother
of five children, George S., who
died in 1017; Mrs. John N. (Vina)
Walters, who died in 1936; and
surviving, Mrs. Paul (Elizabeth;
Webb of Tully; Miss Jennie M.
Benham of Clifton Springs- and
Mrs. George R. (Edna) Huested
of Geneva, formerly of Mannsville.
Also surviving are six grandchildren:
Mrs. Herbert Smart of
Gasport; Mrs, Kenneth Hessel of
Middleport; Mrs. D. E. Steinbaught
of Canandaigua; Mrs.
Henry Hadley of Geneva; Charles
Edward Webb of Tully and Mrs.
Robert Langley and eight great
grandchildren: Francis Brown of
Gasport; Richard and Jolene
Steinbaugh of Canandaigua; Vina
Ann Hadley of Geneva; Paul,
Mary and Faustina Webb of
Tully and Virginia E. Hessell of
Middleport.

Notes:

Phelps NY Citizen - 1/24/1924

.-The 50th marriage anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Benham
was celebrated at their home in
Clifton Springs on. Sunday. Mr. Benham
and Mary Irene Kay an augh of
Phelps were married on January 20,
1874, by the Bev. P. Lee of the Catho-
Uc church. Mrs. Benham is a sister of
J. F. Kavanaugh and sister-in-law of
Frank Spray, both of this village,
the latter of whom was groomsman
at the wedding, and who also attended
the anniversary celebration, which
consisted of a family dinner at noon,
with covers laid for-eighteen. The
gueaia comprised their daughters and
huebanda and unmarried, daugh.
ter also', a brother of Mr. Benham
and his wife. During the afternoon
and evening calls'were received from
over a hundred friends and neighbors.
A purse of gold was presented to Mr.'
and Mrs. Benham by their children
and families.

Jonathan + Jane. Jane was born about 1818 in Penbrook, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James + BURNS, Rose. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]