Family/Spouse: Mabel H. Mabel was born on 9 Jun 1886 in New York; died in Oct 1983 in Penfield, Monroe County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BENHAM, Harold was born on 14 Nov 1908 in New York; died on 16 Apr 1989.
2. BENHAM, Janice L was born about 1917 in New York.
3. BENHAM, Richard H was born on 20 Dec 1919 in New York; died in Mar 1970 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY.
4. BENHAM, Gladys V was born on 10 Nov 1921 in New York; died on 8 Sep 2008 in Pittsford, Monroe County, NY.

Notes:

Geneva NY Daily Times - 10/19/1936

Canandaigua, Oct. 19-Two men
are dead and a third was seriously
Injured in an automobile crash in
the Canandaigua-Chapin highway
about 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The dead are:
Maurice Fitzgerald, 65, of Hopewell.
George A. Benham, 79, of Canandaigua.
Seriously injured in Memorial
Hospital here is William J. Meredith,
47, former newspaper publisher,
of this city- He has a crushed
chest and a bad cut on the forehead
which required five stitches to
close.
The crash occurred at the Intersection
of the Chapin highway with
the Littleville road, about three and
one-half miles east of this city.
There were no eye-witnesses.
Fitzgerald was a passenger in the
Benham taxi. It Is believed that
the taxi attempted to make a left
hand turn into the driveway of
Fitzgerald's home when t h e car was
struck broadside by Meredith, proceeding
west towards Canandaigua.
Fog and rain are said to have obscured
Meredith's view of the car
swinging across the road.
Both cars were carried west by
the Impact into the front yard of
the Fitzgerald home. Benham and
Fitzgerald were thrown from their
machine while Meredith was found
by passing motorists in a dazed
condition behind the wheel of his
car. The right-hand aide of the
Benham machine was practically
demolished and the right front end
of the other oar badly damaged.
Fitzgerald receaved a fractured
pelvis causing an Internal hemmorrage
from which death resulted, according
to Coroner Leon A. Stet-
son, of this city. He succumbed to
his injuries shortly after being
brought to Memorial Hospital. Ben-
ham died in the hospital here late
yesterday. He received a fractured
skull and pelvis.
Surviving Fitzgerald is one sister.
Miss Mary Fitzgerald, with whom
he resided. His body was taken to
undertaking rooms in Shortsvllle.
Mrs. Meredith is a daughter of
William S. Moore, Geneva attorney,
and with her son, resides at
the Moore residence there.
Benham is survived by a son, A.
Harold Benham, of Rochester, and
a daughter, Mrs. S. Hall, of Canandaigua.
Funeral services will be
held tomorrow at 2 o'clock in Woodlawn
Chapel. The dead man was a
resident of Canandaigua for 40
years during which time he operated,
first, a livery business, and later
a taxi business.
Coroner Stetson will hold a double
inquest. The accident was investigated
by Deputy Sheriffs James L
Locke and Victor Campbell with
Special Deputy Arthur LeFevre.

George married EDGECOMB, Ada about 1883. Ada (daughter of EDGECOMB, Henry) was born on 2 Jun 1862 in Phelps, Ontario County, NY; died on 27 Aug 1918 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Phelps NY Citizen - 8/29/1918

After a considerable period of ill
health, Mrs. Ada Edgecomb Benham
of Canandaigua died on Tuesday
afternoon In the Gordon hospital at
Rochester, where she had gone as a
patient a little more than a week before.
Mrs. Benham, the daughter of
Henry Edgecomb, was born In
Phelps on June 2,1862. Her early life
was spent in this village, where she
had been visiting more or less for the
past year. She was married to
George Benham, who survives her,
wltb a son and daughter, Howard
and Inez Benham. She also leaves
two sisters, Mrs. Julia Severance
and Miss Minnie Edgecomb.
The funeral will be held this
afternoon at St. John's Episcopal
church, Phelpa, after the arrival of
the body by the noon train, and Interment
will be made In Rest Haven.

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