KAVANAUGH, Mary Irene
1855 - 1948 (92 years)-
Name KAVANAUGH, Mary Irene Birth 26 May 1855 Auburn, Cayuga County, NY 
Gender Female Death 12 Feb 1948 Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY Person ID I136016 Laur from Germany Last Modified 1 Oct 2016
Father KAVANAUGH, James Mother BURNS, Rose Family ID F48430 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 BENHAM, Edward H, b. Abt 1854, Albion, Orleans County, NY d. Abt Oct 1930, Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY (Age ~ 76 years) Marriage 20 Jan 1874 Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY 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.
Children 1. BENHAM, George Stewart, b. Mar 1876, New York d. 5 Sep 1917, Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 41 years)2. BENHAM, Rose Vina, b. Abt 1878, New York d. 5 Jan 1936, Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY (Age ~ 58 years)3. BENHAM, Elizabeth, b. 20 Feb 1883, Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY d. 2 Mar 1972, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY (Age 89 years)4. BENHAM, Jennie M, b. 12 Apr 1885, Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY d. 21 Apr 1964, Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY (Age 79 years)5. BENHAM, Marie Edna, b. Abt 1891, Clifton Springs, Ontario County, NY d. 18 Dec 1976, Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY (Age ~ 85 years)Family ID F48416 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Family 2 ZIMMER, Leo P Family ID F48436 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
- Phelps NY Citizen - 1/24/1924
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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.
- Geneva NY Daily Times - 2/13/1948