"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 50, No 11, p 176, Mar. 15, 1894.
At his home in Westerly, R. I., Feb. 26, 1894, of heart paralysis, supervening upon pneumonia, Benjamin Wilbur Bentley, in the 83d year of his age.
Mr. Bentley was the son of Benjamin P. and Hannah Wilbur Bentley, and was born in Hopkinton, R. I., March 8, 1811. At the age of three years he moved with his parents to Westerly, where he ever afterwards lived. In young manhood he was baptized and united with the First Hopkinton Seventh-day Baptist Church. He married Jan. 1, 1838, Mary Potter Maxson, daughter of Jonathan and Nancy Potter Maxson. In 1850, he united with the Pawcatuck Church, of which he was a member at the time of.his death. He was an active and highly respected business man, devoted to his home, and is mourned by those who knew him best. He leaves a widow, one son, and three daughters. Funeral services were held from his late home March 1, 1894, conducted by his pastor. Interment in River Bend Cemetery, WesterIy, R. I.
W. C. D.
At his home in Westerly, R. I., Feb. 26, 1894, of heart paralysis, supervening upon pneumonia, Benjamin Wilbur Bentley, in the 83d year of his age.
Mr. Bentley was the son of Benjamin P. and Hannah Wilbur Bentley, and was born in Hopkinton, R. I., March 8, 1811. At the age of three years he moved with his parents to Westerly, where he ever afterwards lived. In young manhood he was baptized and united with the First Hopkinton Seventh-day Baptist Church. He married Jan. 1, 1838, Mary Potter Maxson, daughter of Jonathan and Nancy Potter Maxson. In 1850, he united with the Pawcatuck Church, of which he was a member at the time of.his death. He was an active and highly respected business man, devoted to his home, and is mourned by those who knew him best. He leaves a widow, one son, and three daughters. Funeral services were held from his late home March 1, 1894, conducted by his pastor. Interment in River Bend Cemetery, WesterIy, R. I.
W. C. D.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 50, No 11, p 176, Mar. 15, 1894.
At his home in Westerly, R. I., Feb. 26, 1894, of heart paralysis, supervening upon pneumonia, Benjamin Wilbur Bentley, in the 83d year of his age.
Mr. Bentley was the son of Benjamin P. and Hannah Wilbur Bentley, and was born in Hopkinton, R. I., March 8, 1811. At the age of three years he moved with his parents to Westerly, where he ever afterwards lived. In young manhood he was baptized and united with the First Hopkinton Seventh-day Baptist Church. He married Jan. 1, 1838, Mary Potter Maxson, daughter of Jonathan and Nancy Potter Maxson. In 1850, he united with the Pawcatuck Church, of which he was a member at the time of.his death. He was an active and highly respected business man, devoted to his home, and is mourned by those who knew him best. He leaves a widow, one son, and three daughters. Funeral services were held from his late home March 1, 1894, conducted by his pastor. Interment in River Bend Cemetery, WesterIy, R. I.
W. C. D.
At his home in Westerly, R. I., Feb. 26, 1894, of heart paralysis, supervening upon pneumonia, Benjamin Wilbur Bentley, in the 83d year of his age.
Mr. Bentley was the son of Benjamin P. and Hannah Wilbur Bentley, and was born in Hopkinton, R. I., March 8, 1811. At the age of three years he moved with his parents to Westerly, where he ever afterwards lived. In young manhood he was baptized and united with the First Hopkinton Seventh-day Baptist Church. He married Jan. 1, 1838, Mary Potter Maxson, daughter of Jonathan and Nancy Potter Maxson. In 1850, he united with the Pawcatuck Church, of which he was a member at the time of.his death. He was an active and highly respected business man, devoted to his home, and is mourned by those who knew him best. He leaves a widow, one son, and three daughters. Funeral services were held from his late home March 1, 1894, conducted by his pastor. Interment in River Bend Cemetery, WesterIy, R. I.
W. C. D.
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