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William Henry “Tip” Benjamin

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William Henry “Tip” Benjamin Veteran

Birth
Ashland, Greene County, New York, USA
Death
26 Aug 1922 (aged 81)
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, USA
Burial
Windham, Greene County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Benjamin, William Henry
Ashland, Greene Co.
Date of Birth: Oct. 18, 1840 Ashland, Greene County NY
Rank Sergt 120 Inft. D
Enlisted: Aug. 11, 1862 Mustered out : June 3, 1865
Parents Joseph, Polly Cole ,Farmer
Wounded at Getteysburg July 2nd 1863 and at the Battle of the Wilderness May 5th 1864, promoted first sergeant, January 1, 1865; wounded and captured in action, March 25, 1865, at Hatcher's Run, Va.; paroled; mustered out with detachment, June 3, 1865, at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md.

Catskill NY Recorder
Sept 1,1922
William Benjamin, aged about eighty years, last Saturday died at the State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, where he was taken some two years ago. Burial in the family plot, Windham. He leaves his wife, a little son (William) by his second marriage, a son (Lincoln) in Windham and two daughters (Mrs. George Brandow of Rochester,N.Y. and Mrs. Ernest Brockett of Long Island).

Married Ida Louise Mattice on 11 July 1861
Married Nellie May Fullington on 19 Sept 1914
Benjamin, William Henry
Ashland, Greene Co.
Date of Birth: Oct. 18, 1840 Ashland, Greene County NY
Rank Sergt 120 Inft. D
Enlisted: Aug. 11, 1862 Mustered out : June 3, 1865
Parents Joseph, Polly Cole ,Farmer
Wounded at Getteysburg July 2nd 1863 and at the Battle of the Wilderness May 5th 1864, promoted first sergeant, January 1, 1865; wounded and captured in action, March 25, 1865, at Hatcher's Run, Va.; paroled; mustered out with detachment, June 3, 1865, at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md.

Catskill NY Recorder
Sept 1,1922
William Benjamin, aged about eighty years, last Saturday died at the State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, where he was taken some two years ago. Burial in the family plot, Windham. He leaves his wife, a little son (William) by his second marriage, a son (Lincoln) in Windham and two daughters (Mrs. George Brandow of Rochester,N.Y. and Mrs. Ernest Brockett of Long Island).

Married Ida Louise Mattice on 11 July 1861
Married Nellie May Fullington on 19 Sept 1914


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