Military service: Midshipman, U.S. Navy
Enlistment: 1863-09-23
Discharged: 1869-01-19
Cremation: 1922-08-23
Case #23757
The following notice (courtesy of AnonymousLMB) published in the Thursday 17 May 1923 edition of The Brooklyn Standard Union):
-------------------------
His adopted daughter, Miss Anna Bolchi Benjamin,
scattered his ashes at sea at 6:00 am, Tuesday from
the deck of the steamship Presidente Wilson at
latitude 40:15 and longitude 41:01.
-------------------------∼FROM The New York Times
August 22, 1922.
PARK BENJAMIN DIES IN STAMFORD HOME
Noted Patent Lawyer, Scientist and Author, 73, Was Ill Three Months.
GRADUATE OF ANNAPOLIS
Once Associate Editor of The Scientific American--Was Father-In-Law of Late Enrico Caruso
Park Benjamin, noted patent lawyer, author of a number of works on scientific subjects and father-in-law of the late Enrico Caruso, died yesterday at his Summer home in Stamford, Conn., in his seventy-fourth year. Mr. Benjamin's death was due to myocarditis and secondary nephritis, from which he had been suffering for the last three months. With the exception of Mrs. Caruso, who is in Italy, all his children were at his bedside when he died. Mr. Benjamin was born in this city May 11, 1849, a son of Park Benjamin, the poet, and Mary Western Benjamin. He was graduated from Annapolis in 1867, and made several cruises with with Admiral Farragut, and was promoted to be ensign and was assigned to European waters, but resigned soon after returning to New York with the determination to become a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar after a year of study in the Albany Law School. Mr. Benjamin then enrolled at Union College, where he studied a broad range of scientific subjects and was graduated with the degree Ph.D. in 1871, qualified to enter the field of patent law. From 1872 to 1878 he was associate editor of The Scientific American, and took charge of the production of Appleton's "Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics" as editor-in-chief. He early established himself as a patent lawyer, and was associated with some of the country's best known men of science and industrial firms. Throughout the years of his practice he wrote many articles on scientific subjects, most of which appeared in The Scientific American and kindred publications. He also was the author of several books, "The Early History of the Naval Academy" and "The Early History of Electricity." With R. M. Thompson and E. J. Berwind he collected a valuable library of rare works and presented it to the Naval Academy. Mr. Benjamin was deeply opposed to the marriage of his daughter Dorothy to Caruso on the ground of the differences in the ages, nationality and temperament of the two. The tenor and Miss Benjamin were married despite the objections raised by Mr. Benjamin. But there was no actual breach with Caruso, as the doors of the Benjamin home always were open to the singer and his bride. In December 1919, a year after the marriage, Mr. Benjamin legally adopted Miss Anna M. Bolchi, a former governess and companion of the present Mrs. Caruso. The family, according to newspaper accounts at the time, were surprised that Mr. Benjamin should take such action, as it automatically made Miss Bolchi one of his heirs. Funeral services will be held at his home, 270 West Seventy-third Street, on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Enlistment: 1863-09-23
Discharged: 1869-01-19
Cremation: 1922-08-23
Case #23757
The following notice (courtesy of AnonymousLMB) published in the Thursday 17 May 1923 edition of The Brooklyn Standard Union):
-------------------------
His adopted daughter, Miss Anna Bolchi Benjamin,
scattered his ashes at sea at 6:00 am, Tuesday from
the deck of the steamship Presidente Wilson at
latitude 40:15 and longitude 41:01.
-------------------------∼FROM The New York Times
August 22, 1922.
PARK BENJAMIN DIES IN STAMFORD HOME
Noted Patent Lawyer, Scientist and Author, 73, Was Ill Three Months.
GRADUATE OF ANNAPOLIS
Once Associate Editor of The Scientific American--Was Father-In-Law of Late Enrico Caruso
Park Benjamin, noted patent lawyer, author of a number of works on scientific subjects and father-in-law of the late Enrico Caruso, died yesterday at his Summer home in Stamford, Conn., in his seventy-fourth year. Mr. Benjamin's death was due to myocarditis and secondary nephritis, from which he had been suffering for the last three months. With the exception of Mrs. Caruso, who is in Italy, all his children were at his bedside when he died. Mr. Benjamin was born in this city May 11, 1849, a son of Park Benjamin, the poet, and Mary Western Benjamin. He was graduated from Annapolis in 1867, and made several cruises with with Admiral Farragut, and was promoted to be ensign and was assigned to European waters, but resigned soon after returning to New York with the determination to become a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar after a year of study in the Albany Law School. Mr. Benjamin then enrolled at Union College, where he studied a broad range of scientific subjects and was graduated with the degree Ph.D. in 1871, qualified to enter the field of patent law. From 1872 to 1878 he was associate editor of The Scientific American, and took charge of the production of Appleton's "Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics" as editor-in-chief. He early established himself as a patent lawyer, and was associated with some of the country's best known men of science and industrial firms. Throughout the years of his practice he wrote many articles on scientific subjects, most of which appeared in The Scientific American and kindred publications. He also was the author of several books, "The Early History of the Naval Academy" and "The Early History of Electricity." With R. M. Thompson and E. J. Berwind he collected a valuable library of rare works and presented it to the Naval Academy. Mr. Benjamin was deeply opposed to the marriage of his daughter Dorothy to Caruso on the ground of the differences in the ages, nationality and temperament of the two. The tenor and Miss Benjamin were married despite the objections raised by Mr. Benjamin. But there was no actual breach with Caruso, as the doors of the Benjamin home always were open to the singer and his bride. In December 1919, a year after the marriage, Mr. Benjamin legally adopted Miss Anna M. Bolchi, a former governess and companion of the present Mrs. Caruso. The family, according to newspaper accounts at the time, were surprised that Mr. Benjamin should take such action, as it automatically made Miss Bolchi one of his heirs. Funeral services will be held at his home, 270 West Seventy-third Street, on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Military service: Midshipman, U.S. Navy
Enlistment: 1863-09-23
Discharged: 1869-01-19
Cremation: 1922-08-23
Case #23757
The following notice (courtesy of AnonymousLMB) published in the Thursday 17 May 1923 edition of The Brooklyn Standard Union):
-------------------------
His adopted daughter, Miss Anna Bolchi Benjamin,
scattered his ashes at sea at 6:00 am, Tuesday from
the deck of the steamship Presidente Wilson at
latitude 40:15 and longitude 41:01.
-------------------------∼FROM The New York Times
August 22, 1922.
PARK BENJAMIN DIES IN STAMFORD HOME
Noted Patent Lawyer, Scientist and Author, 73, Was Ill Three Months.
GRADUATE OF ANNAPOLIS
Once Associate Editor of The Scientific American--Was Father-In-Law of Late Enrico Caruso
Park Benjamin, noted patent lawyer, author of a number of works on scientific subjects and father-in-law of the late Enrico Caruso, died yesterday at his Summer home in Stamford, Conn., in his seventy-fourth year. Mr. Benjamin's death was due to myocarditis and secondary nephritis, from which he had been suffering for the last three months. With the exception of Mrs. Caruso, who is in Italy, all his children were at his bedside when he died. Mr. Benjamin was born in this city May 11, 1849, a son of Park Benjamin, the poet, and Mary Western Benjamin. He was graduated from Annapolis in 1867, and made several cruises with with Admiral Farragut, and was promoted to be ensign and was assigned to European waters, but resigned soon after returning to New York with the determination to become a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar after a year of study in the Albany Law School. Mr. Benjamin then enrolled at Union College, where he studied a broad range of scientific subjects and was graduated with the degree Ph.D. in 1871, qualified to enter the field of patent law. From 1872 to 1878 he was associate editor of The Scientific American, and took charge of the production of Appleton's "Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics" as editor-in-chief. He early established himself as a patent lawyer, and was associated with some of the country's best known men of science and industrial firms. Throughout the years of his practice he wrote many articles on scientific subjects, most of which appeared in The Scientific American and kindred publications. He also was the author of several books, "The Early History of the Naval Academy" and "The Early History of Electricity." With R. M. Thompson and E. J. Berwind he collected a valuable library of rare works and presented it to the Naval Academy. Mr. Benjamin was deeply opposed to the marriage of his daughter Dorothy to Caruso on the ground of the differences in the ages, nationality and temperament of the two. The tenor and Miss Benjamin were married despite the objections raised by Mr. Benjamin. But there was no actual breach with Caruso, as the doors of the Benjamin home always were open to the singer and his bride. In December 1919, a year after the marriage, Mr. Benjamin legally adopted Miss Anna M. Bolchi, a former governess and companion of the present Mrs. Caruso. The family, according to newspaper accounts at the time, were surprised that Mr. Benjamin should take such action, as it automatically made Miss Bolchi one of his heirs. Funeral services will be held at his home, 270 West Seventy-third Street, on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Enlistment: 1863-09-23
Discharged: 1869-01-19
Cremation: 1922-08-23
Case #23757
The following notice (courtesy of AnonymousLMB) published in the Thursday 17 May 1923 edition of The Brooklyn Standard Union):
-------------------------
His adopted daughter, Miss Anna Bolchi Benjamin,
scattered his ashes at sea at 6:00 am, Tuesday from
the deck of the steamship Presidente Wilson at
latitude 40:15 and longitude 41:01.
-------------------------∼FROM The New York Times
August 22, 1922.
PARK BENJAMIN DIES IN STAMFORD HOME
Noted Patent Lawyer, Scientist and Author, 73, Was Ill Three Months.
GRADUATE OF ANNAPOLIS
Once Associate Editor of The Scientific American--Was Father-In-Law of Late Enrico Caruso
Park Benjamin, noted patent lawyer, author of a number of works on scientific subjects and father-in-law of the late Enrico Caruso, died yesterday at his Summer home in Stamford, Conn., in his seventy-fourth year. Mr. Benjamin's death was due to myocarditis and secondary nephritis, from which he had been suffering for the last three months. With the exception of Mrs. Caruso, who is in Italy, all his children were at his bedside when he died. Mr. Benjamin was born in this city May 11, 1849, a son of Park Benjamin, the poet, and Mary Western Benjamin. He was graduated from Annapolis in 1867, and made several cruises with with Admiral Farragut, and was promoted to be ensign and was assigned to European waters, but resigned soon after returning to New York with the determination to become a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar after a year of study in the Albany Law School. Mr. Benjamin then enrolled at Union College, where he studied a broad range of scientific subjects and was graduated with the degree Ph.D. in 1871, qualified to enter the field of patent law. From 1872 to 1878 he was associate editor of The Scientific American, and took charge of the production of Appleton's "Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics" as editor-in-chief. He early established himself as a patent lawyer, and was associated with some of the country's best known men of science and industrial firms. Throughout the years of his practice he wrote many articles on scientific subjects, most of which appeared in The Scientific American and kindred publications. He also was the author of several books, "The Early History of the Naval Academy" and "The Early History of Electricity." With R. M. Thompson and E. J. Berwind he collected a valuable library of rare works and presented it to the Naval Academy. Mr. Benjamin was deeply opposed to the marriage of his daughter Dorothy to Caruso on the ground of the differences in the ages, nationality and temperament of the two. The tenor and Miss Benjamin were married despite the objections raised by Mr. Benjamin. But there was no actual breach with Caruso, as the doors of the Benjamin home always were open to the singer and his bride. In December 1919, a year after the marriage, Mr. Benjamin legally adopted Miss Anna M. Bolchi, a former governess and companion of the present Mrs. Caruso. The family, according to newspaper accounts at the time, were surprised that Mr. Benjamin should take such action, as it automatically made Miss Bolchi one of his heirs. Funeral services will be held at his home, 270 West Seventy-third Street, on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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