Daniel Benson
1845 - 1900 (55 years)-
Name Daniel Benson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 1845 Michigan, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Race White [1] Residence 1850 Tittabawassee, Saginaw, Michigan, USA [4] Residence 1870 Sumner, Kankakee, Illinois, USA [3] Residence 1880 Lake Union, King, Washington, USA [1] Age: 35; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self Residence 1885 Skagit, Washington, USA [2] Marital Status: Married 15 Feb 1900 Alaska, USA Seattle, King, Washington, USA - Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 5101146
Person ID I6651 Clark Benscoter Last Modified 4 Mar 2020
Father Stephen Benson, b. 10 Mar 1796, Livingston County, New York, USA d. 15 Jun 1889, Washington, USA (Age 93 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Ann Vanness, b. Abt 1815, New Jersey, USA d. 1851, Michigan, USA (Age 36 years) Relationship natural 1829 New York, USA Family ID F1809 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Ellen Kile, b. 3 Apr 1848, Crete, Will, Illinois, USA d. 22 Sep 1922, Retsil, Kitsap, Washington, USA (Age 74 years) 1 Oct 1866 Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, USA [5] Children 1. George Elmer Benson, b. Abt 1871, Illinois, USA d. 15 Mar 1951, Seattle, King, Washington, USA (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Orville Raymond Benson, b. 20 Jul 1882, Seattle, King, Washington, USA d. 6 Mar 1942, Everett, Snohomish, Washington, USA (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2007 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Mar 2020
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Birth - 1845 - Michigan, USA 
Residence - 1850 - Tittabawassee, Saginaw, Michigan, USA 
- 1 Oct 1866 - Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, USA 
Residence - 1870 - Sumner, Kankakee, Illinois, USA 
Residence - Marital Status: Married - 1885 - Skagit, Washington, USA 
- 15 Feb 1900 - Alaska, USA 
- - Seattle, King, Washington, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 76th IL Infantry Co H
-- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sunday, February 25, 1900, page 6, column C ( credit goes to Denise Ottoson for this obituary)
CAPT. DAN BENSON KILLED
MEETS WITH VIOLENT DEATH IN THE TREADWELL MINE
Neck Broken and Skull Crushed by Fall of Rock--Fell Thirty Feet--Was a Union War Veteran and a Pioneer Puget Sound Mariner.
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Capt. Daniel Benson, a pioneer Puget sound mariner, met death February 15 in the Treadwell mine, on Douglas Island. His violent end came about through the fall of a hanging rock. It appears he was at work blasting in a shaft or tunnel when an explosion jarred the rock loose. It fell a distance of twenty-five or thirty feet, striking him on the head. Instant death resulted from concussion of the brain. His neck was also broken.
Capt. Benson had been employed in the mine since last September. He left Seattle for Alaska two years ago in July and for a while worked in Atlin, from which district he went to the Treadwell.
The remains of Capt. Benson and the news of his sad death came on the steamer Dirigo, which arrived from Alaska yesterday. The body was taken to the Seattle undertaking parlors, where funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be made at Lake View cemetery.
Capt. Benson was a native of Saginaw county, Michigan, and was born in 1845. He came to Seattle in 1871, and resided here with his family at 913 Lenora street. He was a veteran of the civil war, having enlisted in 1862 in Company H, Illinois volunteer infantry. He served until July, 1865. Though he saw continuous service and distinguished himself for bravery, he never drew a pension or became a member of the G. A. R.
For eighteen years Capt. Benson ran as master of Puget sound steamers, notably the Chehalis, City of Quincy, George E. Starr, Edith, Washington, Josephine and the Eliza Anderson. He was a man well thought of by his many friends and acquaintances. His death is mourned by a large number of relatives. He leaves a widow and two sons, George and Orville Benson, and three brothers, J. S. Benson, for thirty-nine years a resident of Seattle, [unreadable line] Benson of Bayview, Skagit county. Mrs. Mary McCormack, of Midland county, Michigan, is a sister.
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Sources - [S225] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Lake Union, King, Washington; Roll: 1397; Family History Film: 1255397; Page: 272C; Enumeration District: 008.
Record for Daniel Benson - [S322] Ancestry.com, Washington State and Territorial Censuses, 1857-1892, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
- [S137] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Sumner, Kankakee, Illinois; Roll: M593_238; Page: 291A; Image: 585; Family History Library Film: 545737.
- [S138] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Tittabawassee, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: M432_361; Page: 82B; Image: 171.
- [S441] Ancestry.com, Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Daniel Benson
- [S225] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Lake Union, King, Washington; Roll: 1397; Family History Film: 1255397; Page: 272C; Enumeration District: 008.