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Elmer Lee Benscoter

Male 1889 - 1975  (86 years)


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  • Name Elmer Lee Benscoter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Born 2 Mar 1889  Mills County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Gender Male 
    other Mills County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1900  Lyons, Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1910  Lyons, Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    Residence 1920  Oak, Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 10] 
    Residence 1 Jan 1925  Lewis Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7] 
    Residence 1929  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1930  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Lewis, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 17 May 1975  Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Buried Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Glenwood Cemetery
    Person ID I8986  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father John Wesley Benscoter,   b. 13 Sep 1855, Keokuk, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1918, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Julia Ann Edwards,   b. 10 Dec 1861, Lone Jack, Jackson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1904, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 21 Jun 1877  Pacific Junction, Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1680  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Tessie Shelby Powers,   b. 16 Jan 1890, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1970, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 13 May 1907  Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. Beulah Arvilla Benscoter,   b. 23 Nov 1909, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1919, Mills County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)  [natural]
     2. Ora Lee Benscoter,   b. 18 Feb 1908, Mills County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1997  (Age 89 years)  [natural]
     3. Gardner S Benscoter,   b. 26 May 1923, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 2004, Westphalia, Shelby, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F2758  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Mar 1889 - Mills County, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Mapsother - - Mills County, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Mills, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 May 1907 - Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Oak, Mills, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Jan 1925 - Lewis Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1929 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1940 - Lewis, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 May 1975 - Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • Elmer and Tess had a turkey farm

      According to 1940 census, Elmer worked at a railyard

  • Sources 
    1. [S48] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Lewis, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: T627_1199; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 78-47.
      Record for Elmer Benscoter

    2. [S776] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online. Number: 712-07-2973; Issue State: Railroad Board (Issued Through); Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Record for Elmer Benscoter

    3. [S785] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Registration Location: Mills County, Iowa; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
      Record for Elmer Lee Benscoter

    4. [S51] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Beulah Arvilla Benscoter

    5. [S789] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online.
      Record for Tessie Benscoter

    6. [S787] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Lyons, Mills, Iowa; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Record for Tessie Benscoter

    7. [S797] Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Elmar Benscoter

    8. [S778] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Record for Tessie Benscoter

    9. [S149] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Mills, Iowa, ED 97, roll T623 448, page 10A.
      Record for John Benscoter

    10. [S784] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Oak, Mills, Iowa; Roll: T625_502; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 105; Image: .
      Record for Tessie Benscoter

    11. [S794] Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    12. [S118] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Lyons, Mills, Iowa; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Record for Tessie Benscoter


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