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Gamaliel Benjamin

Male 1806 - 1894  (87 years)


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  • Name Gamaliel Benjamin 
    Birth 7 Oct 1806  Saratoga Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 25 Nov 1850  Angelica, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 44, born NY, Deputy Sheriff 
    Census 18 Jun 1855  Angelica, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 49, born Saratoga Co, Sheriff, 5 yrs in town 
    Census 25 Jul 1860  Friendship, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 51, born NY, farmer 
    Census 8 Jun 1865  Friendship, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 58, born Saratoga Co, farmer 
    Census 9 Jul 1870  Convert, Seneca, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 64, born NY, retired coal ?? 
    Census 5 Jun 1880  Convert, Seneca, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 73, born NY, grocery merchant, parents born CT/CT 
    Death 4 May 1894  Farmer Village, Seneca, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9350  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2016 

    Father Joseph Fitch Benjamin,   b. 23 Dec 1775, Egremont, Berkshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1861, Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Palmer,   b. 16 Jul 1776, Northumberland, Saratoga, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1848, Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage Jan 1798  Schuylerville, Saratoga, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Ann Reese,   b. 4 Mar 1813, Oneida Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1885, Farmer Village, Seneca, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. Emalinor Adeline Benjamin,   b. 1835, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2014 

  • Headstones
    Gamaliel Benjamin Gravestone Site
    Gamaliel Benjamin Gravestone Site
    Plot: 188

  • Notes 
    • from "The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle", May 25, 1894 (fultonhistory.com)
      ALLEGANY
      The news of the death of Gamaliel Benjamin, who was at one time a prominent resident of Belfast, has been recieved at that place. Mr. Benjamin was 88 years old at the time of his death, which occured at his home in Farmer village, Seneca county. He was elected sheriff of this county in 1854.
    • from "NY Tribune", 16 July 1855 (fultonhistory.com)
      STARTLING INTELLIGENCE.?We haye no words with which to express our feelings in just hearing the startling news that Gamaliel Benjamin, Sheriff of this county, was on Saturday night last bitten with his own dog, since proved to be rabid. The dog suddenly sprang at Mr. Benjamin biting his hand severely. On Sunday tho dog left home and was yesterday morning killed in the village of Almond, after having bitten the colored barber of that place, beside numerous animals. The feelings of Mr. Benjamin and family, as well of his numerous friends, can better be imagined than described. Every effort will of course be used as far as medical aid can avail, to avoid the fatal result usually attending cases of this kind, and we can but hope that so useful a citizeu may still live to prove a bleesiog to his family and community. We learn that the barber, bitten in Almond, had a piece immediately cut out of his arm in the region of the wound.
      [Wellsville (N.Y.) July 11]