Isabelle G “Belle” Benjamin

1861 - 1936  (75 years)

• Name	Isabelle G Benjamin
  Nickname	Belle
  Birth	15 Mar 1861	Belfast, Allegany, NY
  Gender	Female
  Census	13 Jun 1865	Belfast, Allegany, NY
  	age 4, born Allegany Co, living with parents
  Census	14 Jun 1870	Belfast, Allegany, NY
  	age 9, born NY, living with parents
  Census	5 Jun 1875	Belfast, Allegany, NY
  	age 14, born Allegany Co, living with parents
  Census	11 Jun 1880	Friendship, Allegany, NY
  	Belle, age 19, born NY, at school, living with parents
  Census	5 Jun 1900	Binghamton, Broome, NY
  	age 39, born Mar 1861 in NY, single, parents born NY/NY, servant for James & Mary Earle
  Census	16 Apr 1910	Belfast, Allegany, NY
  	age 49, born NY, farm laborer, parents born NY/NY, living with mother
  Census	22 Jan 1920	Belfast, Allegany, NY
  	age 58, born NY, dairy farmer, parents born NY/NY, living with sister Pearl
  Death	14 Jul 1936	Belfast, Allegany, NY
  Burial	17 Jul 1936	Riverside Cemetery, Belfast, NY
  Person ID	I9951	Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Joseph P Benjamin,   b. Oct 1828, Belfast, Allegany, NY d. 16 Jul 1908, Belfast, Allegany, NY (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Lois Merritt,   b. 6 Dec 1834, Chenango Co, NY d. 16 Apr 1911, Belfast, Allegany, NY (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	13 Jul 1856
  Family ID	F3239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Joseph & Lois Benjamin Family Gravestone BENJAMIN Joseph P. 1928 - 1908 / Lois M. 1834 - 1911 Isabelle G. 1861 - 1936 / Pearle P. 1875 - 1943 Plot: Section C Lot 46

  
  

• Notes

  "The Belfast Blaze" 30 Jul 1936 (fultonhistory.com) ISABELLE G. BENJAMIN Isabelle G. Benjamin was born March 15, 1861 in the town of Belfast on the farm where she had spent her entire life with the exception of a few years which was spent on her grandfather's farm at friendship. She was the oldest daughter of Joseph P. and Lois Merritt Benjamin. She passed away Tuesday, July 14, 1936 at 6 o'clock from the effects of a shock suffered Monday morning at 9:30. She leaves to mourn her loss, on brother, Olin G. Benjamin of Long Beach, California; one sister, Pearl Benjamin, at home, who was been her constant and lifelong companion, and several cousins. She was a member of the M.E. Church, Belfast; of W.R.C. Hateh Corps No. 90, Friendship and The White Creek Homer Bureau. Funeral services were held at her home Friday afternoons at 2:30 o'clock, July 17, 1936. The Rev. Harry L. Webb, pastor of the M.E. Church, Belfast, conducted the service. Burial was in the family lot in Riverside cemetery. A large concourse of relatives and friends attended the services, which attested the love and high esteem in which she was held.