| Memorial | DAVID E. BENJAMIN David E. Benjamin died at the Saginaw Hospital August 25, 1890. He was born at De Ruyter*, Cortland County, New York, May 1, 1822, and was united in marriage to Margaret Sundy of that place in 1843, and came to Michigan where he settled at Brandon in Oakland County. Two children, Elizabeth and Ellen blessed this union, and the wife and mother died in 1863. Mr. Benjamin married Addine Coney, of Mt. Morris, New York, November 30, 1865, and they had one child, Lilian. He first became a resident of Saginaw in 1848, and was actively engaged in the lumber business here for twenty years.
In 1868 he moved out to the farm, which has been the family home from that time until the present. He was of the Methodist faith and a good man. Mrs. Benjamin and three children, Elizabeth, Lilian and Ellen, survive him, all of whom are in Saginaw except Ellen, who is married to William Lilly and lives in Texas.
* DeRuyter is in Madison County, N.Y. |