Eva Benham
1860 - 1950 (89 years)
Generation: 1
1. Eva Benham was born on 22 Jul 1860 in Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minnesota (daughter of John Benham and Marietta Unknown); died on 8 Apr 1950 in Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma. Other Events:
- Census: 1 May 1885, Orion, Olmsted County, Minnesota; Eva (Benham) Daniels and son Percy, age 1, are in the household of her parents.
Notes:
Mrs. Chadwell Dies After Long Illness
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Lucien Methodist church for Mrs. Eva Chadwell, 89, 723 Grove street, who died Saturday in a Cherokee hospital following a year’s illness.
Rev. Pierce will officiate at the services and interment will be in McGuire cemetery at Lucien under the direction of the Parker funeral home of Perry.
Mrs. Chadwell’s home was in Perry, but for several months she had made her home with a son, Percy Daniels, at Cherokee. Daniels is formerly of Perry.
She was born July 22, 1860, in Chatfield, Minn., and moved to Oklahoma in 1893. Her family homesteaded a farm near Lucien. Mrs. Chadwell was married to Thomas Chadwell in 1894 at Arkansas City, Kan.
Survivors other than her son are a brother, Ernest Benham of Enid; a grandson, Cecil Daniels, 917 Perry avenue, Perry; two granddaughters, Mrs. Leslie Raulston, Duncan, and Mrs. Marvis Burbridge of Aurora, Mo.; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, one son and a daughter.
The Perry Daily Journal, Perry Oklahoma. Monday, 10 April 1950, page 1.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228934551/eva-chadwellFamily/Spouse: Unknown Daniels. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Percy Sterling Daniels was born on 28 Apr 1885 in Chatfield, Olmsted County, Minnesota; died on 8 Nov 1962 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma.
Family/Spouse: Thomas Chadwell. Thomas was born in May 1872 in Tennessee; died on 29 Aug 1941 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. John Benham was born on 26 Sep 1825 in New York; died on 21 Apr 1907; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma. Other Events:
- Census: 1870, Orion, Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Census: 1900, Lowe, Noble County, Oklahoma
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29790546/j_-a_-benhamJohn married Marietta Unknown. Marietta was born on 4 Jan 1836 in New York; died on 20 Jan 1908; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Marietta Unknown was born on 4 Jan 1836 in New York; died on 20 Jan 1908; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma. Notes:
Died.
On Monday, January 20, Marietta Benham, aged 72 years, 16 days. The deceased had been suffering with la-grippe, which developed into pneumonia and resulted in her death after an illness of two weeks. Her husband, John Benham, died April 22, 1907, aged 82 years. Mrs. Benham leaves three children, Eva Chadwell, Katie Benham, Earnest and John Benham. She was a woman of kind and loving disposition, a friend to the needy, a sincere Christian and a member of the Baptist church. She was born in New York state in January, 1836. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the home of Mr. Thomas Chadwell in Lowe township, and interment will be in the McGuire cemetery.
Perry Daily News, Perry, Oklahoma. Tuesday, 21 January 1908.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29790548/marietta-benhamChildren:
- 1. Eva Benham was born on 22 Jul 1860 in Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 8 Apr 1950 in Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma.