BENIGHT/BENNIGHT

Generation No. 1

1. JOSEPH A. BENNIGHT. He married MARGARET ROSSON.

Children of JOSEPH BENNIGHT and MARGARET ROSSON are:
2. i. GUY ROSS BENIGHT, b. 1805, New York; d. September 24, 1864, Black Hawk Co., IA - burial Waterloo Cemetery, lot 130.
3. ii. CHARLES NAPP BENIGHT, b. November 10, 1809, Chemung Co.?, NY; d. April 06, 1886.
4. iii. EDWIN PUTNAM BENIGHT, b. December 16, 1811, New York; d. February 11, 1856.
iv. JOSEPH BENIGHT, m. SALLY BIDLEMAN, July 10, 1827, Vigo County, IN.

Notes for JOSEPH BENIGHT:
Joseph entered land on March 18, 1837, in Vigo Co., Indiana. NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 7 in Twp. 10 North of Range 10 West containing 36 acres and 32/100ths of an acre. Also SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Practional Section 12 in Twp. 10 North of Range 7 West containing 40 acres.

Generation No. 2

2. GUY ROSS BENIGHT (JOSEPH A. BENNIGHT) was born 1805 in New York, and died September 24, 1864 in Black Hawk Co., IA - burial Waterloo Cemetery, lot 130. He married HARRIET MAY SMITH.

Notes for GUY ROSS BENIGHT:
On March 18, 1837, Guy Ross Benight entered land in Vigo County, Indiana. Certificate numbers 425 and 426. Legal descriptions: NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 4 in Township 10 north of Range 10 West in the District of lands subject to sale at Vincennes, Indiana containing 40 acres; the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8 in Township 10 north of Range 10 West in the District of lands subject to sale at Vincennes, Indiana containing 40 acres. In 1850, was in the Clark Co., Illinois census and in 1860, was in the Iowa census, in Black Hawk County - Waterloo Twp., page 39. Dwelling #107, family #99.

Children of GUY BENIGHT and HARRIET SMITH are:
..i. ALVERA BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1828.
.ii. JULIA A. BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1830, Indiana.
iii. SAMUEL M. BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1832, Indiana; m. MARY ELIZABETH JACKSON, September 20, 1860, Black Hawk Co., IA.

Notes for SAMUEL M. BENIGHT:
In 1870 Iowa Census - Dallas Co., Van Meter Township, Dexter P.O., page 637, dwelling #234, family #228. Samuel is listed as a teamster. His sister, Emma and mother, Harriet are living with he and his wife.

..iv. NANCY BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1834.
...v. MARGARET BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1837.
..vi. MARTHA BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1841, Indiana.
.vii. EMMA BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1842.
viii. CHARLES WESLEY BENIGHT, b. March 10, 1846, Terra Haute, Vigo Co., IN; d. October 31, 1911, Juniata, Adams Co., NE - burial Oakland Cemetery, Adams Co., IA; m. MATILDA JANE SMITH, November 21, 1872, Adams Co., IA.

Notes for CHARLES WESLEY BENIGHT:
Charles Wesley Benight was born on March 10, 1846, in Indiana. His parents were Guy R. Benight and Harriet May Smith Benight. He moved to Iowa with his parents when he was eight years old (1854). They settled where the present town of Waterloo is located. At age 18, while living at Waterloo, IA, Charles joined Company C of the 32nd Iowa Infantry during the Civil War. His military record: enlisted 23 Dec 1863; mustered 23 Dec 1863; transferred to Company H 8th Infantry 27 Jul 1865. (From obituary - he enlisted December 9, 1863, was a member of the 32nd Iowa Infantry, and saw service in the second brigade, third division, sixteenth Army Corps. He was honorably discharged December 29, 1865). On November 21, 1872, in Adams Co., IA, he married Matilda Jane Smith, daughter of Moses Smith and Rachel Ratcliff Smith. (Matilda was born on Jan. 15, 1856, in Adams Co., IA). He farmed, and they lived near Coming, IA, at Brooks in Adams County. Charles had diabetes. In 1905, they moved to Nebraska. He passed away in Juniata, Nebraska, on October 31, 1911, and is buried at the Oakdale Cemetery in Adams Co., IA - Block 6, Row 2. (Obituary says Quincy Cemetery). Matilda went blind in later years, and lived with her daughter, Charity Giles, in Hansen, NE. Matilda died on May 26, 1950, of chronic myocarditis with arteosclerosis. She was 94 years old.

3. CHARLES NAPP BENIGHT (JOSEPH A. BENNIGHT) was born November 10, 1809 in Chemung Co.?, NY, and died April 06, 1886. He married (1) ELIZA ANN JONES May 05, 1833 in Vigo County, IN. He married (2) LOUISA CALDWELL BIRCH July 10, 1853 in Clark Co., IL.

Notes for CHARLES NAPP BENIGHT:
On March 18, 1837, Charles entered land in Vigo Co., Indiana. SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 4 in Twp. Ten North of Range Ten West containing 40 acres and 8/100ths of an acre.

Children of CHARLES BENIGHT and ELIZA JONES are:
..i. SARAH C. BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1837, Indiana; m. MILTON HENDERSON.
.ii. HAMILTON J. BENIGHT, b. October 31, 1839, Indiana; m. HANNAH A. JONES, July 13, 1867, Vigo County, IN. iii. HARRIET C. BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1843, Indiana; d. Bef. 1891.

Children of CHARLES BENIGHT and LOUISA BIRCH are:
.iv. CHARLES DUDLEY3 BENIGHT, b. August 31; d. June 29, 1937; m. HARRIETT B. "HATTIE" MILLER, February 27, 1878, Vigo County, IN.
..v. FRANK C. BENIGHT, m. NELLIE M. SHERBURNE, August 12, 1877.
.vi. MARTHA BENIGHT, d. infancy.
vii. GERTRUDE BENIGHT.
viii BERT BENIGHT, b. May 01, 1865; m. MARY E. BAILEY, August 06, 1888.

4. EDWIN PUTNAM BENIGHT (JOSEPH A. BENNIGHT) was born December 16, 1811 in New York, and died February 11, 1856. He married (1) ELLEN STRAIN June 10, 1841 in Vigo County, IN. He married (2) MARGARET ANN HILL June 20, 1849 in Vigo County, IN, daughter of REV. HILL and MARGARET CUNNINGHAM.

Notes for EDWIN PUTNAM BENIGHT:
Edwin entered land in Vigo Co., Indiana, on March 18, 1837. West 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Section 7 in Twp. 10 North of Range 10 West containing 73 acres and 64/100ths of an acre. Also East 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of practional Section 12 in Twp. 10 North of Range 11 West containing 80 acres. Edwin was listed as a farmer in Prairie Creek Township, 1850 Vigo Co., Indiana Census, page 296, dwelling #156.

Children of EDWIN BENIGHT and ELLEN STRAIN are:
.i. HARRIET3 BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1845, Illinois.
ii. FRANCIS BENIGHT, b. Abt. 1848, Illinois.

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