Samuel Benedict
b. 19 Sept 1844 (Illinois or Kentucky)
m. Martha J. Anderson 27 Feb, 1868, in the home of James Anderson, near Troy, Illinois - Niles Kinne, Minister
d. 3 July 1892
Burial: Cottom Cemetery, Denmark, Illinois - military stone
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARTHA BENEDICT:
CLARA (1869)
JESSIE E. (1871)
PINCKNEY (1873)
BABY(died) (1876)
CORA MAY (1878)
THOMAS SAMUEL (1880)
ALVAH THEODORE (1883)
When he was 19 years old Samuel enlisted in the Union Army on May 16, 1864 at Raneysburg, Illinois. He served as a Private in the136th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B. from May 16, 1864, until he was honorably discharged at Springfield, Illinois on October 23, 1864
When he was 46 he filed for an invalid pension, indicating that he was incapacitated for the performance of ordinary manual labor because of "rheumatism in Arms Back and lower limbs, with palpitation of Hart and constant head Ache, and general debility"
A physician’s affidavit indicates that Samuel was treated in 1885 for an attack of bilious fever. In 1888, Samuel had chronic malaria which troubled him until his death. His death was caused by bronchitis, following an attack of la grippe.
