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BENSON –
Date Formed:  1780 – Villages & Communities include:  Benson,
Benson Landing.    

·      Town
of Benson, VT

·      Benson
Town Clerk:  P. O. Box 163 – Benson, VT  05731;  Phone:
(802) 537-2611.

 

·      Some Gravestone Inscriptions & Photos found in the Old Benson Cemetery, located
behind the Town Clerk office in Benson, Rutland County, Vermont, contributed by
Belinda Beldin, E-mail:
belinda@glade.net.  Thank you Belinda! 

 

“In Memory of Chauncey Standish who died Nov 15,1828 age 33 years”.

“Sacred to the memory of Widow Sarah Standish who died April 30,1820 aged 85 years”.

“In memory of Sophia Standish who died Feb 5,1825 age 26 years”.

Maria Belden-Little wife of Hervey Little born May 26,1800 died Sep 15,1886.

James P. Little born Nov 30,1823 died July 19,1862.

Hervey Little born Sep 11,1798 died June 19,1857.

Harriet Little daughter of Hervey and Maria Little died Feb 9, 1844 age 18 years 5mo.

Mrs Polly wife of Phinehas Belding Jr. died Sep 29,1834 age 68.

Phinehas Belding died Jan 30,1855 age 87.

Isaac Beldin died July 2,1819 age 34.

Polly -wife of Isaac Beldin died __ 26,1862 age 65 (month could be Aug-stone broken thru it).

Lydia Beldin wife of Levi ” In memory of Lydia w/o Levi” who died Aug 5,1825 age 65.

Truman S. Belden born June 12, 1804 died Nov 28,1890.

Abigail Dedrick wife of T.S. Belden born Jan 3,1800 died June 2, 1878.

Fred S. Belden – son of T.S. and A. Belden born Mar 27, 1843 died June 10, 1873.

Eliza Beldin – wife of Daniel Beldin died March 7, 1849 age 48.

Levi Barber born in Worcester, Mass April 6, 1763 died Jan 13, 1856 age 93.

Rebecca Barber – wife of Levi Barber born in Woodbury, Conn. Feb 15, 1768 died Mar 4, 1857 age 89.

Calvin Belden died Aug 22, 1856 age 63.

Huldah Belden – wife of Calvin Belden died Mar 1, 1870 age 75.

Thank you, Again, Belinda!

 

·      History of Rutland County, Vermont : with illustrations and biographical sketches of
some of its prominent men and pioneers, by H. P. Smith.  Syracuse,
N.Y.: D. Mason, 1886, (1007 pgs.)

 

These early Benson, Rutland
County deaths were transcribed from H. P. Smith’s History and donated to be posted to the VTGenWeb site, by
Mona Knight.  Thank you Mona!!!

Page 467. Examples of
Longevity –

Solomon Martin, died July
10, 1845, aged 93.

Sarah, wife of Elial Smith,
died March 23, 1862, aged 92.

Anna, widow of Arnold
Briggs, died August 17, 1869, aged 93.

Simeon Goodrich, died Feb
7, 1852, aged 92.

Rebecca, widow of Robert
Barber, died March 18, 1856, aged 92.

Elial Smith,
died May 10, 1867, aged 92.

Othniel Goodrich,
died Aug 12, 1853, aged 91.

Fear, widow of Captain
Stephen Olmsted, died January 7, 1825, aged 90.

William Jones, died March
23, 1852, aged 89.

Timothy Watson, died Aug
6, 1852, aged 89.

Mary, wife of Robert Parkhill,
died Oct 26, 1800, aged 89.

Stephen Sherwood, died
Jan 11, 1832, aged 89.

William Manning, died Jan
8, 1847, aged 88.

Susanna, widow of Rufus
Walker, died July 20, 1863, aged 88.

The first death in this
town is not now known, but the first recorded in the town record of deaths is
that of an infant son of Benoni and Lucy Gleason, named James, who was born
April 5, 1789, and died on the following day. With the exception of the child
above mentioned, no inscription on any gravestone records a death earlier than
that of Captain William Barber, which occurred August 11, 1789, at the age of
forty-six years.

 

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