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Caroline |
Benjamin /"Maud" |
| Birth Date: |
June 30, 1866 |
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| Birth Location: |
Iroquois County, Illinois |
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| Death Date: |
June 8, 1913 |
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| Death Location: |
Kankakee, Illinois |
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Burial: |
Jones Cemetery (Beaver Creek) Rural Papineau, Illinois |
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| Parents | |
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Father Stephen Benjamin (1835-1872) |
Mother Sylvia Wadley (~1839-1913) |
| Half Siblings | Full Siblings | ||||
| 1 Lydia Clark 1858-1865 |
2 Alice Clark 1859-1861 |
3 Major Clark 1861-1937 |
1 Emmaline Benjamin 1864-1942 |
2 Caroline Benjamin 1866-1913 |
3 Levi Benjamin 1871-? |
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| Marriage | |
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Caroline Benjamin married William H. Hoffman William H. Hoffman married Ella McKimpson Caroline Benjamin
married Patrick Langan (a.k.a. Peter R. Langdon) |
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| Children (in birth order) | |
| 1 Ada Maude Hoffman 1883-1907 |
2 Jennie Hoffman 1886-1924 |
| Notes |
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In 1893, Maud Huffman is listed in the Urbana city
directory, In 1895-1896, Maud Hoffman is listed in the Champaign
city directory, In 1900, William and Nellie Hoffman are living in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; they have one child living with them, Jennie. In 1910, Patrick and Carrie Langan are living in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. In 1910, William and Elly Hoffman are living in Sheldon Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. Patrick R. Langan died February 5, 1913, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. After Carrie's death, the Langan and Benjamin families
Carrie's body is believed to have been interred in the mausoleum built by her sister, Nell Clark. After Nell's death, the mausoleum is supposed to have contained five bodies: Carrie Benjamin Langan, Sylvia Wadley Smith, Arthur Clark, Gertrude Clark Berchier, and Nellie Clark. In 1991, the deceased in the mausoleum were buried in unmarked graves, and today the mausoleum stands empty.
William Hoffman died January 24, 1917, in Sheldon Township, Iroquois
County, Illinois. William H. Hoffman's obituary
does not specifically
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