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Levi

Benjamin
Birth Date:

March 15, 1871

Birth Location:

Illinois

Death Date:

Not known.

Death Location:

Not known.

Burial:

Not known.

Parents
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-?
Marriage

Levi Benjamin married Irene Quigley Smith
on August 11, 1908, in Kankakee, Illinois.
Irene died on October 5, 1910; she was buried in Mound Grove Cemetery.

Levi Benjamin married Cornelia Nichols
on May 11, 1911, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
Cora died May 23, 1915, in Kankakee, Illinois.

Levi also married Hannah (?).

Children (in birth order)
Not known.
     
Notes
Levi Benjamin is listed as a veteran of the Spanish-American War,
which took place in 1898.

In 1900, Levi Benjamin is working as a cook in the U.S. Military, stationed in the Philippine Islands.

In 1904, Levi Benjamin is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
living as a boarder at 20 West Avenue, working as a laborer.

In 1911, Levi Benjamin is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
living with wife Irene at 158 W. Station Street, working as a molder.

In 1913-1914, Levi Benjamin is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
living with wife Cora at 152 W. Station Street, working as a laborer.

In 1915, Levi Benjamin is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
living with wife Cora at 152 W. Station Street, working at Radeke Brewery.

In 1920, Levi Benjamin is living as an inmate in the
Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

In 1925-1926, Levi Benjamin is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
living at 654 W. Station Street, working in soft drinks.

In 1927, Levi Benjamin is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
living at 367 S. West Avenue, working as a molder.

In 1930, Levi and Hannah Benjamin are living on East Hickory Street
in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.

In 1931, Levi Benjamin is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
living at 216 S. Harrison Avenue.  This is his last appearance in the
city directory; he would have been 60 years old at the time.

It appears that Levi Benjamin did not die in Illinois, unless he died after 1950.

 

 

 

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