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Mary 

Jane Benjamin
Birth Date:

October 25, 1840

Birth Location:

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Death Date:

October 29, 1909

Death Location:

Iroquois County, Illinois

Burial:

Tegge Cemetery
Martinton, Illinois

Parents
Father
Stephen A. Benjamin
(1817-1900)
Mother
Catharine Metzler
(1823-1887)
Children (in birth order)
1
Mary Jane
 Benjamin

1840-1909
2
George

 Benjamin

1843-1915
3
Hannah
 Benjamin

1844-1900
4
Stephen W.
 Benjamin

1847-1940
5
John M.
 Benjamin

1849-1885
6
Ebenezer
 Benjamin
1851-1871
7
Cynthia
 Benjamin

1853-1935
8
Anna
 Benjamin

1856-1939
9
Susan
 Benjamin

1858-1954
10
Sarah
Benjamin

1859-1860
11
Catharine
Benjamin

1863-1867
Marriage

Mary Jane Benjamin married Randall W. Platt on May 4, 1858 in Kankakee County, Illinois.  They had six children together; Randall died on February 17, 1881.

She then married John Hedge on April 15, 1881 in Middleport Township, Iroquois County, Illinois.  They had one child together before John died.

Mary Jane's third and last marriage was to John H. Evett; they married on April 7, 1894 in Watseka, Illinois.

Six Children with Platt

One Child with Hedge

1
Catherine
 Platt
1860-1937

2
Ida B.
 Platt
1862-1943

3
John
 Platt
1865-?

4
Hubbard
 Platt
1867-?

5
Homer
 Platt
1871-?

6
Tressa
 Platt
1874-1943

1
John Jr.
 Hedge
1881-1950

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