| Memorial | Robert L. BENJAMIN Robert L. Benjamin died at the Good Samaritan Hospital July 20, 1892. Mr. Benjamin was born in Madalin, N.Y., June 14, 1808, and was therefore a little more than 84 years of age. He had been a resident of Michigan upwards of 45 years, and came to Saginaw 35 years ago from Clarkson, Oakland County, where he had lived about 10 years. In December, 1862, he enlisted in Company H of the 27th Michigan Infantry volunteers and served during the war. The hardships of the camp impaired his health somewhat, yet after the war he pursued the avocation of farming for many years, living in the township of Saginaw. The past three years he has lived in the city of Saginaw. In 1835 Mr. Benjamin married Belinda Wilcox, who survives him. They had three children, who grew to manhood and womanhood. They were the late Henry Benjamin, who died 32 years ago, Delos Benjamin, who died in 1873, and Mrs. Henry A. Newton, who died in 1872. He was a brother of the late D. E. Benjamin. A brother, Sidney Benjamin, who is in the upper peninsula, a sister, Mrs. Thurston of Clarkson, two grandchildren, Miss Stella Newton and Ralph Newton, of Saginaw, and a granddaughter who lives in Marshall, survive him. |