Anthony Benton (abt. 1844 - 1923)

Born about 1844 in Catskill, Greene, New York, United States

Died 1923 at about age 79 in Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Anthony Benton is a part of US Black heritage.

Anthony was born in March between 1844^[1]-1849^[2] in New York.

Occupations

• 1900, 1910, 1920: Steamboat porter
• 1880: Boatman
• 1863: Laborer

Residences

• 1920: Owned house on North River Street in Coxsackie, New York with wife and son Richard
• 1910: Owned house on Riverside Avenue in Coxsackie, New York with his wife and son Richard (went by Alex as a child)
• 1900: 4 Riverside Avenue, Coxsackie, New York with his wife and son Alex
• 1890: Coxsackie, New York (US Veterans Schedules)
• 1880: Coxsackie, New York with his wife, children, sister Evangeline Sharpe and mother-in-law
• 1863: Hudson, New York (military enlistment)

Military Service

Private in Company A of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 19 years old, single and working as a laborer when he enlisted on 5 March 1863 in Hudson, New York. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.

Census Race

• 1920: White
• 1880, 1900, 1910: Black

Death

He passed away in 1923 and is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Coxsackie, New York.

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
• African American Civil War veterans of Columbia County, New York

Sources

1. ↑ calculated from estimated age at military enlistment
2. ↑ 1900 census

• 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Coxsackie, Greene, New York; Roll: 836; Page: 171B; Enumeration District: 076
• 1890 United States Veterans Schedules for Coxsackie, New York
• 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Coxsackie, Greene, New York; Page: 23; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1241039
• 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Coxsackie, Greene, New York; Roll: T624_950; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1374963
• 1920 United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Coxsackie, Greene, New York; Roll: T625_1114; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 61
• Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
• Find a Grave: Anthony Benton