Benona was born in 1800. He is the son of George Showers.
Sources
US Census: 1810 Rensselaerville, NY, 1820 Granby, NY, 1840, 1850, 1860 Ira, NY
1865 NYS Census
See also:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTK-LN6 : 12 April 2016), Benona Showers, Ira, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing family 536, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K67R-LZ5 : 7 September 2016), Benonah Showers, Ira, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing p. , line #38, family #108, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,435,218.
"New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-HL5R : accessed 30 December 2017), Benona Showers, , Ira, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing source p. 17, line 33, household ID 128, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 853,200.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benona by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benona: