Sarah Jane (Akers) Benefiel (1849 - 1924)

Born 25 Aug 1849 in Hardin, Kentucky, United States

Wife of Robert N. Benefiel — married 24 Sep 1867 in Coles, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1924 at age 75 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born in Kentucky in 1849, the daughter of Austin Akers and Mary J. Klein.^[1] She married Robert N. Benefiel in Illinois in 1867.^[2] Sarah passed away in Illinois in 1924^[3] and is buried in Shelbyville, Illinois.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 US Census
2. ↑ Illinois County Marriages
3. ↑ Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths
4. ↑ Find A Grave

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85K-3ND : 4 April 2020), Sarah J Acres in household of Austin Acres, Wabash, Coles, Illinois, United States; citing family 74, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK6-SRV : 4 November 2017), Robert Benefiel and Sarah Akers, 24 Sep 1867; citing Coles, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,301,516.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67L-R68 : 19 March 2020), Sarah J Benefield in entry for Robert Benefield, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKM-K7T : 15 September 2017), Sarah Benefiel in household of Robert N Benefiel, Summit, Moultrie, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet 494C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,239.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSH2-GXX : accessed 16 April 2020), Sarah J Benefiel in household of Robert N Benefiel, Rose Township Shelbyville city Ward 3-4, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 21A, family 481, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,345.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKXP-6TR : accessed 16 April 2020), Sarah J B*Field in household of Robert M B*Field, Shelbyville Ward 2, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 175, sheet 8A, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 326; FHL microfilm 1,374,339.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJCP-BHR : accessed 16 April 2020), Sarah Bennefield in household of Robert Bennefield, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing ED 216, sheet 16B, line 78, family 465, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 408; FHL microfilm 1,820,408.

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQTM-6NY : 8 March 2018), Sarah Benefiel, 31 Aug 1924; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,493,092.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 April 2020), memorial page for Sarah Akers Benefiel (26 Aug 1849–31 Aug 1924), includes grave photo, Find A Grave: Memorial #15910711, citing Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Eileen Bridges (contributor 46992719).

• Stout, Evelyn Benefiel. "The Benefiel Families of Indiana and Their Descendants". Pages 21, 37. Self-published; copyright 1983 by Evelyn B. Stout, R.R. 1, Box 92, Cherokee, OK, 73728.