Rebecca Alice (Dowden) Benson (1853 - 1901)

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Died 24 Mar 1901 at age 48 in Goshen, Montgomery, Maryland, United States

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Rebecca was born 12 Feb 1852 to Solomon Dowden and Jane Elizabeth Harris. She married John Edward Benson on 17 Dec 1872 at Neelsville Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, Maryland. They had 7 children: John Edgar, Lily E., William Solomon, Emma J., Orion Randall, Nellie Montgomery, and Heeleedee Estelle. She passed away on 24 Mar 1901 in Goshen, Montgomery, Maryland. She is buried at Neelsville Presbyterian Cemetery in Germantown, Montgomery, Maryland.

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• http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Neelsville_Presbyterian_Church_Cemetery%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland&public=1

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M69H-4QK : 18 February 2021), Rebecca A Dowden in entry for Solomon Dowden, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN3K-74Z : 29 May 2021), Rebecca A Dowden in entry for Solomon Dowden, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQ5-K5S : 14 January 2022), Alice R. Benson in household of John E. Benson, Montgomery, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M32Z-PJN : accessed 27 January 2022), Rebecca Benson in household of John E Benson, Election District 9, Gaithersburg Gaithersburg town, Montgomery, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 20B, family 407, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,625.