His wife was named Lela.
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQRQ-KBS : 27 December 2014), Martin Eley in entry for Benjamin Eley, 22 Nov 1946; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,991,460.
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