Sophronia was born on 6 January 1835 in Darien, Genesee County, New York. She was the daughter of Hiram Matteson and Alvira Unknown.[1] She passed away and 13 April 1902 in Wyoming County, New York. She is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Attica, Wyoming County.[2]
She married Charles Benedict on 4 August 1853 in Genesee County, New York.
* "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPC-GM3 : accessed 16 August 2017), Sophronia Benedict in household of Charles Benedict, Attica Township Attica village, Wyoming, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 115, sheet 10B, family 280, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,178.
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