Leah Susan (Nichols) Benson (1837 - 1894)

Born 5 Oct 1837 in Virginia, United States

Died 18 Aug 1894 at age 56 in Knights Landing, Yolo, California, United States

Biography

Leah was born in Virginia in 1837. She passed away in Knights Landing, Yolo County, California in 1894, at the age of 56.

Family

• Parents: Abraham Elvy Nickols and Julie Ann Bowling
• Spouse: William Valentine Benson

Timeline

• 1837 born in Virginia
• 1860 US Census in Macon, Illinois, United States ^[1]
• 1870 US Census in Whitmore Township, Macon, Illinois, United States ^[2]
• 1880 US Census in East Grafton, Yolo County, CA, United States ^[3]
• 1894 died in Knights Landing, Yolo County, California ^[4]
• Buried in Knights Landing Cemetery, Knights Landing, Yolo County, California ^{[5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX48-264 : 18 February 2021), Leah Benson in entry for William V Benson, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6H7-BX6 : 29 May 2021), Leah Benson in entry for Wm Benson, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6P5-GS8 : 13 January 2022), Leah Benson in household of William Benson, Knights Landing, Yolo, California, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGH6-GFW2 : 8 April 2022), Leah Susan Benson, 1894.
5. ↑ Knights Landing Cemetery (Knights Landing, California, United States.) Leah Benson’s headstone. Personally photographed by Kim Collins, 5 April 2021.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #113923658