Benjamin & Annie Benson

Benjamin Cleveland Benson & Annie Rutledge

1860 - Benjamin Benson born 21 May 1860 in Surry County, North Carolina
1870 - Annie Rutledge born August, 1870 in Idaho
1870 - US Census shows Benson family at Rocky Station, Lee County, Virginia
1875 - Family in Washington, Washington County, Kansas
1885 - Marriage to Annie Rutledge in Ada County, Idaho
1886 - Birth of son, Elbert L Benson
1887 - Death of son, Elbert L Benson
1888 - Birth of son, Vernon Milton Benson
1890 - Birth of daughter, Bertha Catherine Benson
1892 - Land patent received for property in Meridian on the southwest corner of present-day Cherry Lane & Ten Mile where Albertson's is.
1900 - US Census shows residence in Meridian, Idaho
1901-1903 - Newspaper records show multiple sale-offs of Meridian land
1905 - Buys land in the Hyde Park area in Boise.
1910 - US Census shows residence in Boise, Idaho
1912 - Death of Benjamin C Benson in Boise. Buried at Dry Creek Cemetery.
1918 - Annie in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Califonia
1923 - Anne dies at age 53 and is buried in Long Beach, California.