Sarah BENHAM

1842 - 1880  (38 years)

• Name	Sarah BENHAM
  Birth	1842	N.Y.
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 May 1880	Belleville, Wayne Co., MI
  Burial	Soop Cem., Belleville, Wayne Co., MI
  Person ID	I368	Benham Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Beecher Bryant BENHAM, Jr,   b. 1820, Hopewell, Ontario Co., N.Y. d. 22 Apr 1880 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eliza WOODBUCK,   b. 17 Sep 1816, Jamestown, NY d. 26 Feb 1909, Onaway, Presque Isle Co., MI (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1841
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Franklin THOMAS,   b. 1833   d. 09 Sep 1889, Belleville, Wayne Co., MI (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1857	Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
  Children	+ 1. Horace "Hody" THOMAS,   b. 01 Sep 1858, Michigan  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Ella Jane THOMAS,   b. 28 Sep 1860  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Etty Newton "Hattie" THOMAS,   b. 08 Dec 1861  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Rose THOMAS,   b. 08 Sep 1863  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Lydia May THOMAS,   b. 02 Dec 1865  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Frank Ruffus THOMAS,   b. 1876   d. 1889 (Age 13 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Freddie THOMAS,   b. 1876  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah was not with her mother and brother in the 1850 census, when they were living with the Fileston family. Sarah would have been eight years old then. She married at age 15. She named her first son, Horace. Beecher had a brother, Horace, so could she have been living with that family? ------------------------- 1850 Census Charleston, Kalamazoo County, MI Sept 16, 1850 Orra Bush 57 m Mass Sophia " 54 f NY Henry W. " 33 m NY Obediah " 16 m MI Helen M Bush 18 f MI Sarah E. Benham 6 f MI Also nearby Harvey Bush 24 NY Laura " 21 NY Henry " 2 MI Ellen " 1 MI Could this be our Sarah E. Benham? In the 1850 Census for Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY there is a: Henry C. Bush 24 NY Ellen " 22 NY Mary Ann " 3 NY Andrew M. " 1 NY This family is in the census next to Jonathan Benham, aged 47, who could be the brother of Beecher Sr.