Benson, John Pvt b. 1843 Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Jul 1863 Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Benson, John Pvt

1843 - 1863 (20 years)

Name	Benson, John [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
	John Benson in the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Name: John Benson State Filed: Pennsylvania and New York Widow: Anna Benson Relative: Mother Henrietta C. Benson Minor: Mathias Benson, et al. mother: Henrietta G. Benson Roll Number: T288_32 service: G 150 Pa. Inf. date of filing class appl.no. state 1879 Oct 30 widow 253265 1885 Dec 16 minor 333491 Pa 1889 Oct 25 mother 407114 Ny
Suffix	Pvt
Birth	1843	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 3, 8]
Gender	Male
Residence	Between 1850 and 1860	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [2]
Census 1850	2 Sep 1850	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [9]
	age 7, PA
	20250505GHLn- re-worked 20181117HAv- Ages revised, Potter Benson & John Bee, from 55 to 33- 1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson date 2nd Sept 1850 John Radachick? Name: John Benson Age: 7 birth: ca 1843 Pennsylvania Gender: male Home: Ceres, McKean, PA Family: 640 Household Potter Benson 33 NY farmer Henriette Benson 34 PA Stalira Benson 13 PA Gulielma Benson 11 PA Mary Benson 9 PA John Benson 7 PA Elizabeth Benson 3 PA Harriet Benson 1 PA 637: Thomas Bee 61 England farmer Mira " 51 PA wife Olge " 16 PA laborer Mary " 13 PA Mira " 13 PA Robert " 10 PA Adelaid " 8 PA Thomas " 6 PA 839: John Bee 33 England farmer Deborah Bee 49 NY Mary Bell 92 England 641: Thomas Gilbert 43 PA farmer Deliann " 23 NY Statira " 1 IA Mary " 60 England Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
census 1860	17 Jun 1860	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [10, 11]
	age 17, PA; farm laborer PO Port Allegany
	20240604GHLn- pasted back into Source Notes & edited; Media file re-attached. 20181117HAv- pasted into empty Media from Source Notes- Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 637; Image: 47. 1860 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON Name: Potter Benson Age: 46 Birth: 1814 New York Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania Gender: Male PO: Port Allegany Household Members: Name Age Potter Benson 46 NY farmer Henriyetta Benson 45 PA Julia Elma Benson 22 PA John Benson 17 PA farm laborer Elizabeth Benson 14 PA Harriett Benson 11 PA Brice B Benson 9 PA Rebecca Benson 6 PA Mary Benson 20 PA school teacher Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1138; Page: 637; Image: 47; Family History Library Film: 805138. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
		census 1860 USA PA McKean Ceres _637 BENSON Potter.jpg 20240604GHLn- pasted back into Source Notes & edited; Media file re-attached. 20181117HAv- pasted into empty Media from Source Notes- Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 637; Image: 47. 1860 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON Name: Potter Benson Age: 46 Birth: 1814 New York Home:…
Civil War	Between 18 Aug 1862 and 1 Jul 1863	Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 3, 5, 12]
	Died the first day of Battle at Gettysburg
	20200824HAv- from 150th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company G Recruited in M'Kean County Bee, Fulton Private September 2, 1862 Killed at Gettysburg, Pa, July 1, 1863 Benson, John Private September 2, 1862 Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 ... Ben Fulton, John Benson, and Nathan Hand were killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863;... - History of McKean County, PA p. 142
		Gettysburg, First_shot_marker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg#mediaviewer/File:First_shot_marker.jpg First shot monument
		Civil War, Yankee flags, nineunknowns http://deadconfederates.com/2012/05/27/frederick-douglass-on-decoration-day-1871-2/ On Decoration Day, 1871, Frederick Douglass gave the following address at the monument to the Unknown Dead of the Civil War at Arlington National Cemetery. It is a short speech, but one of the best of its type I’ve ever encountered. I’ve posted it before,…
Military Enlistment	18 Aug 1862	McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA [8]
	Age: 19 Pvt, Co G, 150th Pa Infantry
	20240514GHLn- John Benson in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869 Name John Benson Gender Male Age 19 Birth abt 1843 Enlistmt 18 Aug 1862 McKean County, USA Muster 2 Sep 1862 Harrisburg, Penna Rank Private Unit Infantry Reg't 150th Pennsylvania Company G killed July 1, 1863 Gettysburg Died: Horatio Bell Capt 40 Sep 3, 1862 killed at Battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
_MILT	Between 18 Aug 1862 and 1 Jul 1863	McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 4, 13, 14]
	Pvt. Co G, enlisted for 3 yrs, Pvt, Co. G 150th Pa Infantry (New Bucktails); killed in action, Battle of Gettysburg
	History of the 150th PA Infantry Co. G, Civil War ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH REGIMENT, P. V. I. The One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment (New Bucktails) effected organization at Camp Curtin September 3, 1862, and claims service with the One Hundred and Forty-ninth, sharing in many, if not all, of the successes and reverses of that command. Langhorne Wistar, of the old Forty-second, was chosen colonel; H. S. Huidekoper, lieutenant-colonel, and Thomas Chamberlin, major. When the colors of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment were captured at Gettysburg, they were recaptured at once by the sister regiment, and later, when it became too evident that the President was to be sacrificed to the policy of the Confederacy, the authorities called on Col. Stone to assign two companies of the One Hundred and Fiftieth to take the place of the United States troops as President's guard at the Soldiers' Home. On the arrival of Companies C and H there, they would not be received, as the regulars had no orders to retire, and so returned to their command. In the meantime orders came relieving the regular troops, who marched, leaving the Home unguarded; but when these false steps were discovered Companies D and K were ordered thither, while later Company D was ordered to guard the Soldiers' Home with Company A, leaving Company K to guard the place until relieved in June, 1865, when it was mustered out with the other companies. Company G, of this command, was raised in McKean county with Horatio Bell, captain. He was killed at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864, and Lieut. Samuel R. Beckwith, commissioned captain, who served until musterout. Lieut. Dan. J. Keys resigned in June, 1863, and was succeeded by James M. Robinson, commissioned May 7, 1864. Second Lieut. Daniel Beckwith served to the close; Sergt. Clark Weels was discharged in December, 1863; Cyrus W. Baldwin was killed on the North Anna river. May 23, 1864; S. DeLoss Taggart, wounded at Hatcher's run, died at Lookout, Md., February 20, 1865; J. L. Beers was mustered out at the close, also John Swink, Buckley D. Catlin and E. H. Judkins; Sergt. Lorenzo Hodges, who was wounded at Gettysburg, died July 16, 1863. There were no less than fifteen members of this company honored with the position of corporal: Putnam Barber, W. H. Haven, W. F. Lovejoy, William Brown. C. D. Winship, Al. L. Lanphere, William A. North, Wilson W. Tubbs, H. M. Kenny. H. L. Burlingame, H. A. Young and C. C. Tripper served to the close of the war. Theo. Yardley was killed at Hatcher's run; 142 HISTORY OF MCKEAN COUNTY. Joseph 13. Otto, died October 30, 1862, and 'William J. Holmes, wounded at Gettysburg, died July 23, 1863. The only musician, Daney Strickland, Served from September, 1862, to June, 1865. The private troops who fell on the held, or who died from the effects of wounds or other causes, are named as follows: L. M. Adams died in 1864; Melville Baldwin, at Richmond, Va., in 1864; A. M. Beckwith, in 1863; Ben Fulton, John Benson and Nathan Hand were killed at Gettysburg. July 1, 1863: Delos Otto, at the battle of the Wilderness, and Philetus Southwick, at Spottsylvania, in May, 1861: William P. Carner died in captivity, December 11. 1864; T. D. Colegrove, November 21, 1862, and D. A. Mors... October -in. same year, at Washington; L. F. Haven died in prison, August 31. 1863; Oscar Moody died in Richmond prison February, 1864; W. Merrick, a prisoner, died July 20, 1863; W. J. Mills, in Andersonville, August 6. 1864; J. A. Morris, in March, 1865; Isaac Pelgrim, wounded at Gettysburg, died July 1, 1863; Steve Seymour died March 13, 1863; Charles B. Slocum died in captivity in May, 1864; Jeffry Kenny died March 3, 1863. The record of discharged soldiers after a full term of service contains the following names: William Brockam, Joseph D. Ball. Willard Cummiugs, Joseph Coats, M. M. Catlin, Charles Dickerson, Edward Finnegan, John Mead, F. Fuller, Robert Graham, J. S. Hodges, L. F. Hovey, George Loomis, George T. Otto, Samuel L. Provin, William T. Strickland. Wesley Starks, Thomas Smith and Judson Skiver. Robert B. Warner was discharged for disability. The private troops discharged on surgeon's certificate were Merrit J. Baldwin. W. H. Baker, Silas A. Devaul. Richard Goodwin, Thomas Good, Elias Grimes, John B. Gleason, Moses R. Ford, Levi Holcomb, Charles Karr. Ebenezer Leonard, Wellington Lord, George Loomis and Edward Simpson in 1862-63. S. DeLoss Taggart died some years ago. The transfers to V. R. C. included Joseph D. Ball and Benjamin Treat; William Ellis was sick at muster-out; John B. Litch, was wounded at Hatcher's Run, and in hospital at date of disbanding; Miles Lovejoy was transferred to the United States army in 1862. The alleged deserters were Miles Hess, in 1862. and John Barron, in 1st',:;. yesNMadded this on 12 Feb 2012 History of McKean County J.H. Beers & Co. _________________ John Benson in the U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: John Benson Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania Regiment: 150th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Company: G Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M554 roll 8 ____________________________ War Dept record 27 June 1881 War Department Adjutant General Office, Washington, June 27, 1881 Respectfully returned to the Commissions of Pensions John Benson, Pvt Company G 150 Regiment Penn Volunteers, was enrolled on the 18 day of August 1862 at McKean to serve 3 years Aug 31/63 Killed at battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863 Coman in action said ____ JD __ Signed: A Nichelson? ShirleyAnnB16 originally shared this on 31 Aug 2013 Linked To John Benson John Benson in the U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: John Benson Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania Regiment: 150th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Company: G Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M554 roll 8 _____ 20200325HAv- pasted and edited from front Source Citation Text: "Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five, and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."
		Civil War, Union soldier cap, J19500 http://www.starcostumes.com/items/Wool_Union_Hat.aspx
Military Muster	2 Sep 1862	Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [8]
Battle of Gettysburg	1 Jul 1863	Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
	killed in action
	20200824HAv- from 150th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company G Recruited in M'Kean County Bee, Fulton Private September 2, 1862 Killed at Gettysburg, Pa, July 1, 1863 Benson, John Private September 2, 1862 Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863
		Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_L._Prang_and_Co._-_Battle_of_Gettysburg_-_Restoration_by_Adam_Cuerden repasted from front Notes 20171201 RVA- "Battle of Gettysburg", L. Prang & Co. print of the painting "Hancock at Gettysbug" by Thure de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg#mediaviewer/File:Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_L._Prang_and_Co._-_Battle_of_Gettysburg_-_Restoration_by_Adam_Cuerden.jpg Thulstrup, showing Pickett's Charge. Restoration by…
FSID	9KDS-B62
Death	1 Jul 1863	Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA [5, 7]
	20200824HAv- https://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/150th/150thcog.html from: 150th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company G Recruited in M'Kean County Benson, John Private September 2, 1862 Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 ______________________ Source Medium: Electronic "Beers History of McKean, Cameron, Elk, and Potter Counties" Potter Benson's children were: Brice Briggs Benson, b. June 11, 1851 in Ceres; m. Eva Finch ,1883; 2 children, Anna and Glenn. Statira C., m. Justus Rice Guliellma M., m.F.G.Fuller Mary, m. G.W.Lewis John, (killed at the battle of Gettysburg) Elizabeth, m. R.R. Bell Harriet, m. Alvah Hall Rebecca Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived. ... copied from Beers history of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties. ____________ 20200325HAv- pasted and edited from front Source Citation Text: "Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five, and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age." age 20. killed in Battle at Gettysburg; One son had died for his country during the rebellion. - Mann
		History of McKean County, PA p. 142- John Benson killed at Gettysburg ... Ben Fulton, John Benson, and Nathan Hand were killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863;...
		Civil War, Union marker w flag, 034 http://albanyruralcemetery.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html Thursday, April 12, 2012 A Fallen Civil War Stone April 12 marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War with the firing on Fort Sumter. The Albany Rural Cemetery is the final resting place to hundreds of Union soldiers, as well as several Confederate veterans. …
Burial	Aft 1 Jul 1863
	Gettysburg National Cemetery?
Person ID	I20132	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	BENSON, Potter, b. 18 Feb 1814, Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA d. 14 Aug 1889, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	GILBERT, Henrietta Caroline, b. 31 Dec 1814, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1898, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	4 Jun 1836	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
	Henrietta was a member of the "Friends" when she married Potter Benson. He was not a member.
Married	4 Jun 1836	Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA [3, 15]
Issue, jt	14 Aug 1889 [7]
	Eight, total: He (Potter) left four daughters and one son.
	20200325HAv- pasted and edited from front Source Citation Text: "Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five, and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."
Family ID	F9376	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Benson, Anna mrs

Marriage Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

attached Quaker Meeting notes, Goshen, are from 1740(?) -jcw20160802

Quaker Mtg notes, Goshan- Benson, John & Ann fornication_marriage 1757 1740 uh
1757? 1740?

military pension 30 Oct 1879 [4]

Civil War pension appl no 253265, Ann, widow- no state indicated

edited 20240514GHLn-
John Benson in the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
John Benson in the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Name: John Benson
State Pennsylvania and New York
Widow: Anna Benson
Relative: Mother Henrietta C. Benson
Minor: Mathias Benson, et al.
mother: Henrietta G. Benson
Roll Nr: T288_32
service: G 150 Pa. Inf.
filed class appl.no. state
1879 Oct 30 widow 253265
1885 Dec 16 minor 333491 Pa
1889 Oct 25 mother 407114 Ny

Source Information
National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.

Benson, John- War Dept 18810627 Comm of Pensions returned
War Dept record
27 June 1881

War Department Adjutant General Office, Washington, June 27, 1881 Respectfully returned to the Commissions of Pensions
John Benson, Pvt Company G 150 Regiment Penn Volunteers, was
enrolled on the 18 day of August 1862 at McKean to serve 3 years Aug 31/63
Killed at battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863
Coman in action said…

Children

1. Benson, Mathias [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F5548 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Civil War - Died the first day of Battle at Gettysburg - Between 18 Aug 1862 and 1 Jul 1863 - Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
	Military Enlistment - Age: 19 Pvt, Co G, 150th Pa Infantry - 18 Aug 1862 - McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA
	_MILT - Pvt. Co G, enlisted for 3 yrs, Pvt, Co. G 150th Pa Infantry (New Bucktails); killed in action, Battle of Gettysburg - Between 18 Aug 1862 and 1 Jul 1863 - McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA
	Military Muster - 2 Sep 1862 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
	Battle of Gettysburg - killed in action - 1 Jul 1863 - Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
	Death - 1 Jul 1863 - Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA

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		History of McKean County, PA p. 142- John Benson killed at Gettysburg ... Ben Fulton, John Benson, and Nathan Hand were killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863;...
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		Civil War, Yankee flags, nineunknowns http://deadconfederates.com/2012/05/27/frederick-douglass-on-decoration-day-1871-2/ On Decoration Day, 1871, Frederick Douglass gave the following address at the monument to the Unknown Dead of the Civil War at Arlington National Cemetery. It is a short speech, but one of the best of its type I’ve ever encountered. I’ve posted it before,…
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		Benson, John- Death Record, Casualty Sheet Pvt Co C 150th Regt PA Inf Killed in Action Death record of John Benson Casualty Sheet 1863 John Benson, Private Company G Regiment 150 Infantry State of Pennsylvania Nature of casualty Death Killed in action by whom certified: Capt W. Bell Date of discharge, death: July 1, 1863 Place of Discharge, Death Gettsyburg, Penn. From what source this information was obtained: Register of…
		census 1860 USA PA McKean Ceres _637 BENSON Potter.jpg 20240604GHLn- pasted back into Source Notes & edited; Media file re-attached. 20181117HAv- pasted into empty Media from Source Notes- Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 637; Image: 47. 1860 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON Name: Potter Benson Age: 46 Birth: 1814 New York Home:…
		Civil War, Union marker w flag, 034 http://albanyruralcemetery.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html Thursday, April 12, 2012 A Fallen Civil War Stone April 12 marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War with the firing on Fort Sumter. The Albany Rural Cemetery is the final resting place to hundreds of Union soldiers, as well as several Confederate veterans. …
		Benson, John- War Dept 18810627 Comm of Pensions returned War Dept record 27 June 1881 War Department Adjutant General Office, Washington, June 27, 1881 Respectfully returned to the Commissions of Pensions John Benson, Pvt Company G 150 Regiment Penn Volunteers, was enrolled on the 18 day of August 1862 at McKean to serve 3 years Aug 31/63 Killed at battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863 Coman in action said…
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		census 1850 USA PA McKean Ceres 20250505GHLn- re-worked 20181117HAv- Ages revised, Potter Benson & John Bee, from 55 to 33- 1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson date 2nd Sept 1850 John Radachick? Name: John Benson Age: 7 birth: ca 1843 Pennsylvania Gender: male Home: Ceres, McKean, PA Family: 640 Household Potter Benson 33 NY farmer Henriette Benson 34…
		PA Civil War Muster Rolls 1862 John Benson Pvt.jpg 20240514GHLn- John Benson in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869 Name John Benson Gender Male Age 19 Birth abt 1843 Enlistmt 18 Aug 1862 McKean County, USA Muster 2 Sep 1862 Harrisburg, Penna Rank Private Unit Infantry Reg't 150th Pennsylvania Company G killed July 1, 1863 Gettysburg Died: Horatio Bell Capt 40 Sep 3,…

Notes

[Lewis by Edna Lovesky.FTW]
Birth-According to the 1850 Census he was 7 years old.
Birth-According to the 1860 Census his birth was about 1843 in Pennsylvania.
Death-He was killed at the Battle of Gettsyburg on 01 Jul1863.
______________________

History of the 150th PA Infantry Co. G, Civil War
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH REGIMENT, P. V. I.

The One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment (New Bucktails) effected organization at Camp Curtin September 3, 1862, and claims service with the One Hundred and Forty-ninth, sharing in many, if not all, of the successes and reverses of that command. Langhorne Wistar, of the old Forty-second, was chosen colonel; H. S. Huidekoper, lieutenant-colonel, and Thomas Chamberlin, major. When the colors of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment were captured at Gettysburg, they were recaptured at once by the sister regiment, and later, when it became too evident that the President was to be sacrificed to the policy of the Confederacy, the authorities called on Col. Stone to assign two companies of the One Hundred and Fiftieth to take the place of the United States troops as President's guard at the Soldiers' Home. On the arrival of Companies C and H there, they would not be received, as the regulars had no orders to retire, and so returned to their command. In the meantime orders came relieving the regular troops, who marched, leaving the Home unguarded; but when these false steps were discovered Companies D and K were ordered thither, while later Company D was ordered to guard the Soldiers' Home with Company A, leaving Company K to guard the place until relieved in June, 1865, when it was mustered out with the other companies.

Company G, of this command, was raised in McKean county with Horatio Bell, captain. He was killed at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864, and Lieut. Samuel R. Beckwith, commissioned captain, who served until musterout.
Lieut. Dan. J. Keys resigned in June, 1863, and was succeeded by James M. Robinson, commissioned May 7, 1864.
Second Lieut. Daniel Beckwith served to the close;
Sergt. Clark Weels was discharged in December, 1863;
Cyrus W. Baldwin was killed on the North Anna river. May 23, 1864;
S. DeLoss Taggart, wounded at Hatcher's run, died at Lookout, Md., February 20, 1865;
J. L. Beers was mustered out at the close, also John Swink, Buckley D. Catlin and E. H. Judkins;
Sergt. Lorenzo Hodges, who was wounded at Gettysburg, died July 16, 1863.

There were no less than fifteen members of this company honored with the position of corporal: Putnam Barber, W. H. Haven, W. F. Lovejoy, William Brown. C. D. Winship, Al. L. Lanphere, William A. North, Wilson W. Tubbs, H. M. Kenny. H. L. Burlingame, H. A. Young and C. C. Tripper served to the close of the war. Theo. Yardley was killed at Hatcher's run;

142 HISTORY OF MCKEAN COUNTY.

Joseph 13. Otto, died October 30, 1862, and 'William J. Holmes, wounded at Gettysburg, died July 23, 1863. The only musician, Daney Strickland,
Served from September, 1862, to June, 1865.

The private troops who fell on the held, or who died from the effects of wounds or other causes, are named as follows:
L. M. Adams died in 1864;
Melville Baldwin, at Richmond, Va., in 1864;
A. M. Beckwith, in 1863;
Ben Fulton, John Benson and Nathan Hand were killed at Gettysburg. July 1, 1863:
Delos Otto, at the battle of the Wilderness, and
Philetus Southwick, at Spottsylvania, in May, 1861:
William P. Carner died in captivity, December 11. 1864;
T. D. Colegrove, November 21, 1862, and
D. A. Mors... October -in. same year, at Washington;
L. F. Haven died in prison, August 31. 1863;
Oscar Moody died in Richmond prison February, 1864;
W. Merrick, a prisoner, died July 20, 1863;
W. J. Mills, in Andersonville, August 6. 1864;
J. A. Morris, in March, 1865; Isaac Pelgrim, wounded at Gettysburg, died July 1, 1863;
Steve Seymour died March 13, 1863;
Charles B. Slocum died in captivity in May, 1864; Jeffry Kenny died March 3, 1863.

The record of discharged soldiers after a full term of service contains the following names:
William Brockam, Joseph D. Ball. Willard Cummiugs, Joseph Coats, M. M. Catlin, Charles Dickerson, Edward Finnegan, John Mead, F. Fuller, Robert Graham, J. S. Hodges, L. F. Hovey, George Loomis, George T. Otto, Samuel L. Provin, William T. Strickland. Wesley Starks, Thomas Smith and Judson Skiver. Robert B. Warner was discharged for disability.

The private troops discharged on surgeon's certificate were Merrit J. Baldwin. W. H. Baker, Silas A. Devaul. Richard Goodwin, Thomas Good, Elias Grimes, John B. Gleason, Moses R. Ford, Levi Holcomb, Charles Karr. Ebenezer Leonard, Wellington Lord, George Loomis and Edward Simpson in 1862-63.
S. DeLoss Taggart died some years ago.
The transfers to V. R. C. included Joseph D. Ball and Benjamin Treat;
William Ellis was sick at muster-out;
John B. Litch, was wounded at Hatcher's Run, and in hospital at date of disbanding;
Miles Lovejoy was transferred to the United States army in 1862. The alleged deserters were Miles Hess, in 1862. and John
Barron, in 1st',:;.

yesNMadded this on 12 Feb 2012
History of McKean County J.H. Beers & Co.

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[S582] National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), John Benson in the U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865.
Record for John Benson John Benson in the U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: John Benson Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania Regiment: 150th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Company: G Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M554 roll 8
John Benson in the U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: John Benson
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment: 150th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Company: G
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 8

Source Information
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.
[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for John Benson
[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Henrietta Caroline Gilbert

[S584] National Archives and Records Administration, Civil War Pension Index General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), John Benson in the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.
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John Benson in the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
John Benson in the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Name: John Benson
State Pennsylvania and New York
Widow: Anna Benson
Relative: Mother Henrietta C. Benson
Minor: Mathias Benson, et al.
mother: Henrietta G. Benson
Roll Nr: T288_32
service: G 150 Pa. Inf.
filed class appl.no. state
1879 Oct 30 widow 253265
1885 Dec 16 minor 333491 Pa
1889 Oct 25 mother 407114 Ny

Source Information
National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.

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John Benson in the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Name: John Benson
State Pennsylvania and New York
Widow: Anna Benson
Relative: Mother Henrietta C. Benson
Minor: Mathias Benson, et…

[S137] Merlyn Wetzel, e-mail: Merlyn WETZEL, Source Medium: Electronic "Beers History of McKean, Cameron, Elk, and Potter Counties".
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Potter Benson's children were:
Brice Briggs Benson, b. June 11, 1851 in Ceres; m. Eva Finch ,1883; 2 children, Anna and Glenn.
Statira C., m. Justus Rice
Guliellma M., m.F.G.Fuller
Mary, m. G.W.Lewis
John, (killed at the battle of Gettysburg)
Elizabeth, m. R.R. Bell
Harriet, m. Alvah Hall
Rebecca
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived.
... copied from Beers history of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
[S202] J.H.Beers & Co, Publishers, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania with Biographical Selections 1890, (Name: PA-Roots; Date: 1890;), 0531 Potter Benson, P.O. Ceres, NY (21) facts0531 Potter Benson, P.O. Ceres, NY (20) facts, 24238? http://www.pa-roots.com/index.php/pabooks/24-historymecp.
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"History of McKean, Elk, Cameron,..." jcw20170627 " " ", p. 531: Potter Benson, P.O. Ceres, NY, was born in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co, NY, February 18, 1814, a son of Didymus and Elizabeth (Fish) Benson. He settled in Ceres township, McKean Co, Penn., in 1832, and for a number of years was engaged in lumbering in Ceres township, and in Sharon, Potter county. He has lived on his present farm in Ceres township for the past 25 years. He married June 4, 1836, Henrietta C., daughter of Robert and Mary (Bee) Gilbert, of Ceres, by whom he had the following named children: Statira C. (Mrs. Justus Rice), Gulielma M. (Mrs. F. G. Fuller), Mary (Mrs. G. W. Lewis), John (killed in the battle of Gettysburg), Elizabeth (Mrs. R. R. Bell), Harriet (Mrs. Alvah Hall), Brice B. and Rebecca. Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America, about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres township. Thomas Bee and his brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and step-father while they lived. Brice B. Benson, son of Potter and Henrietta C. (Gilbert) Benson, was born in Ceres, June 11, 1851, and resides on the homestead with his parents. In 1883, he married Eva, daughter of David and Ida (Holmes) Finch, of Portage, NY, and they have two children: Anna and Glenn.
[S1558] M.W. Mann & Maria King, History of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present, (Name: Olean, NY: Gillett & Weston, 1896;), 139 "Potter BENSON, ... and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. ..." (16) facts.
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"Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832.
He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT.
He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son.
Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man.
He left four daughters and one son.
One son had died for his country during the rebellion.
His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896).
One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there.
The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children.
The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five,
and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three.
Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them.
His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."

[S1762] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
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John Benson in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869
Name John Benson
Gender Male
Age 19
Birth abt 1843
Enlistmt 18 Aug 1862
McKean County, USA
Muster 2 Sep 1862
Harrisburg, Penna
Rank Private
Unit Infantry
Reg't 150th Pennsylvania
Company G
killed July 1, 1863
Gettysburg

Died:
Horatio Bell Capt 40 Sep 3, 1862
killed at Battle of the Wilderness
May 6, 1864

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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John Benson in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869
Name John Benson
Gender Male
Age 19
Birth abt 1843
Enlistmt 18 Aug 1862
McKean County, USA
Muster 2 Sep 1862
Harrisburg, Penna
Rank Private
Unit Infantry
Reg't 150th Pennsylvania
Company G
killed July 1, 1863
Gettysburg

Died:
Horatio Bell Capt 40 Sep 3,…

[S273] 1850 United States Federal Census, census 1850 USA PA McKean, Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748.Page 84 BENSON, BEE Bell GILBERT.
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1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson
date 2nd Sept 1850
John Radachick?
Name: John Benson
Age: 7
birth: ca 1843
Pennsylvania
Gender: male
Home: Ceres, McKean, PA
Family: 640
Household
Potter Benson 33 NY farmer
Henriette Benson 34 PA
Stalira Benson 13 PA
Gulielma Benson 11 PA
Mary Benson 9 PA
John Benson 7 PA
Elizabeth Benson 3 PA
Harriet Benson 1 PA
637:
Thomas Bee 61 England farmer
Mira " 51 PA wife
Olge " 16 PA laborer
Mary " 13 PA
Mira " 13 PA
Robert " 10 PA
Adelaid " 8 PA
Thomas " 6 PA
839:
John Bee 33 England farmer
Deborah Bee 49 NY
Mary Bell 92 England
641:
Thomas Gilbert 43 PA farmer
Deliann " 23 NY
Statira " 1 IA
Mary " 60 England

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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John Radachick?
Name: John Benson
Age: 7
birth: ca 1843
Pennsylvania
Gender: male
Home: Ceres, McKean, PA
Family: 640
Household
Potter Benson 33 NY farmer
Henriette Benson 34…

[S500] census 1860 USA PA McKean, (Name: www.ancestry.com;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 637; Image: 47.
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1860 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON
Name: Potter Benson
Age: 46
Birth: 1814 New York
Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
PO: Port Allegany
Household Members:
Name Age
Potter Benson 46 NY farmer
Henriyetta Benson 45 PA
Julia Elma Benson 22 PA
John Benson 17 PA farm laborer
Elizabeth Benson 14 PA
Harriett Benson 11 PA
Brice B Benson 9 PA
Rebecca Benson 6 PA
Mary Benson 20 PA school teacher

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1138; Page: 637; Image: 47; Family History Library Film: 805138.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

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Age: 46
Birth: 1814 New York
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1860 United States Federal Census about Potter BENSON
Name: Potter Benson
Age: 46
Birth: 1814 New York
Home: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
PO: Port Allegany
Household Members:
Name Age
Potter Benson 46 NY farmer
Henriyetta Benson 45 PA
Julia Elma Benson 22 PA
John Benson 17 PA farm laborer
Elizabeth Benson 14 PA
Harriett Benson 11 PA
Brice B Benson 9 PA
Rebecca Benson 6 PA
Mary Benson 20 PA school teacher

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1138; Page: 637; Image: 47; Family History Library Film: 805138.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

[S2469] PA-roots.com Civil War Regiments, 150th Regiment, Penna Volunteers, Company G, Recruited in M'Kean County.
John Benson (1) fact
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150th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Company G
Recruited in M'Kean County

Name Rank Date of Muster Remarks
Into Service
Horatio Bell Captain September 3, 1862 Killed at Wilderness, Va, May 6, 1864
Sam'l R. Beckwith Captain September 3, 1862 Promoted from 2d to 1st Lt, November 1, 1863; to Captain, June 26, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Daniel J. Keys 1st Lt. September 3, 1862 Resigned June 17, 1863
James M. Robinson 1st Lt. September 2, 1862 Promoted from 1st Sergeant, May 7, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Daniel Beckwith 1st Sergeant September 2, 1862 Promoted from Sergeant, February 28, 1865; commissioned 2d Lt, June 15, 1865, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Clark Weells 1st Sergeant September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, December 17, 1863
Cyrus W. Baldwin 1st Sergeant September 2, 1862 Killed at North Anna River, Va, May 23, 1864
S. De Loss Taggart 1st Sergeant September 2, 1862 Died at Point Lookout, Md, February 20, of wounds received at Hatcher's Run, Va, February 6, 1665
J. Leonard Beers Sergeant September 2, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
John Swink Sergeant September 2, 1862 Promoted from Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Buckley D. Catlin Sergeant September 2, 1862 Promoted from private, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 33, 1865
Edward H. Judkins Sergeant September 2, 1862 Promoted from Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Robert B. Warner Sergeant September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 20, 1863
Lorenzo Hodges Sergeant September 2, 1862 Died July 16, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa, July 1, 1863; buried in National Cemetery, sec. 6, grave, 38
Putman Barbera Corporal September 2, 1862 Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 10, 1865
William H. Haven Corporal September 2, 1862 Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Wm. F. Lovejoy Corporal September 2, 1862 Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
William Brown Corporal September 2, 1862 Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Cam'n D. Windship Corporal September 2, 1862 Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Albert L. Lamphear Corporal September 2, 1862 Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
William A. North Corporal September 2, 1862 Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Wilson W. Tubbs Corporal September 2, 1862 Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Henry M. Kinney Corporal September 2, 1862 Captured at Wilderness, Va, May 5, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865
H. L. Burlingamie Corporal September 2, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 1, 1863
Herman A. Young Corporal September 2, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 1, 1863; discharged by General Order, July 18, 1865
Colby C. Tripper Corporal September 2, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 15, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 27, 1865
Theodore Yardley Corporal September 2, 1862 Killed at Hatcher's Run, Va, February 6, 1865
Joseph B. Otto Corporal September 2, 1862 Died October 30, 1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.
Wm. J. Holmes Corporal September 2, 1862 Died July 23, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa, July 1, 1863; buried in National Cemetery sec. B, grave, 60.
Daney Strickland Musician September 2, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Adams, Luther M. Private September 2, 1862 Died May 20, 1864, of wounds received in action
Brockam, Wm. Private September 2, 1862 Prisoner from June 15, to October 1863; discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865
Baldwin, Merritt J. Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 23, 1863
Baker, Wm. H. Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 11, 1863
Ball, Joseph D. Private September 2, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 3, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865
Baldwin, Mellville Private September 2, 1862 Captured; died May 15, 1864; burial record, June, 13, 1864, at Richmond,. Va.
Beckwith, Asher M. Private September 2, 1862 Died July 20, 1863, of wounds received in action

Bee, Fulton Private September 2, 1862 Killed at Gettysburg, Pa, July 1, 1863

Benson, John Private September 2, 1862 Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863

Barron, John Private September 2, 1862 Deserted May 3. 1863
Cummings, Willard Private September 2, 1862 Prisoner from July 1, to September 1, 1863; discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865
Coats, Joseph Private September 2, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, May 6, 1863; discharged by General Order. July 5, 1865
Catlin, Merrit M. Private September 2, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 1, 1863; discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865
Carner, William P. Private September 2, 1862 Captured; died December 11, 1864
Colegrove, Thos. D. Private September 2, 1862 Died November 21, 1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery D. C.
Dickerson, Charles Private September 2, 1862 Discharged by General Order, May 13, 1865
Devaul, Silas A. Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 1, 1863
Ellis. William Private September 2, 1862 Absent, sick., at muster out
Finegan. Edward Private May 23, 1864 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Fuller. Freeman Private September 2, 1862 Discharged by General Order, May 13, 1865
Ford, Moses R. Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, December 24, 1862
Graham, Robert Private September 2, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Goodwin, Richard Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 23, 1863
Good, Thomas Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificete, January 17, 1863
Grimes, Elias Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate. October 4. 1862
Gleason, John B. Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 27. 1863
Hodges, Julius S. Private September 2, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Hovey, Luther F. Private March 4, 1865 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Holcomb, Levi Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 28, 1863
Haven, Luther F. Private September 2, 1862 Captured; died Aug. 31, 1863
Hand, Nathan Private September 2, 1862 Killed at Gettysburg, Pa, July 1, 1863
Hess, Miles Private September 2, 1862 Deserted September 4, 1862
Karr, Charles Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 18, 1863
Kinney. Jeffry Private September 2, 1862 Died March 3, 1863
Liwch, John B. Private November 4, 1862 Wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va,February 6, 1865; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Leonard, Ebenezer Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Suraeon's Certificate, October 4, 1862
Lord, WVeliington Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August 24, 1863
Loomis, George Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate. April 3, 1865
Lovejoy, Miles Private September 2, 1862 Transferred to U. S. Army, December 30, 1862
Mead, John Private September 2, 1862 Captured; discharged by General Order, June 14, 1865
Morse, David A. Private September 2, 1862 Died October 30, 1862; burial record, November 3; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.
Moody, Oscar Private September 2, 1862 Captured; died at Richmond, Va, February 25, 1864
Merrick, Wesley Private September 2, 1862 Captured; died July 20, 1863
Mills, William J Private . September 2, 1862 Captured; died at Andersonville, Ga, Augnst 6, 1864; grave, 4,876
Morris, John A. Private September 2, 1862 Died March 23, 1865
Otto, George T. Private September 2, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Otto, Delos Private September 2, 1862 Killed at Wilderness, Va.. May 5, 1864
Provin, Samuel L. Private September 2, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Pilgrim, Isaac Private September 2, 1862 Died July 25, of wounds received at Gettysburg Pa, July 1, 1863
Roberts, Daniel P. Private September 2, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 1, 1863; discharged by General Order, July 13, 1865
Strickland, Wm. T. Private September 2, 1862 Musteree out with Company, June 23, 1865
Starks, Wesley Private September 2, 1862 Mustered out with Company, July 23, 1865
Smith, Thomas Private March 4, 1865 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Skiver, Judson Private March 2, 1865 Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Simpson, Edward Private September 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 20, 1863
Southwick, Philetus Private September, 1862 Killed at Spottsylvania Court House, Va, May 10, 1864
Seymour. Stephen Private September 2, 1862 Died March 13, 1863
Slocum, Charles B. Private September 2, 1862 Captured; died May 6, 1864
Tyler, John Private September 2, 1862 Prisoner from July 1, 1863, to February 20, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865
Treat, Benjamin Private September 2, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, February 3 1864

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[S202] J.H.Beers & Co, Publishers, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania with Biographical Selections 1890, (Name: PA-Roots; Date: 1890;), 24238? http://www.pa-roots.com/index.php/pabooks/24-historymecp.
Ben Fulton, John Benson and Nathan Hand were killed at Gettysburg. July 1, 1863:
History of the 150th PA Infantry Co. G, Civil War
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH REGIMENT, P. V. I.

The One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment (New Bucktails) effected organization at Camp Curtin September 3, 1862, and claims service with the One Hundred and Forty-ninth, sharing in many, if not all, of the successes and reverses of that command. Langhorne Wistar, of the old Forty-second, was chosen colonel; H. S. Huidekoper, lieutenant-colonel, and Thomas Chamberlin, major. When the colors of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment were captured at Gettysburg, they were recaptured at once by the sister regiment, and later, when it became too evident that the President was to be sacrificed to the policy of the Confederacy, the authorities called on Col. Stone to assign two companies of the One Hundred and Fiftieth to take the place of the United States troops as President's guard at the Soldiers' Home. On the arrival of Companies C and H there, they would not be received, as the regulars had no orders to retire, and so returned to their command. In the meantime orders came relieving the regular troops, who marched, leaving the Home unguarded; but when these false steps were discovered Companies D and K were ordered thither, while later Company D was ordered to guard the Soldiers' Home with Company A, leaving Company K to guard the place until relieved in June, 1865, when it was mustered out with the other companies.

Company G, of this command, was raised in McKean county with Horatio Bell, captain. He was killed at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864, and Lieut. Samuel R. Beckwith, commissioned captain, who served until musterout.
Lieut. Dan. J. Keys resigned in June, 1863, and was succeeded by James M. Robinson, commissioned May 7, 1864.
Second Lieut. Daniel Beckwith served to the close;
Sergt. Clark Weels was discharged in December, 1863;
Cyrus W. Baldwin was killed on the North Anna river. May 23, 1864;
S. DeLoss Taggart, wounded at Hatcher's run, died at Lookout, Md., February 20, 1865;
J. L. Beers was mustered out at the close, also John Swink, Buckley D. Catlin and E. H. Judkins;
Sergt. Lorenzo Hodges, who was wounded at Gettysburg, died July 16, 1863.

There were no less than fifteen members of this company honored with the position of corporal: Putnam Barber, W. H. Haven, W. F. Lovejoy, William Brown. C. D. Winship, Al. L. Lanphere, William A. North, Wilson W. Tubbs, H. M. Kenny. H. L. Burlingame, H. A. Young and C. C. Tripper served to the close of the war. Theo. Yardley was killed at Hatcher's run;

142 HISTORY OF MCKEAN COUNTY.

Joseph 13. Otto, died October 30, 1862, and 'William J. Holmes, wounded at Gettysburg, died July 23, 1863. The only musician, Daney Strickland,
Served from September, 1862, to June, 1865.

The private troops who fell on the held, or who died from the effects of wounds or other causes, are named as follows:
L. M. Adams died in 1864;
Melville Baldwin, at Richmond, Va., in 1864;
A. M. Beckwith, in 1863;
Ben Fulton, John Benson and Nathan Hand were killed at Gettysburg. July 1, 1863:
Delos Otto, at the battle of the Wilderness, and
Philetus Southwick, at Spottsylvania, in May, 1861:
William P. Carner died in captivity, December 11. 1864;
T. D. Colegrove, November 21, 1862, and
D. A. Mors... October -in. same year, at Washington;
L. F. Haven died in prison, August 31. 1863;
Oscar Moody died in Richmond prison February, 1864;
W. Merrick, a prisoner, died July 20, 1863;
W. J. Mills, in Andersonville, August 6. 1864;
J. A. Morris, in March, 1865; Isaac Pelgrim, wounded at Gettysburg, died July 1, 1863;
Steve Seymour died March 13, 1863;
Charles B. Slocum died in captivity in May, 1864; Jeffry Kenny died March 3, 1863.

The record of discharged soldiers after a full term of service contains the following names:
William Brockam, Joseph D. Ball. Willard Cummiugs, Joseph Coats, M. M. Catlin, Charles Dickerson, Edward Finnegan, John Mead, F. Fuller, Robert Graham, J. S. Hodges, L. F. Hovey, George Loomis, George T. Otto, Samuel L. Provin, William T. Strickland. Wesley Starks, Thomas Smith and Judson Skiver. Robert B. Warner was discharged for disability.

The private troops discharged on surgeon's certificate were Merrit J. Baldwin. W. H. Baker, Silas A. Devaul. Richard Goodwin, Thomas Good, Elias Grimes, John B. Gleason, Moses R. Ford, Levi Holcomb, Charles Karr. Ebenezer Leonard, Wellington Lord, George Loomis and Edward Simpson in 1862-63.
S. DeLoss Taggart died some years ago.
The transfers to V. R. C. included Joseph D. Ball and Benjamin Treat;
William Ellis was sick at muster-out;
John B. Litch, was wounded at Hatcher's Run, and in hospital at date of disbanding;
Miles Lovejoy was transferred to the United States army in 1862. The alleged deserters were Miles Hess, in 1862. and John
Barron, in 1st',:;.

yesNMadded this on 12 Feb 2012
History of McKean County J.H. Beers & Co.
[S137] Merlyn Wetzel, e-mail: Merlyn WETZEL, re: Bell, Benson, LAW.
Is this folder still accessible? jcw, 04.04.2011
[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Francis Family Tree, Owner: Rachelle_Francis Last viewed: Henrietta Caroline Gilbert Francis Family Tree Rachelle_Francis, Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Henrietta Caroline Gilbert revisited 20181231 Martinsburg (22) facts reviewing Potter BENSON

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