Lyman and Elizabeth Benjamin and their daughters, one of which is the author's Great Grandmother Adeline. My ancestor who I used for my membership into DUVCW is Lyman Benjamin, my 3 x's Great Grandfather. I am related to him through my Grandfather Lee's mother Adeline. He was a member 14th Regiment, Michigan Infantry, Company D and held the rank of Private. He was mustered in February, 1862. His service was mainly in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama. Due to either an injury or illness, he was Honorably Discharged in July of 1865. He returned to his home in Eagle, Michigan, where he was a cobbler. He was married to Elizabeth and had eight children. His daughter Adeline married my Great Grandfather James Bird Lee and that is my connection to Lyman.
Lyman's 2x's Great Grandfather, James Benjamin fought in the Revolutionary War and I am in the process of obtaining documents linking him to James. My search took a strange turn when I saw a head stone for someone I thought was a related to my Grandmother. Next to the headstone was a marker placed there by the Eva Gray Tent 2 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I contacted the person listed for more information. I was contacted by Dorothea (Dottie) Piechocki from the Eva Gray Tent 2. She has an interest in genealogy and provided me with the information about my Grandmother Lee's Grandfather Thomas Clarence Jackson.
Thomas C. Jackson fought in the Civil War with the 78th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I as a Private. He enlisted in December 20, 1861, at age 21. He fought in many famous battles and was with Sherman during the siege of Atlanta. He was mustered out on January 12, 1965. He returned to Michigan and married Isabella Montague and had 3 daughters, Mary, Margaret (my Great Grandmother), and Hannah. The very interesting thing that Dottie discovered was that in 1922, Thomas's daughter Mary married Lyman Benjamin's son James. Who would have thought that my two Civil War ancestors would be related through marriage?
--Donetta Bantle
Lyman's 2x's Great Grandfather, James Benjamin fought in the Revolutionary War and I am in the process of obtaining documents linking him to James. My search took a strange turn when I saw a head stone for someone I thought was a related to my Grandmother. Next to the headstone was a marker placed there by the Eva Gray Tent 2 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I contacted the person listed for more information. I was contacted by Dorothea (Dottie) Piechocki from the Eva Gray Tent 2. She has an interest in genealogy and provided me with the information about my Grandmother Lee's Grandfather Thomas Clarence Jackson.
Thomas C. Jackson fought in the Civil War with the 78th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I as a Private. He enlisted in December 20, 1861, at age 21. He fought in many famous battles and was with Sherman during the siege of Atlanta. He was mustered out on January 12, 1965. He returned to Michigan and married Isabella Montague and had 3 daughters, Mary, Margaret (my Great Grandmother), and Hannah. The very interesting thing that Dottie discovered was that in 1922, Thomas's daughter Mary married Lyman Benjamin's son James. Who would have thought that my two Civil War ancestors would be related through marriage?
--Donetta Bantle