Maria (Bingman) Benson (1938)

BENSON, BINGMAN, BROWN

Posted By: Ida Morse
Date: 1/14/2006 at 21:23:51

Earlham Library Obituaries
Earlham, Iowa
July 1938

MARIA BINGMAN BENSON

May 16, 1846 there came to the home of John and Nancy Bingman a blue eyed baby and they named her Maria. She, with her older brother and sisters lived in this home near West Newton, Indiana, until she was eight years old. Then with two other families they started with ox team and prairie schooner to a new home in Iowa.

They arrived in June and located in Dallas county north of the Bear Creek church. There they builded a new log cabin home and with other neighbors lived a real pioneer life. Many hardships had to be endured and she could always tell of the pathetic as well as the joyful events of these early days.

August 8, 1961 (1861) she was united in marriage to Jasper Benson and they established a home about four miles northeast of Earlham. Four children came to bring joy to this home Nancy Jane who passed away September 1st, 1880, Nevada Ann who passed in July 7th, 1927, Wm. N. whose death occured April 27th, 1937 and Ella Josie who lived with her mother and cared for until she passed on to her reward July 25th, 1938 in the 93rd year of her age. The husband and father preceded her in death June 18, 1918.

Nancy Jane at her death left two children Eva O. and Charles E. and she and her husband took them in their own home and raised them as their own. Early in their married life she and her husband were converted and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church later transferring their membership to the Pleasant Hill United Brethern church. In the fall of 1900 they moved to their now home in Earlham where she transferred her membrship to the M. E. church under the pastorate of Eben A. thomas. She was a member of this church at the time of her death. Although ill health prevented her attending the services of the church she enjoyed the prayer services and family worship in her own home and one of her last prayers uttered when suffering so intensely was the one that the Lord Jesus would help her for she could not live without him. She was greatly concerned that all those of her family should seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. She rests from her labor and her works do follow her.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, August 4, 1938
Page 2, Column 3

Earlham

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Maria Benson, 92, mother of Mrs. Josie Brown, who passed away at her home Tuesday, July 26. Rev. McEldowney of Norwalk was in charge of the services. Interment was in the Earlham cemetery.
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Winterset Madisonian
Wednesday, August 3, 1938
Page 1, Column3

MRS. MARIA BENSON OF EARLHAM DIES AT 92

Funeral Services Held Last Thursday at Methodist Church

Earlham - (Special) - Death alled one of Madison county's oldest residents on Tuesday of last week when Mrs. Maria Benson succumbed at her home in Earlham at the advanced age of 92 years.

Mrs. Benson's health had been failing for some time, and she had been extremely ill for several weeks.

Funeral services were held last Thursday from the Methodist church here, in charge of the Rev. B. W. McEldowney of Norwalk. Burial was made in the Earlham cemetery.

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