Levi Benham

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Levi Benham, farmer, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Levi Benham, farmer, head of household
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of his father, John Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Levi Benham, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Stranger Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Levi Benham, widower, boarder, farm laborer, in the household of Frank Ream
• Census: 1900, Sheridan Township, Daviess County, Missouri, United States
• Census: 1920, Fairmount Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Levi Benham, grandfather, in the household of Harry Rehm

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Levi Benham.

Census:

Marg. Norris, age 23, female, keeping house also listed in this household.

Died:

OBITUARY
LEVI BENHAM DIED TUESDAY
—Mr. Levi Benham died Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Rehm. The funeral services were held at the Rehm home Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by the Rev. H. H. Fowler, Interment at Glenwood cemetery.
—The music was furnished by Mrs. Frank Frame and Mrs. Roy Stotts.
—Levi Benham was born at Centerville, Ohio, April 21, 1831. He married Miss Amy Alexander April 15, 1857. Two children survive them, one daughter, Roxana, now Mrs. Frank Rehm, and one son, Web Benham, both of Leavenworth County.
—He lived many years in New York, from where he came to Leavenworth County, where he spent his last days. (Source: Information received from Lucille Wattles, email dated April 5, 2005. "His obituary appeared in the Bonner Springs Chieftain, 1 December 1921, p. 1:6, Microfilm # B379")

Levi married Amy Adelia Alexander on 15 Apr 1857 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Amy was born about 1834 in Indiana, United States; died about 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Roxana Benham, in the household of Levi Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Roxanna Benham, in the household of Levi Benham
• Census: 1880, Stranger Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Roxanna Ream, wife, in the household of Frank Ream
• Census: 1920, Fairmount Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Roxana Benham, mother, in the household of Harry Rehm

Roxana married Frank Xavier Rehm on 19 Nov 1877 in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. Frank was born on 18 Nov 1851 in Germany; died on 21 Dec 1932; was buried in Dec 1932 in Basehor, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Web Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as William Benham, in the household of Levi Benham
• Census: 1880, Stranger Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States; as Webster Benham, farm laborer, in the household of Frank Ream
• Census: 1900, Fairmount Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States
• Census: 1910, Happy Township, Graham County, Kansas, United States