Thomas S. Benton Jr.

Thomas S. Benton Jr.

• Father: Thomas S. Benton b. circa 1872, d. 9 April 1950
• Mother: Grace M. Wilson b. 12 May 1881, d. 4 February 1947

• Thomas S. Benton Jr. was born in 1903 in New York.
• Thomas S. Benton and Grace M. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 40 Race Street. Other members of the household included Thomas S. Benton Jr., Helen I. Benton, Marion R. Benton and Harry S. Benton.
• Thomas S. Benton and Grace M. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Other members of the household included Thomas S. Benton Jr., Helen I. Benton, Marion R. Benton, Harry S. Benton, Richard Benton, Wesley E. Benton, Eleanor P. Benton and Hilda G. Benton.
• He married Alice B. Ackerman circa 1927.
• Thomas S. Benton Jr. and Alice B. Ackerman appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 28 Blum Street. Other members of the household included Thomas Benton III.
• Thomas S. Benton Jr. died on 4 November 1962 in Kenmore, Erie County, New York, at Kenmore Mercy Hospital.
• Alice B. Ackerman became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Staley Family Cemetery, Grand Island, Erie County, New York.
• The following appeared on 5 November 1962 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: (Grand Island) Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday for the town's first fire chief, Thomas S. Benton Jr., 59, of 2677 Staley Rd., who died Sunday (Nov. 4, 1962) at Kenmore Mercy Hospital. He had been in poor health.
       Mr. Benton was fire chief from 1938 to 1943. He was a charter member of the Grand Island Volunteer Fire Co. and a life member of the Erie County Firemen's Association.
       For the last 25 years, Mr. Benton was employed by the Grand Island School System. He was one of the system's first bus drivers and for the last 10 years, served as custodian at Kaegebein Elementary School. At one time, Mr. Benton worked for the Semet-Solvay Co., Buffalo, and conducted a water business on the island.
       Mr. Benton was born in Buffalo and lived on the island for 30 years.
       In addition to his widow, Alice Ackerman Benton, surviving are a son, Thomas S. Benton III, Staley Road; three daughters, Mrs. David Velzy, Akron, Ohio, and Nancy and Christine Benton, at home; and two grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Bletzer, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. Kenneth McKinley, Mrs. Carl ROdler, and Mrs. Frank Marinell, all of Buffalo; and three brothers, Richard H., Wesley E. and Donald C. Benton, all of Buffalo.
       Rev. John Larsen, pastor of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church, will conduct a service at 2 p.m., Wednesday at the Campbell Funeral Home, 2067 Niagara St., Buffalo. Burial will be Staley Cemetery, W. River Road.

• Last Edited: 25 Jun 2013

• Charts: Descendants of WILSON Peter & Margaret Simpson