Nimrod Earl Benson

Nimrod Earl Benson

• Nimrod Earl Benson was born on 10 May 1794 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
• He married Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite, daughter of Lt. Thomas Goldthwaite and Anne Wilson, on 11 January 1821 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
• Nimrod Earl Benson and Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery, Alabama. Also in the household were children Mary (age 22), Ellen (18), William H. (16), Louisa (11) and Olivia (8), as well as daughter Ann Scott (age 28) and her four children.
• He was a US Officer, according to the 1850 census.
• Nimrod Earl Benson died on 28 September 1854 at age 60 in Mobile, Alabama, of yellow fever.
• His wife Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
• The following appeared on 10 October 1854 in the Daily National Intelligencer: It is with feelings of no ordinary sadness that in the course of our duty we are compelled to record the decease of Judge Nimrod E. Benson, one of our oldest, most valued, and respected citizens. Seldom has a man descended to the grave possessing so universally the respect and esteem of the community in which he lived--a just tribute to a long life of warm-hearted benevolence and spotless integrity. He was the model of a man and a mason.
       Judge Benson held the office of Receiver of the Land Office at this place for the last quarter of a century, and discharged his duties with a fidelity and trust-worthiness which met the approval of all Administrations of all parties.--Montgomery (Ala.) Journal.

• Last Edited: 16 Nov 2015