Benjamin Frances Gildersleeve

1867 - 1903  (36 years)

• Name	Benjamin Frances Gildersleeve  [1, 2]
  Christening	1796	Huntington, Suffolk, NY, USA
  Birth	26 Apr 1867	New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Dec 1903	Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  	CAUS: run-over by a trainWhile not proved that this account was for the present Benjamin Gildersleeve, it seems likely. In 1880 and 1900, Benjamin F. Gildersleeve was living in the Town of Riverhead.
  Burial	29 Dec 1903	Riverhead, Suffolk, New York, United States of America
  Person ID	I1321	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family	Julia Terry Corwin,   b. Apr 1870, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 1922, Riverhead, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1889  [4]
  Children	1. Edith Gildersleeve,   b. Abt Jan 1892, NY d. Yes, date unknown   2. Addie Gildersleeve,   b. Abt Nov 1893, NY d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  [That Benjamin F. Gildersleeve was a child of Julia Gildersleeve is inferred from the 1880 census enumeration entry, that is, that he was William S. Raynor's step-son.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai, Census Place: [Riverhead], Suffolk, New York; Roll 935; Family History Film: 1254935; Page: 397B; Enumeration District: 324; . [S44] Various, WorldConnect Multiple Databases (RootsWeb.Com. The individual databases at this internet site regularly change, and therefore a reference to a specific database may not be valid at a future date. This general reference to Rootsweb Worldc, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2383911&id =I07590. [S30] Suffolk County News, Sayville, Islip, NY, 1 Jan 1904, p. 1. The body of Benjamin Gildersleeve, of Patchogue, was found frightfully mangled on the tracks of the Long Island Railroad, near the freight house about 5 o'clock last Saturday morning [26 Dec 1903]. The first engine from the roundhouse backed over the body of the man who had ev9idently been asleep on the track. No doubt he was instantly killed and never realized the accident. The engineer evidently was ignorant of the fact that he had run over a man, the body having been found by Night Watchman Hanstein half an hour after the engine had passed over the body, which was still warm. He was not identified until 8 o'clock in the morning. Dr. W. S. Bennett was called and notified Undertakers Sharp & Danes, who removed the body. The man had been seen in street under the influence of liquor the evening before and his wife says he had not been home. Gildersleeve, who formerly lived at Riverhead, was in the employ of E. Bailey & Sons, and leaves a wife and two children. At the inquest Coroner E. S. Moore, of Bay Shore, rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts. [S31] Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D., Census Place: Riverhead, Suffolk, New York; Roll T623_1166; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 773.