Benson Clifton Smith, ^

1893 - 1958  (65 years)

• Name	Benson Clifton Smith  [1, 2]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	8 Feb 1893	Long Island, New York   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Cliff
  Death	12 Nov 1958	Houston, Harris, Texas, United States   [4]
  Burial	13 Nov 1958	Orange (Evergreen cemetery), Orange, TX   [4]
  Person ID	I16539	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	H. Benson Smith, >,   b. 1855, East Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 30 Aug 1932, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Alice M Petty,   b. Jul 1856, New York d. 15 Oct 1931, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1881
  Family ID	F7013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Allaire Bennet, ^,   b. Nov 1889, NY d. Apr 1973 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1921  [2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Divorce	Aft 1940  [18]
  Family ID	F7007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Mary E. Briscoe,   b. 9 Oct 1896, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
  Family ID	F26226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1550] Personal Knowledge: Gloria Duryea Brown. 8 Chapel avenue, Brookhaven, NY 11719. [S115] Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington,, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 420.0; FHL microfilm: 2341384. [S409] WWI Draft Registration Cards (National Archives). [S169] FindAGrave, online [http://www.findagrave.com/index.html ], accessed, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=99262157&PIpi=69352654. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 24 Dec 1929, p. 12, "Brookhaven" news. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Smith left Monday for Brooklyn where they will spend Christmas holidays with Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bennett (sic). Suggests that Anna may have been first married to B. C. Smith. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 4 Feb 1930, p. 13 "Brookhaven" news. Mrs. Clifton Smith has returned from a week's visit in Brooklyn, where she was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Smith. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 12 Oct 1944, p. 7. Mrs. Kate Wilson Bennet, aged 84, of 543 Monroe street, Brooklyn, died early yesterday at her summer home on Yaphank avenue, Brookhaven. Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Bennet had spent the past 35 seasons in Brookhaven. She leaves her husband, Joseph Edwin Bennet, former postmaster of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, postoffice; two daughters, Miss Edna Bennet and Mrs. Benson C. Smith, both of Brooklyn; a son, Richard W. Bennet of St. Louis, Mo., and a sister, Mrs. Thomas T. Dillon of Jamaica. the funeral service will be held at the Bennet home in Brookhaven at 2 p.m. tomorrow, the Rev. Howard Clark, rector of Christ Episcopal church of Bellport, officiating. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 24 Jun 1943, p. 10. Mrs. Benson C. Smith is spending the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bennet of Railroad avenue [now Old Stump road] after spending the winter with her husband, Lieutenant Smith, U.S.N.R., who has been transferred to Orange, Texas, from Algonac, Mich. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 18 May 1944, p. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bennet of Brooklyn and Railroad avenue, celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their Brookhaven home on Sunday. Their three children, who spent the week-end with them in honor of the anniversary, are Mrs. Anna Smith of Orange, Texas, Richard Bennett (sic) of St. Louis, Mo., and Miss Edna Bennet of Brooklyn. [S3274] Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington,, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 420.0; FHL microfilm: 2341384. [S3275] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 24 Dec 1929, p. 12, "Brookhaven" news. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Smith left Monday for Brooklyn where they will spend Christmas holidays with Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bennett (sic). Suggests that Anna may have been first married to B. C. Smith. [S3275] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 4 Feb 1930, p. 13 "Brookhaven" news. Mrs. Clifton Smith has returned from a week's visit in Brooklyn, where she was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Smith. [S3275] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 12 Oct 1944, p. 7. Mrs. Kate Wilson Bennet, aged 84, of 543 Monroe street, Brooklyn, died early yesterday at her summer home on Yaphank avenue, Brookhaven. Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Bennet had spent the past 35 seasons in Brookhaven. She leaves her husband, Joseph Edwin Bennet, former postmaster of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, postoffice; two daughters, Miss Edna Bennet and Mrs. Benson C. Smith, both of Brooklyn; a son, Richard W. Bennet of St. Louis, Mo., and a sister, Mrs. Thomas T. Dillon of Jamaica. the funeral service will be held at the Bennet home in Brookhaven at 2 p.m. tomorrow, the Rev. Howard Clark, rector of Christ Episcopal church of Bellport, officiating. [S3275] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 24 Jun 1943, p. 10. Mrs. Benson C. Smith is spending the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bennet of Railroad avenue [now Old Stump road] after spending the winter with her husband, Lieutenant Smith, U.S.N.R., who has been transferred to Orange, Texas, from Algonac, Mich. [S3275] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 18 May 1944, p. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bennet of Brooklyn and Railroad avenue, celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their Brookhaven home on Sunday. Their three children, who spent the week-end with them in honor of the anniversary, are Mrs. Anna Smith of Orange, Texas, Richard Bennett (sic) of St. Louis, Mo., and Miss Edna Bennet of Brooklyn. [S3276] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 24 Dec 1929, p. 12, "Brookhaven" news. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Smith left Monday for Brooklyn where they will spend Christmas holidays with Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bennett (sic). Suggests that Anna may have been first married to B. C. Smith. [S3276] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 4 Feb 1930, p. 13 "Brookhaven" news. Mrs. Clifton Smith has returned from a week's visit in Brooklyn, where she was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Smith. [S1550] Personal Knowledge: Gloria Duryea Brown. 8 Chapel avenue, Brookhaven, NY 11719., Interview: 12 July 2013.