Betsey REED

1800 - 1876  (76 years)

• Name	Betsey REED  [1, 2]
  	Betsey, like most of her brothers and sisters was tall, and her fine complexion was made more striking by her hair, which was jet black and very heavy and long. At the tine of her death in her seventy-seventh year only a few silver threads were noticeable in it. Her memory is treasured by those who knew her as one who, though outwardly placid and undemonstrative, was a woman of strong feeling and depth of character; one whose ideals were of the highest and who never failed to respond to the call of duty. Despite her wide hospitality and the care of her large family she kept up in her knowledge and in her reading with current events, nor did she lose her taste for the literature of the best old authors. After marriage she joined the Disciples of Christ, (a denomination often spoken of as "Campbellites,") a church of which her husband and his father were members, and her life to its close was a devout Christian life. This denomination, in which Mr. Benton was an Elder, was very young at that time, its first church having been organized at Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1809. [1]
  Birth	5 Feb 1800  [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Fact	Dau. of Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton   [2]
  Death	12 Nov 1876	Dutchess Co., New York   [1, 2]
  Burial	Benton Burying Ground, Leedsville, Dutchess Co., New York   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I83735	Main Tree
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Ezra REED,   b. 3 Aug 1765, Norwalk, Connecticut d. 31 Jul 1852, Amenia, New York (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Esther EDGERTON,   b. 08 Feb 1769, Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut d. 6 Sep 1852, Amenia, New York (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	15 Feb 1790  [1]
  Family ID	F34254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Alfred BENTON,   b. 30 Aug 1788, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut d. 12 May 1865 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	7 Jun 1826  [2]
  Family ID	F34253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 12 Nov 1876 - Dutchess Co., New York Burial - - Benton Burying Ground, Leedsville, Dutchess Co., New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8840] Charles E. Benton, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton, Their Life and Ancestry. [S01931] Caleb Benton and Sarah Bishop by Charles E. Benton 1906. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.