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Ephraim Eph Riley Benefiel

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Ephraim "Eph" Riley Benefiel

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
24 Jun 1950 (aged 83)
Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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NAME: Ephraim "Eph" Riley Benefiel born Pulaski Co., Indiana son of Isaac and Sarah (Dukes) Benefiel.

Eph married Mar 17, 1889 Julia Ann Hughes (1864-1939) at her parents home in Longton, Kansas. Eph at one time was a teacher at the nearby one-room school "Oak Ridge" (the land was given to the school board by Julia's father). In May 1891 Eph, Julia and baby Howard moved to Stafford co, KS. where Eph was elected County Superintendent and served two terms. He worked for the US Postal Service, was former President of State Rural Letters Ass'n in Kansas.

Eph married a second time on Nov 12, 1940 in Independence, KS to Minnie B Thompson.

Father of:

Howard Henry Benefiel 1890-1974 (Bertha Frances Turner) Nellie May Benefiel 1891-1947 (Homer Forman & Owen Faulkenberry)
Sylvetta Pearl Benefiel 1893-1961 (Oscar Parker & Herbert Innis)
Roy Harvey Benefiel 1896-1986 (Jeanne Aurelia LeRoy)
Cora Letha Benefiel 1898- (Lenn W. Tibbetts)
NAME: Ephraim "Eph" Riley Benefiel born Pulaski Co., Indiana son of Isaac and Sarah (Dukes) Benefiel.

Eph married Mar 17, 1889 Julia Ann Hughes (1864-1939) at her parents home in Longton, Kansas. Eph at one time was a teacher at the nearby one-room school "Oak Ridge" (the land was given to the school board by Julia's father). In May 1891 Eph, Julia and baby Howard moved to Stafford co, KS. where Eph was elected County Superintendent and served two terms. He worked for the US Postal Service, was former President of State Rural Letters Ass'n in Kansas.

Eph married a second time on Nov 12, 1940 in Independence, KS to Minnie B Thompson.

Father of:

Howard Henry Benefiel 1890-1974 (Bertha Frances Turner) Nellie May Benefiel 1891-1947 (Homer Forman & Owen Faulkenberry)
Sylvetta Pearl Benefiel 1893-1961 (Oscar Parker & Herbert Innis)
Roy Harvey Benefiel 1896-1986 (Jeanne Aurelia LeRoy)
Cora Letha Benefiel 1898- (Lenn W. Tibbetts)


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