Person:Benjamin Bentley (1)

Name	Benjamin Wilbur Bentley
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	8 Mar 1811	Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage	1 Jan 1838	to Mary Potter Maxson
Death^[2]	26 Feb 1894	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States

References

↑ Hopkinton Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
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BENTLEY, Benjamin Wilbur, of Benjamin P. and Hannah, [born] March 8, 1811.
↑ The Sabbath Recorder . (New York City, New York; later Plainfield, N. J.)
50:11:176, March 15, 1894.

At his home in Westerly, R. I., Feb. 26, 1894, of heart paralysis, supervening upon pneumonia, Benjamin Wilbur Bentley, in the 83d year of his age.

Mr. Bentley was the son of Benjamin P. and Hannah Wilbur Bentley, and was born in Hopkinton, R. I., March 8, 1811. At the age of three years he moved with his parents to Westerly, where he ever afterwards lived. In young manhood he was baptized and united with the First Hopkinton Seventh-day Baptist Church. He married Jan. 1, 1838, Mary Potter Maxson, daughter of Jonathan and Nancy Potter Maxson. In 1850, he united with the Pawcatuck Church, of which he was a member at the time of.his death. He was an active and highly respected business man, devoted to his home, and is mourned by those who knew him best. He leaves a widow, one son, and three daughters. Funeral services were held from his late home March 1, 1894, conducted by his pastor. Interment in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R. I.
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