Lydia Jane Bennehoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield Main, was born at Lincklaen, Chenango Co., N. Y., December 18, 1832, and died at Little Genesee, N. Y., March 28, 1922.
She came with her parents to Portville, N. Y., when three months old. In 1845 she was baptized by Rev. Henry P. Green and united with the Second Genesee Seventh Day Baptist Church. She was married to John Marshall Crandall, November 8, 1856. To this union two children were born - Fred Gilbert, who died when six years old, and F. Josephine Pettite. Mr. Crandall died in Andersonville prison, September 9, 1864. Mrs. Crandall was united in marriage February 6, 1868, to James Bennehoff, who died in 1873.
Mrs. Bennehoff is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Pettite, who has tenderly cared for her mother during her declining years, also four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; a step-son, Lyle Bennehoff, of Alfred, N. Y.; a step-daughter, Mrs. W. A. Rose, of Almond, N. Y.; three step-grandchildren, and two step-great-grandchildren.
About thirty years ago Mrs. Bennehoff had her membership transferred to the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Little Genesee. For years she has been frail in body, but her life ripened into fruits of Christian graces. At her funeral it was appropriate to speak of Christ's promise of happiness to those who "endure to the end." E. F. L.
