Person:Philip Benedict (2)

Civil War Union Army Soldier. He served during the Civil War as a Private in Company B, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Volunteers). He was mustered in on June 4, 1861, and was mustered out on June 14, 1864.

Benjamin was the son of Samuel and Rebecca Johnson Benedict.

1907-10-31; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer "BENEDICT - On October 30, 1907, BENJAMIN F. BENEDICT, in his 68th year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, on Friday, at 8 P. M., at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Wm. Magill, 2424 North Stanley street (31st and York sts.) Interment on Saturday, at 2 P. M., at Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa."

Find A Grave contributor Dennis Brandt added the following information (and Birth Place):

In 1860, he was a coach maker living in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 5" tall with light hair and gray eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in West Chester, Chester County, June 4, 1861, mustered into federal service at Camp Carroll, Maryland, July 26, 1861, as a private with Co. B, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Infantry), and honorably discharged at term's end June 13, 1864.

He married Carrie unk. and fathered Kate (b. @@1867) and Carrie (b. @@1871). By 1890, he was living in Philadelphia where he remained until his death.

Find A Grave contributor PAMS added that "Benjamin married Caroline E. 'Carrie' SPOTTZ/SPOTTS, daughter of David SPOTTZ/SPOTTS & Caroline GENTHER"

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His obituary in the Nov 19, 1906 Intelligencer, indicates that as a young man, he worked at the plastering trade. He was one of six children. He enlisted "three times in the Rebellion . . . in all of which enlistments he served with bravery and fidelity, and was in several engagements. He was wounded in the hip by a minnie ball during the service, and was also captured and put into Libby prison pen, from which he afterwards escaped, during the excitement which prevailed upon the shooting of one of the guards." He was a clerk in the Lancaster post office. He moved to Philadelphia about 1891 and kept a small store. His wife, who was Miss Lena Small, from a "prominent Carlisle family," survived him. There were no children. Two sisters and a brother survived: Mrs. Emma J. Miller, widow of Jacob N. Miller, Mary S. Bitner, widow of Albert Bitner, both of Lancaster, and Benjamin of Philadelphia. The late Mrs. William H. Iredale was also a sister. Burial was in Lancaster Cemetery. [Some information obtained from a New Era obituary filed with the pension papers.]

1. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Gary T. Hawbaker. BIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BENEDICT. (The Union Standard, ~ Newsletter of Company B ~, 1st Pa. Reserves ~ The Union Guard, January - February 2002).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} .

   PA Death Certificates, 1906-1966 (Ancestry.co,)

5. ↑ Lancaster Cemetery. (records of the Lancaster Cemetery).
6. ↑ 13th & Hazzard Sts.
7. ↑ lot 794
8. ↑ Co. H, 122nd PA Infantry; Co. E, 21st PA Cavalry; Battery I, PA LIght Artillery
9. ↑ Ward 2, w/parents
10. ↑ 1255 Huntingdon St.