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Edward Bensing – New York Soldier Buried at WIlliamstown
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on August 20, 2018
Edward Bensing, also found as Benzing, served in the 8th New York Cavalry, Company S, as a Private from 14 October 1861 through his honorable discharge on 27 June 1865.
He was born about 1843 and died in 1889 in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Mary Ann Ney, and with her had at least two known children: Maggie Bensing, born about 1867 and Samuel B. Bensing, born 1875. In 1880 the family is found in the census for Williamstown where Edward was working in the mines.
Edward Bensing is buried at Seybert’s Cemetery in Williamstown.
Mary Ann [Ney] Bensing did not die until 1923. No record has been seen that she collected a widow’s pension. She is buried with her husband and son at Seybert’s Cemetery.
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Military portrait from a family collection.
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