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999. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS⁷ BENSHOFF (ANNA⁶ FERREE, JACOB⁵, JACOB⁴, PHILIP³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born April 04, 1828, and died June 09, 1889 in Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA. He married MATILDA ARTHUR January 28, 1854 in Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA. She was born 1834 in Pennsylvania.

Notes for JOHN QUINCY ADAMS BENSHOFF:
John Quincy Adams Benshoff died as a result of the Johnstown flood. He is mentioned in the text of the book, "The Johnstown Flood", by David G McCullough, 1968, published by Simon and Schuster:

Jacket: " May 31, 1889 Roaring down from the mountain, a wall of water, in some place 70 feet high, smashed through Johnstown, Pa. killing, in a matter of minutes, 2,000 men, women and children, leaving in its wake not only tragic destruction but a national scandal.."

Page 168: : Outside twisted wreckage, tank cars, freight cars, and what appeared to be every house in sight, went tumbling passed the window. The Rev. Beale saw J. Q Benshoff, Johnstown's leading bookseller, go by. Mrs John Fulton and her daughter, and two small children clinging to a roof, both of them nearly naked..."

From the writing's of Harry Benshoff - John's son about the Johnstown Flood:

"The flood of 1889 leveled our large 2 story brick building to the ground. Of five persons in one room on the second floor, I was the only one to survive...My brother, Arthur, was killed outright, and my father John Quincy Adams Benshoff, died nine days later from the effects of the flood. The building contained our book and stationery store, photograph gallery and a dwelling. We had bought the building just two months before, and I, at the age of twenty, was given a partnership, and we were all set to do big business."

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Oct 16, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.2157.41]

Individual: Benchoof, John D. A.
County/State: Cambria Co., PA
Location: Conemaugh Twp
Page #: 117
Year: 1850

[Brøderbund Family Archive #318, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860, Date of Import: Oct 16, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.318.1.2494.29]

Individual: Benshoof, J. Q. A.
County/State: Cambria Co., PA
Location: 4 W Johnstown
Page #: 728
Year: 1860
LIST OF VICTIMS OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD of 1889

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transcribed and submitted by Patti Godesky, Cambria County List member.
who checked the following sources:
July 31, 1890 Johnstown Tribune,
Cyclopedia of Cambria County,
The JA Caldwell Atlas of Cambria County
David McCullough book on the flood.

*note: PASSENGERS ON DAY EXPRESS (those marked with ? bodies never found. Those found lived at the place named, to which places the remains were taken.) ** notes about race & family relationships from J.A. Caldwell's Atlas of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 1890. BENSHOFF, J.Q.A., 62, Somerset St. GRAND VIEW CEMETERY (buried in private lot)

Children of JOHN BENSHOFF and MATILDA ARTHUR are:

2188.	i.		ANNA AMELIA⁸ BENSHOFF, b. December 09, 1854.
	ii.		ARTHUR MILTON BENSHOFF, b. February 24, 1858, Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA; d. May 31, 1889, Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA.

Notes for ARTHUR MILTON BENSHOFF:
Arthur Milton Benshoff died in the great Johnstown flood on May 31, 1889. He drowned.

LIST OF VICTIMS OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD of 1889

transcribed and submitted by Patti Godesky, Cambria County List member.
who checked the following sources:
July 31, 1890 Johnstown Tribune,
Cyclopedia of Cambria County,
The JA Caldwell Atlas of Cambria County
David McCullough book on the flood.

*note: PASSENGERS ON DAY EXPRESS (those marked with ? bodies never found. Those found lived at the place named, to which places the remains were taken.) ** notes about race & family relationships from J.A. Caldwell's Atlas of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 1890. BENSHOFF, Arthur, 27, Somerset St. GRAND VIEW CEMETERY (buried in private lot)

	iii.		LIZZIE MAY BENSHOFF, b. July 12, 1865, Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA; d. 1959; m. HERBERT A. THOMPSON.
2189.	iv.		HARRY MANSELL BENSHOFF, b. December 17, 1867, Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA; d. August 1962, Pennsylvania.

1000. JONATHAN E.⁷ FERREE (WILLIAM E.⁶, JACOB⁵, JACOB⁴, PHILIP³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born February 06, 1826 in Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and died April 22, 1912 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co, IN. He married LETITIA VANARD 1852⁵²². She was born March 15, 1831 in Pennsylvania, and died January 22, 1907 in New Bedford, Lawrence Co., PA.

More About JONATHAN E. FERREE:
Burial: 1912, Newville Cem., Newton Twp., Cumberland Co., PA
Military service: Co. D, 187th Regt., PA Vol. Inf.

More About LETITIA VANARD:
Burial: 1907, Newville Cem., Newton Twp., Cumberland Co., PA

Children of JONATHAN FERREE and LETITIA VANARD are:

2190.	i.		WARREN WEBB⁸ FERREE, b. WFT Est. 1852-1876.
	ii.		MARY ELLEN FERREE, b. October 05, 1854; d. August 07, 1872, Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

More About MARY ELLEN FERREE:
Burial: 1872, Newville Cem., Newton Twp., Cumberland Co., PA

2191.	iii.		WINFIELD SCOTT FERREE, b. August 30, 1856, Cumberland Co, PA; d. May 17, 1937, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
	iv.		SUSANNAH FERREE, b. January 26, 1859; d. December 10, 1862, Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

More About SUSANNAH FERREE:
Burial: 1862, Newville Cem., Newton Twp., Cumberland Co., PA

2192.

ELMER WILLIAM FERREE, b. February 19, 1862, Pennsylvania; d. February 27, 1931, Terre Haute, Vigo Co, IN.

1001. MARY JANE⁷ FERREE (WILLIAM E.⁶, JACOB⁵, JACOB⁴, PHILIP³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born July 18, 1827, and died March 23, 1895. She married SAMUEL NEWCOMER in Middle Springs, Pennsylvania.

Child of MARY FERREE and SAMUEL NEWCOMER is:

MARY⁸ NEWCOMER.

1002. SAMUEL ZIMMERMAN⁷ FERREE (WILLIAM E.⁶, JACOB⁵, JACOB⁴, PHILIP³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born March 10, 1835. He married SARAH C. CLAUDY. She was born WFT Est. 1830-1845, and died in Dickenson, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Children of SAMUEL FERREE and SARAH CLAUDY are:

	i.		MARTIN C.⁸ FERREE, b. WFT Est. 1854-1880; m. UNKNOWN THRONE.
	ii.		ELMER FERREE, b. WFT Est. 1854-1880.

1003. CHARLES MCCLANE⁷ FERREE (WILLIAM E.⁶, JACOB⁵, JACOB⁴, PHILIP³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born October 17, 1837 in Pennsylvania, and died 1904. He married ELIZABETH ZINN. She was born Bet. 1841 - 1842 in Pennsylvania, and died in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

More About CHARLES MCCLANE FERREE:
Census: 1880, Southampton, Cumberland Co, PA

More About ELIZABETH ZINN:
Census: 1880, Southampton, Cumberland Co, PA
Parents (Facts Pg): Born born in PA

Children of CHARLES FERREE and ELIZABETH ZINN are:

	i.	W. MCCLELLAND⁸ FERREE, b. November 13, 1861; d. Mishaawka, Indiana; m. CORA A. GROVE; d. Mishaawka, Indiana.
2193.	ii.	SAMUEL IRVIN FERREE, b. July 02, 1864.
	iii.	MARY ELIZABETH FERREE, b. February 28, 1869; d. April 1905, Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania; m. JOHN CUMMINGS; d. Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania.

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