Eliza (Elizabeth) May Benson

Eliza (Elizabeth) May was born in 1858.¹   Eliza (Elizabeth) May's father was Joshua Hall Benson and her mother was Mary Catherine Briggs.  Her paternal grandparents were Hiram Benson and Bertha Hall. She had four brothers and three sisters, named Hiram Alonzo, Leroy B., Will, Jimmy, Mary Aminta, Unnamed Child and Prudence Grace.  She was the third oldest of the eight children.  She died at the age of 33 in 1891.¹