Esaniah Benson

Esaniah was born on February 12th, 1843.¹   Esaniah's father was Hiram Benson and his mother was Cynthey. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Eliza S., Hiram F., Henry E., Franklin, Mary E. and Debra T..  He was the second oldest of the seven children. He had three half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Chester, Joshua Hall, Azubal Hall, Sally and Levinea (Synthia A. ?).¹