The  Shelbyville  Republican
 [Died April 1951]
Retired Farmer Dies at Home
Rites for Peter L. Benifiel Will Be Conducted Sunday
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        Peter Leander (Lee) Benifiel, retired county farmer, died at his home at the east edge of Morristown Friday night at 11:25 o'clock.  He had been ill several months and in a serious condition for three weeks.  Mr. Benifiel was 86 years of age.  He was born in Union Township on May 27, 1864, and resided in that community until moving to Morristown 11 years ago.  His parents were  Riley and Duskey (Rice) Benifiel.  On February 28, 1895, he was married to  Rosetta Ramsey  whose death occurred on July 31, 1928.  Four children were born to the union and two daughters survive, Mrs.Hiram Cole, who resides at the Morristown home, and  Mrs. Herbert Sorrell  of Rushville.  Also surviving are six grandchildren.  Mr. Benifiel was a member of the Friends Church near Manilla.  Funeral services will be held at the Carmony Funeral Home in this city Sunday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Charles Carmony officiating.  Burial will be in the Bennett Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.
Contributed by Theresa Minor


The  Shelbyville  Republican
Monday, February 12, 1951
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LIFELONG  COUNTY  RESIDENT  DIES
Rites for Frank Benefiel Will Be Held Wednesday
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          Frank Benefiel, lifelong resident of Shelby County, died at the W.S. Major Hospital at 12:30 this morning.  He had been in ill health for several years and seriously ill since suffering a paralytic stroke on January 11.  
          Mr. Benefiel's home was in Union Township.  He was 70 years of age. Born in Union Township on May 15, 1880,he was the son of  Riley and Duskey (Rice) Benefiel.  He held membership in the Gwynneville United Brethren Church. On October 16, 1905, he married  Mary Jane Bogue  who survives with two children, Virgil Benefiel of Rural Route 1 and  Mrs. Louise Wooten  of Charlottesville. Also surviving are one brother, Lee Benefiel  of Morristown, and two grandchildren, Richard and  Harlan Wooten.
          Funeral rites will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Carmony Funeral Home in this city with Rev. Jesse J. McKeny in charge. Interment will be at the Bennett Cemetery.  Friends may call after Tuesday noon at the funeral home.
Contributed by Theresa Minor


The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Friday, October 22, 1920
page 1, column 3
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AGED  WOMAN  DIED  THURSDAY  NIGHT
Mrs. Dusky Benefiel, Hanover Township,
Passed Away At Age Of Eighty-One Years
FUNERAL  WILL  BE  SATURDAY
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          Mrs. Dusky Benefiel died at her home in Hanover township, south of Gwynneville, Thursday night at 8:00 o'clock.  Her age was 81 years.
          She was born in this county and lived in the northeast part of the county all her life. She was taken four weeks ago to a hospital in Indianapolis, where she was operated on.  Uremic poisoning followed causing her death.
          Mrs. Benefiel left four sons,  Lee,  Albert,  Frank  and  Norvelle,  all residents of this county and fine men of families.  Mrs. Benefiel was a member of the Little Blue River Baptist Church, where the funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, the Rev. James L. Brown officiating.  The interment will be in the Bennett cemetery in charge of Carmony Brothers.
          Mrs. Benefiel was known throughout the neighborhood in which she lived so long and was highly esteemed because of her piety and many good works.
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SHELBY COUNTY MARRIAGES
Sandusky Rice & Hiram R. Benefield
January 6, 1857   Book 7 page 74
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Submitted by Barb Huff for  Theresa  and  Thelma


The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Thursday, August 28, 1913
page 1, column 4
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DEATH  AND  FUNERALS
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          Hiram R. Benefield,  aged seventy-eight years, and a life long resident of this county, died at his home in Union township, three miles south of Gwynneville, Wednesday morning at five o'clock.  Death was caused by a complication of diseases incident to old age.  He had been ill for some time and had made a game but losing fight for his life.
          The deceased was a native Hoosier, and was born and reared in the same community where he passed his last days.  Mr. Benefield was a progressive business man and a Christian in every sense of the word.  Besides his wife, the deceased is survived by four sons,  Frank,  Leander,  Ebert  and  Orville,  and two half-brothers,  George  and  Joseph  Rice,  of Union township.  The funeral services were conducted at the Little Blue River Baptist church, of which he had been a life long member, this afternoon at two o'clock, the Rev. James L. Brown officiating.  The interment will be made in the Bennett Cemetery.
Submitted by Barb Huff for  Theresa  and  Thelma

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