Betsey REED

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• Fact: Dau. of Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton

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Betsey, like most of her brothers and sisters was tall, and her fine complexion was made more striking by her hair, which was jet black and very heavy and long. At the tine of her death in her seventy-seventh year only a few silver threads were noticeable in it. Her memory is treasured by those who knew her as one who, though outwardly placid and undemonstrative, was a woman of strong feeling and depth of character; one whose ideals were of the highest and who never failed to respond to the call of duty. Despite her wide hospitality and the care of her large family she kept up in her knowledge and in her reading with current events, nor did she lose her taste for the literature of the best old authors.

After marriage she joined the Disciples of Christ, (a denomination often spoken of as "Campbellites,") a church of which her husband and his father were members, and her life to its close was a devout Christian life.

This denomination, in which Mr. Benton was an Elder, was very young at that time, its first church having been organized at Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1809.

Betsey married William Alfred BENTON on 7 Jun 1826. William (son of Caleb BENTON, Jr. and Sarah BISHOP) was born on 30 Aug 1788 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died on 12 May 1865; was buried in Benton Burying Ground, Leedsville, Dutchess Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]