1845 - 1900 (55 years)
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Name |
BENSON, Daniel R. |
Prefix |
Capt. |
Nickname |
Steamboat |
Birth |
1845 |
Saginaw, MI |
Gender |
Male |
FindaGrave |
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11 |
Death |
15 Feb 1900 |
Klondike, AK |
Cause: killed in a freak mining accident |
Burial |
Seattle, WA |
Address: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery |
Person ID |
I34484 |
Puffers |
Last Modified |
3 Apr 2023 |
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Photos |
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Notes |
- A Civil War Veteran, Co.H. of the IL Volunteer Infantry. Mustered out at Galveston,TX on 22 Jul 1865 as a corporal.
For eighteen years Capt. Benson ran as master of Puget sound steamers, notably the Chehalis, City of Quincy, George E. Starr, Josephine and the Eliza Anderson
He was killed in the Treadwell mine on Douglas Island, Alaska. He was blasting in a shaft or tunnel when an explosion jarred loosed a hanging rock that crashed down about 25 feet onto his head. He died instantly. He had been employed in the mine since September 1899 and the story marks his original departure from Seattle as July 1898. His body was brought down on one of the supply steamers, the Dirigo, which also brought miners and their families home from the gold district. The story notes that he was to be buried in the Lakeview cemetery, in a section we now know to have been devoted to G.A.R. veterans
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