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Rosetta BENSON "Johns" of Rutland
From Joyce M. Tice's Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy Project
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Photo: Rosetta A. Benson
Township: Rutland Township, Tioga County PA
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Rosetta A. Benson shown at left with daughter Threse Johns and granddaughter Armina Gould
1.  Rosetta A.1 Benson, daughter of Otis S. Benson and Wealtha Matilda Jaqua*, (#8829) was born in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 27 DEC 1849.  Individual flags: Obituary.  Rosetta died 22 FEB 1927 in Mansfield, Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 77.  Her body was interred 26 FEB 1927 in Watson Cemetery,Roseville, Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

 She married Sanford S. Johns 17 MAY 1869 in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.  (Sanford S. Johns is #7601.)  Sanford was born 1828 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.  Sanford was the son of Seeley Johns and Miriam Burns.  Sanford died 22 JUL 1898 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 70.  Sanford was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

 Rosetta was listed in a directory in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1899 (Information collected 1898).   Johns Rosetta, r 18, widow Sanford, farmer 60 acres  Rutland Hill Church record gives marriage of Sidney Hayward and Rosetta Johns on Jan 1, 1899.

      Rosetta A. Benson and Sanford S. Johns had the following children:

      2  i.  Theresa2 Johns (#8862).  She married Mr. ? Gould.  (Mr. ? Gould is #8863.)  Is this the Theresa in Watson 1884 - 1958 ? Theresa Gould ?
      3  ii.  June Johns (#8902) was born in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania JUN 1870.
      4  iii.  Ella Johns (#8903) was born 1870.  Individual flags: Newspaper.  Ella died 08 May 1877 in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 6.  Mansfield Advertiser 30th May 1877: Died Ella Johns dau of Sanford & Rosetta J., 7 years May 8th Rutland of Diphtheria. 



Published On Tri-Counties Site On 06/29/2003
By Joyce M. Tice
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