Carville Dickinson Benson
(1872-1929)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Harriette Cassard Miller

Carville Dickinson Benson 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 24 Aug 1872, Halethorpe, Baltimore, MD 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Harriette Cassard Miller
  • Died: 8 Feb 1929, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD at age 56 2 3
  • Buried: 11 Feb 1929, Brooklyn Park: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Anne Arundel, MD 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: KZ9Q-9NB.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Attorney in 1893 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 2

2. He was elected as Maryland House of Delegates from 1904 to 1910 in La Plata, Charles, MD, United States. 2

3. He was elected as Maryland State Senate from 1912 to 1914 in La Plata, Charles, MD, United States. 2

4. He was elected as U.S. Congressman from 1918 to 1921 in La Plata, Charles, MD, United States. 2

5. Census in 1920 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 6 The 1920 census recorded on Sulphur Spring Road: Carville D. Benson, U.S. Congressman, 46, living with wife Harrette C., 45; John I., 23; Carville D. Jr., 21; William H., 18; Harrette L., 16; Carvilla B., 13; and Brian M., 6. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland.

6. Obituary: Baltimore Sun: obituary of Carville D. Benson on 11 Feb 1929 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 7 Carville D. Benson Rites To Be Conducted Today
Funeral Of Democratic Leader And State Official To Be Held At Halethorpe
Funeral services for Carville Dickinson Benson, Democratic leader, attorney and State Insurance Commissioner, who died at Mercy Hospital Friday, will be held at the home in Halethorpe at 2 P. M. today. The Rev. Stephen Reay Green, pastor of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, who is temporarily assisting the Rev. Henry P. Manning, pastor of the Church of the Holy Apostles, Halethorpe, during the latter's illness, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Benson, who was 56 years old, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Harriette C. Miller Benson; four sons, Carville D. Jr., John Oregon, William Howard and Brian Miller Benson, and two daughters, Misses Harriette L. and Carvilla Beecher Benson.

7. Book: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1974. 2
BENSON, Carville Dickinson, a Representative from Maryland; born near Halethorpe, Baltimore County, Md., August 24, 1872; attended the public schools of Baltimore, preparatory schools, and Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., in 1890; was graduated from the law department of Baltimore University in 1893; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Baltimore; member of the State house of representatives 1904-1910 and again in 1918, serving as speaker in 1906; member of the State senate 1912-1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joshua F. C. Talbott; reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress and served from November 5, 1918, to March 3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixth-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law in Baltimore, Md., and resided in Halethorpe, Md.; appointed State insurance commissioner of Maryland in 1924 and served until his death in Baltimore, Md., February 8, 1929; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Brooklyn Station, Baltimore, Md.

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Carville married Harriette Cassard Miller. (Harriette Cassard Miller was born on 16 Aug 1873 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD,1 8 died on 12 Jun 1936 in Shelter Island, Suffolk, NY 8 and was buried in Brooklyn Park: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Anne Arundel, MD 8.)


Sources


1 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2XP-VVH Carvilla B Benson in household of Carville D Benson, Election District 13, Baltimore, Maryland; citing sheet 16B, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374565.

2 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1974-Present, Washington, D.C.
http://bioguide.congress.gov), http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000387.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7526844.

4 The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA) (www.cumberlink.com), 29 Dec 1984, page 4. Obituary of Capt. W. H. Benson.

5 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 24 May 1927, page 3. Marriage of Miss C. B. Benson and Ensign W. G. Beecher Jr.

6 1920 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M638-NYC Carville D Benson Baltimore MD.

7 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 11 Feb 1929, page 4. Obituary of Carville D. Benson.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13560074.



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