Benito Juan

Benito was a Papago man

Biography:

His profile is part of the The Canton Asylum One Place Study.

Research Notes:
-many sources have the name listed backward, this person was named (given name) Benito (surname) Juan (NOT Juan Benito) Not to be confused with a Venito Juan, Papago of Pima and Maricopa Counties, AZ during the same time frame. Juan seems to have been a common Papago name in AZ during the 1900-1940 time period, many census reports refer only to Juan and cannot be verified as being for Benito Juan. Many military muster reports refer only to a Juan, Juan I, or Juan II without a given name so cannot be tied to Benito Juan either.
-estimated birth date of 1893 is based on a statement by Carla Joinson that he was 33 at death in 1926
-admitted April 23, 1923, with no diagnosis, from the Sells Agency, Sells, Arizona
-buried in the Canton Asylum cemetery row 2 plot 58
-age 32 in 1925 South Dakota State census which also identifies him as Bonito
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1923 Jun 30 - Canton Insane Asylum: 1923-33; Cantonment School, pg. 370/1140: 1910-27, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports 1910 – 1935, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155855298, Jun 30 1923 male census

1924 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:688Q-XGKX : Fri Oct 06 08:37:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Benito Juan, 1924, pg. 515/522, line 20, Canton Asylum male census June 30, 1924

1925 Jun 30 - Canton Insane Asylum: 1923-33; Cantonment School, pg. 370/1140: 1910-27, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports 1910 – 1935, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155855298, Jun 30 1925 male census

1925 - "South Dakota State Census, 1925", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM43-SLQ : Wed Oct 04 13:18:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Bonito Juan, 1925, pg. 2179/3362, card #663, 1925 Jones South Dakota State Census, South Dakota, single, born Arizona, father & mother born in Arizona

Hilton, M. (Ed.). (2023, July 10). Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians Historical Marker. Historical Marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=183486 Photo by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 10, 2023, courtesy of HMdb.org

James Black Bull 2-9-26 · Benito Juan 3-24-26 · Seymour Wauketch 6-1-26

1926 Mar 24 - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14493910/benito-juan: accessed 27 November 2023), memorial page for Benito Juan (unknown–24 Mar 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14493910, citing Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400).