Maria Jane Benchley

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Maria Jane Benchley (Moran)

Also Known As: "Jenny"
Birthdate:
Death: 1936 (84-85)
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Wife of Charles Henry Benchley
Mother of Lt. Edmund Benchley and Robert Charles Benchley

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Maria Jane Benchley's Timeline

1851
1851
1876
March 3, 1876
Worcester, MA, United States
1889
September 15, 1889
Worchester, MA, United States
1898
July 1, 1898
Age 22
Cuba

Robert's older brother, Edmund, was rushed to the Spanish-American War days after graduation from West Point (1898), and was a casualty almost immediately. The Benchley family was attending a public Fourth of July picnic when a bicycle messenger brought the notification telegram. In unthinking, stunned reaction, Maria ("Jenny") Benchley cried out "Why couldn't it have been Robert?!", then standing by her side at the age of nine. (from Wikipedia)

1936
1936
Age 85