Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1917 — Obituary of Mrs. Benjamin. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Mrs. Benjamin.

Lotta Halstead was born in Crawford county, Ohio, August 8, 1824; died in Rensselaer, Indiana, June 14, 1917, aged 92 years, 10 months and 6 days. She was the eldest of a family of five children bom to Samuel and Susanna (Webster) Halstead and was the last to die. After the death of her parents she, with her two brothers, David T. and Micah 8., made her home with an uncle, Calvin Webster, in Laporte county until the time of her marriage. On September 10, 1848, she was united in marriage to Jared Benjamin. To this union were born four daughters, only two of whom survive her. These are Mrs. Teresa Martindale and Martha Benjamin. In 1875 she united with the Church of God and died firm in the faith of a resurrection to eternal life at the coming of Christ, the lifegiver, when He will reward those who continue faitfhul to the end.