Sawyer, Flinn, Leavitt, and Related Families




Glenn Gordon Bensenhaver 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1 Feb 1912 - Hardy, West Virginia, United States 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Feb 1993 -  ( at age 81) 1
         Burial: in Rig, Hardy, West Virginia, United States of America 1
 Cause of Death: 
FamilySearch ID: L16H-XHH
Parents 
         Father: Calvin Christian Bensenhaver (1874-1942) 2
         Mother: Ila Myrtle Vance (1877-1949) 1
Harness Ervin Bensenhaver 


      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 5 Mar 1901 - Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, United States
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 Sep 1975 - Deland, Volusia, Florida, United States ( at age 74)
         Burial: Sep 1975 - Highland Memory Gardens, Forest City, Seminole, Florida, United States
 Cause of Death: 
FamilySearch ID: LX39-CWK
Find A Grave ID: 191496209

Events

•  Residence: 1910, South Fork, Hardy, West Virginia, United States. 4 

•  Residence: 1920, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 4 

•  Residence: 1940, Moorefield Magisterial District, Hardy, West Virginia, United States. 4 

•  Residence: 1935, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 5 

•  Find A Grave ID: 191496209.
Parents 
         Father: John E. Bensenhaver (1852-1926)
         Mother: Levina Belle Weese (1868-1950) 6
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lettie Austin Weese (3 May 1906 - 1989)
       Marriage: 10 May 1930 - Hardy, West Virginia, United States 7
         Status: 

Marriage Events

•  Marriage: in the Methodist Parsonage, 10 May 1930, Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, United States. 
       Children:
                1. Ervin Lee Bensenhaver (1932-      )
                2. Emma Jean Bensenhaver (1933-      )
                3. James Russell Bensenhaver (1935-      )
Homer Ellsworth Bensenhaver 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 25 Sep 1899 - West Virginia, United States 11
        Baptism: 
          Death: 18 Jan 1927 - Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ( at age 27) 11
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
FamilySearch ID: GZXR-CCR
Parents 
         Father: William Lee Bensenhaver (1867-1916) 12
         Mother: Sarah Ellen Wilkins (1869-1947) 11
Ila Merle Bensenhaver 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1 Sep 1905 - Fisher, Hardy, West Virginia, United States 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: Jan 1989 -  ( at age 83) 1
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
FamilySearch ID: LKYV-5LP
Parents 
         Father: Calvin Christian Bensenhaver (1874-1942) 2
         Mother: Ila Myrtle Vance (1877-1949) 1

Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Jan 2024), entry for Ila Myrtle Vance, person ID LH8H-6WQ.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Jan 2024), entry for Calvin Christian Bensenhaver, person ID LKYV-7N4.

3 Rev. Dr. Rickard L. Sawyer, Family Interviews. Compiled from direct personal knowledge, direct interviews with family members, and from research performed by Madeline Irene Flinn Sawyer by Dr. Rickard Leavitt Sawyer, 344B Murphytown Circle, Davisville, WV 26142, (304)494-9957, email rick@rick-sawyer.com.

4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 16 Mar 2023), entry for Harness Ervin Bensenhaver, person ID LX39-CWK.

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Jan 2024), entry for Harness Ervin Bensenhaver, person ID LX39-CWK.

6 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Jan 2024), entry for Job E. Weese, person ID 2VMV-N3W.

7 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 16 Mar 2023), entry for Lettie Austin Weese, person ID G7FW-DCB.

8 Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2011 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

9 Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriage Index, 1931-1970 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2015 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

10 Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2011 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

11 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Jan 2024), entry for Sarah Ellen Wilkins, person ID LB1Z-DHX.

12 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Jan 2024), entry for William Lee Bensenhaver, person ID 9JK4-718.

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