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BIOGRAPHICAL BLANK FOR THE DETROIT CONFERENCE
HISTORICP~
SOID!ETY
Trini ty ;·ethod j st Churc h
When filled in please return to ~7= !~= Metmfiu~~ , 13100 woodwa=d, Highland Pa ~k ,
Mlchig an.
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Birth:
Date
Er n e st Al bert Benedi c t.
August 10, 1 8 91
Personal Appearance
Place Near Wal dron, Hi ll s d a l e Co., Mich .
Height 5 T 11 n
Weight.__l_7_.5;...__ _Color of Hair Brown .
Eyes Br own .
Family Background:
l. Father's Nane in Full
He nry Or son Bene ~jct_=----· --- ·-·--·-
Date of Birth 4-15-186 6place Wa l dron, M3-c~Nationelity Ame rica n
2, Mother's Maiden Name
Gr a ce Et t a Co rs er
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Date of Birth: l- 2 6-18 6 ~la ce
Wal dron, Mi c h . Nationa!.ity Americe n .
3. Marriage of Puoents: Datell- 22-88>lace
Hill s d a l e Con nty, Hi chi g an ,
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5. Names of Brothers and Sisters
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Co r a Ethe l Benedict ( P owe ll )
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Roy Norton Benedict.
6. Note diattnguiehed services for which any brothers or sisters are known:
5. Nemes of children, with date and place ot· birth-~~---~----~~~-
Ma r i a n Gene Benedict ( Manwe ll) Nov. 8 . 1 920 . ~t t ic a . Michi ~an ·
Rob ert De a n Bene d ict, De c. 6, 1924 1 Burt on. M1 c higan.
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6. Careers of children, with positions, offices he ld, etc. ______________________
Mari a n has been wr iting p o e try , bu t f ew peop l e a.re a wa r e of t he f a ct.
Se v e r a l o f h e r poe ms h a ve b een pub li s h e u .
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Ro bert was in Ad ri an Colle g e when c a lle d f o r mJ.litary tra1n1n5.
He i s now Squa dron Co mma n d e r of 8 8 t h S q~adro~, Bomb a:die r s -N~yigators,
Santa Ana Army Ai r Base , Sant a Ana , Ca lJ. f ornJ. a . He J. s c l as s J. f i ed
a s a b omb a r d i er .
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Marfia g e: Date Se:Pt. 10, 193 3
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Fost o ria , Michig an .
By Wh om Rev. F . E . Kunsma n.
Wi fe r s Mai den Name Fl or e nce Kinca de
S chool s :B'o s t oria HJ. gh Sch oo l.
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.J. ·. A. Mo.ray; .
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Be ssie Ganun
_ _Schools Adri a n Ri gh, Xo s i i§Jlt i No r ma l
Di e d Sep t. 28 . 1 931.
BIOGRAPHICAL BLANK FOR THE DETROIT CONFERENCE
HIBrORICP~
som1ETY
Trini ty I e thc dj s t Churc h
When filled in please r et urn to ~7=A7=Ha1m~~be¥, 13100 Woodwa=d, Highland Pa~k.
Mlchigan .
NEs!Ile in full:
Birth:
Date
Ernest Albert Benedict.
August 10, 1 891
Personal Appearance
Place _Near ·wal dron.- Hillsda
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Height 5' 11"
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Weight._..;;;l;..;7...;5;___ _Color of Hair Brown.
Eyes Brown.
Family Background:
1. Father's Nane in Full
Henry Orson Bene9:J.ct..:...___ ·-·- - -·-- - -
Date of Birth 4-15-1866place ·wa l dron, Uic~Nat ionality Americ a n
2. Mother's Maiden Name
Grace Etta Corser
Date of Birth: l- 26 -18 6~lace
Wal dron, Mich. Nationality Ame r ice n.
3. Marriage of Pu-ents: Datell-22-88>lace
Hill sda l e Cou nty, U j chi g a u
4. Places of residence -~V~
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5. Names of Brothers and Sisters
Co ~a
Ethe l Benedict (Powe ll )
Roy Norton Benedict .
6. Note diattnguiehed services for which any brothers or sisters ere known:
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J~~ailable information concerning parents, race, nationality, education,
.. o. cc;m,ll~tions, connections, services, death, etc •
.My t.~ther h a d ve r y limited opportunity for education . He was a
.successful farme r, very a ctive in the wo r k o f the church.
He d·i ed August 4, 1 920 .
Mothe r had a goo d educ a tion for tho se days . She and fat her both
··· were con v e rt e d when young peopl e, beca me membe rs of the Unit e d Brethren
church . ~fuen the fami l y moved to the f a rm n o rth o f ~dri an t~ere wa s no
church in the community . They be c ame cha rter tnemb~rs
the lt ethodist
PEROONAL HISTORY
P rote s t a nt Chu rch orga:ntzed ·a t Noi:t l;l Adrian .
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1. Education: Schools,
1 Adrian a nd Fr ank lin Twp .
Raisin Va lle Seminar
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· Adri an Co lle e_12.1 3 -19 1 8
Lenawe e Co .
2. ~· experiences .or . childhood ~ and youth I did not g r adua t e from• Co lle g e
but h a d a n opp ortuni ty "t o a tten-d · Vl-e ·stminst ~ r
l eal Semina r in
t e au u:mn ·o·
uenza en e
c a reer.
3. Marriage': · · Da't~r Aueys.t .16.. 191~"'
4. Wife's Mri-uen Name
. ;}'lac e Wellsville. Miclii.~an.
By Whom• Re v. .J • ·. A . Mo.ray .
Bessie Ganun
_Schools .Adri a n High , Yo s iliDJ.ti Normal
Died Sent. 28 . 1 931.
7. Your r el i g ious expe r ience and Church cor.nections : I was ins ti"'!lQ...t ed in..-~
wa y o f Chri s ti a n liv i n g b y d evou t P_?.r ent ~--ac_Q_~J2..:te (l _Qb. r:L.~_t _. wb.e..n.. a
sma l l c hild , the inf lue nce of J!,~_re:t;~;ts -~p.d__g,r~nd-::Q.~R~:Q,t$ . ~-~..e
a ll d e vout Chri s t i ans wa s l a rg,e l Y...J §_spons ible , bec ame..-m.~.~-..Q..f...
No r th Adri a n Metho di s t P rot est a nt Chu r ch when a b oy .
a. Your call to the Christi an ministry --~he Ii<lJ:LSni r i t ma de it y e r y_p l a in
tm me i n 191 2 a nd e a rly 1913 tha t I s h oul d be a minist e r.
I d j d no t
a r m1e t he que s ti on , but entered ~dri an Co l lege in Ma rc ~:p r epa r a t i on f o r the work.
I 1 ve n ever c h a n g e d my mind .
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9, When and where admit ted on Tri a l and Or d"..na tions: I was a dmi tt e d on tri a l,
o r :pr oba t ion a s i t wa s c a l le d , in the Mi chi g a n .tnriual Con fe r e nce o f
the Me t h o di s t P r o t e s t a n t Chu r ch in 1915, and o r d a i ned Au gu s t 28 , 1921.
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10 . Militar y r ecord
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Gi v en Certi f icate of Ex e mp t i on f r om 1i:i l i t a r y Se rvi c e
Se :pt . 1 , 1 917.
1 2 . Favorite r ecr eat ions , hob bi es , etc .
Bas e b a l l , fishing . n a t u re s t ud y
es:pep i a l l y b irds .
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14 . Author of what bo oks and :t:ubli cations
15. Member of What Clubs
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wit~ da te s _!Let , · 19 1 5 - .Apr . 1916, Br i tton.
191 9 - 192 1 Att~c a , __~9 2 1 - 1933 Owoss o Ci rcui t,
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1 933 - 1935 P re s i slent o f :Mi c h~ gan Conferenc e of Meth oQ.i_s_t __Er..a..t e s t a n t
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Church , 1935 to _the pre s ent t 1me - Fo s t or i a .
1? . Cl i ppin. of f amily or publ ic l ife :
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ERNEST A. BENEDICT
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1\Ianwcll of Fosto ria and Corporal Robert Benedict, now in t he Philippines in
the postal service with the 86tit Infantry
Division. Efforts of the }led Cross to
contnct the son when his father was
taken ill had been uns uccessful in getting any word from him at the time
of the f uneral.
Two years after the death of th e
children's mother Mr. Benedict was married in September, 1933, to Miss Florence Kincade, an active worker in the
church at Fostoria, and after his term
of presidency of the conference, they
went to Fostoria for a long pastorate
and lived in the home which Mrs. Benedict still owns. Since conference of
1944 they have served the church in
Grayling, where they greatly endeared
themselves to the people of the community. They greatly loved the north
country and last s ummer purchased a
lot on Lake Louise, where they expected
to erect a cabin.
l\1. Field
Two funeral services were held. On
N JANUARY 9, 1946, Rev. Ernest Tuesday, F eb. 19 the Michelson MemorA. Benedict, for the past two yean ial Church in Grayling was filled with
pastor of the Michelson Memorial Meth· local parishioners and ministers from
odist Church in Grayling, died aftet the northern part of the Saginaw Bay
an illness of two weeks.
District for a service conducted by the
For thirty years Ernest Benedict had district superintendent, Dr. Frank M.
held the Christian ministry as a sacred Field, assisted by Rev. Bertram McNally
trust and had given faithful and ef. of Harrisville, Rev. Howard C. Watkins
ficient service to his Lord and to his of Gaylord, and Dr. E . Ray Willson of
church. Twenty-one of these years had Caro. On Wednesday final services
been spent in two long and happy pas- were held in the Fostoria church, contorates, twelve years on the Owosso ducted by Dr. E . Ray Willson, an a sCircuit and nine years with · the Fos- sociate with Brother Benedict all
toria and West Deerfield churches. From through his ministry. Personal tributes
1933 to 1935 he was president of the were given by Rev. Clayton F. Oliver of
Michigan Conference of the Methodist Richfield, Rev. . Fred E. Hart of PinconProtes t ant Church. Before this he had ning and Dr. Fi~ld. The many minisserved for ~en years as assistant sec- ters present sat on the platform and
retary and secretary of the conference, served as a guard of honor.
and, following his presidency, he again Words spoken at the funeral s tressed
tonk up the secretarial duties for several Brother Benedict's Jove for the Bible,
years and in this office gave valuable his diligence as a student and preacher
assistance during the time of merger of the Word of God, his interest in
and formation of The Methodist Church. y:oung people and efficient work with
Brother Benedict's boyhood home was youth, his effective evangelistic minin Hillsdale County, where he was born istry, not only in his own parish but for
August 10, 1891, to Orson and Grace other pastors, and his love for folks
Benedict. His early life was surround- which ntade him a beloved pastor
ed by Christian influences. He grew up wherever he labored. He also had a
in the church and early became an earn- distinct reputation as a parliamentarest follower of Christ. Following his ian and in conference sessions was ofyears in the country school, he went ten called upon to straighten out parto Raisin Valley Seminary near Adrian Jiamentary tangles. Sincerity marked
and then to· Adrian College. While a his ministry and he gave all that he
college student he was active in Chris- had to it. The Detroit Conference has
tian work and during 1916-16 he served lost a "good minister of J esus Christ."
as s upply pastor of the Britton charge.
During the year 1918-19 he was a student in Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland but his seminary
training was cut short by a n attack of
pneumonia.
On his recovery Mr. Benedict decided
to enter the active ministry at once
anf, being received into the Michigan
Conference of the Methodist ProtestanL
Church, went with his bride of a month
the former Miss Bessie Ganun, to b~
pas tor of the church at Attica. A former ,marriage while in college had
shortly been broken by death. To the
second union were born two children
who s urvive their father, Mrs. Maria~
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Benedict, Ernest A.