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Buffalo Courier, Buffalo, N.Y.
Friday, 25 July 1919


         CAPT. CHARLES A. BENHAM DEAD.
         
         CAPT. CHARLES A. BENHAM, master of the steamer
       John Stanton of the Hutchinson fleet and one of
       the most successful navigators on the lakes, died
       at his Cleveland home Tuesday evening. He had been
       in poor health for some time, but did not leave
       his boat until a week ago.
         CAPT. BENHAM was fifty-one years old and had 
       been in the employ of Hutchinson & Co. since
       1904, and previous to that he sailed boats of
       the Wilson Transit company. His last command in
       that fleet was the steamer W. D. Rees. Besides
       his wife and two sons, RALPH and KENT, the former
       mate of the steamer F. R. Hazard, he is survived
       by his brothers CAPT. C. E. BENHAM, and four
       brothers (*not a typo*) CAPT. W. P., master of
       the steamer J. J. Sullivan CAPT. GEORGE E., master
       of the steamer John Owen; ROBERT, assistant United
       States inspector of boilers for this district, and
       HARRISON BENHAM of New York.
       
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