Francis Ludwig Bensinger and Rebecca Cochran Reineman

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Husband Francis Ludwig Bensinger ¹

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           Born: 15 Jan 1855 - Middleport, Schuylkill Co, PA 1
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         Father: Martin Bensinger (1829-1895) 1 2 3
         Mother: Angeline Womer (      -1866) 1

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       Marriage: 22 Jun 1887 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4

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Wife Rebecca Cochran Reineman ⁴

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           Born: 12 Aug 1864 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 4
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         Father: Isaac Reineman (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Eckles (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Forbes Reineman Bensinger ⁴

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           Born: 4 May 1888 4
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2 F Mary Elizabeth Bensinger ⁴

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           Born: 21 Feb 1889 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Henry Stewart Bensinger ⁴

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           Born: 3 May 1892 4
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4 M Joseph Leadenham Bensinger ⁴

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           Born: 21 Apr 1894 4
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5 F Gertrude Louise Bensinger ⁴

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           Born: 5 Nov 1896 4
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General Notes: Husband - Francis Ludwig Bensinger

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At the early age of twelve years he entered mercantile life in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The following year he went to Copley, Pennsylvania, and was employed there in a general store. While there his employer was appointed postmaster, and young Bensinger became his assistant. In 1875 he returned to Allentown and went to work in a shoe factory. In the winter of 1877 he made a trip for the firm to introduce their shoes in the northwestern states. Returning from the trip, he stopped at Monroeville, Clarion County, and entered the employ of James M. Place, bookseller and stationer at Edenburg, Pennsylvania. In 1879 he purchased this business and conducted it until 1882, when he removed to Franklin and entered into partnership with a firm known as McCormick & Company, booksellers and stationers. In 1886 this firm, of which he was then the managing partner, consolidated with the firm of E. E. Smith & Company, and the name of the concern was changed to Bensinger, Smith & Company. In 1887 the new firm moved into and occupied the large three-story brick block which was built for them at 1249-1251 Liberty street, now known as the Masonic Building. In 1902 this partnership sold out to James H. Smith. After this Mr. Bensinger was engaged in the promoting business, assisting in financing various mining and industrial properties. He was a staunch Republican. He was always interested in educational matters, and served on the Franklin school board as member and secretary for ten years. In 1908 he was collector of state taxes. He was for thirty years a member of the Nursery Club, and was a charter member of the Lodge of Elks in Franklin, and was also a member of the Knights of Maccabees.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 978.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1125.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 956.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 979.