Lillie Montana (Benham) Spencer (1870 - 1911)

Born 14 May 1870 in Gallatin Co., Montana Territory

Ancestors

Wife of Gratz Brown Lougheed — married 29 May 1889 (to 18 Jan 1904) in Grays Harbor Co., Washington

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1911 at age 40 in Hoquiam, Chehalis, Washington, United States

Basic information from an email from a descendant of Lillie's.

Biography

Lillie was born in 1870. She was the daughter of Isaac Benham and Christina Petersdotter. Lillie's mother died when Lillie was just four years old, and by 1880 Lillie was living as "daughter" with some neighbors who were otherwise unrelated. She married Gratz Brown Lougheed in 1889 in Washington. They divorced about 1904 after having three children and both remarried. She died in 1911.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960: FHL Film Number: 1991734; Reference ID: cn 34 (Ancestry.com)

Additional Sources

• 1870 US Federal Census, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNXW-LX4), Lilia Benham in household of Isaac Benham, Montana, United States; p. 2, family 10, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,326

• 1880 US Federal Census, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH84-2K8), Lillie M Bennum in household of George C Monroe, East Gallatin Valley, Gallatin, Montana, United States; enumeration district ED 15, sheet 227C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0742; FHL microfilm 1,254,742

• 1900 US Federal Census, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDV-SB5), Lillie Loughwed in Good Samaritan Hospital, Precinct 7 Portland city Ward 2, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; sheet 5B, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,349.

• Lillie Montana Benham Lougheed Spencer's Memorial