ELECTA E. KNAPP, (dau. Jacob Knapp and Martha Benson) born 1820 in Fabius, Onondaga Co., New York, died 1880. Married Smith Weed Benedict, born 1816 in New York, died 1863. Electa and Smith W. had 8 children:

1. NORMAN BENEDICT, born 1839 in Ohio, died 1862.

2. LODEMA BENEDICT, born 1841 in Ohio, died in 1873. Married IRA E. CRAWFORD. They had 2 children: Emma (1864-1926) and Melvin (1871-1873).

3. NELSON BENEDICT, born 1843 in Ohio, died in 1907. Married ANNA SERGEANT, born 1848. They had a son named Harland (1873-1939).

4. HELEN BENEDICT, born 1846, died 1863.

5. HERMAN BENEDICT, born 1848 in Ohio, died 1913. Married SARAH ORTENCY GAY, born 1850, died 1825. They had 3 children: Hallie Bell (1875-1952), Harry Gay (1877-1962), and Thurlow Weed (1882-1962).

6. FILLMORE BENEDICT, born 1850 in Ohio.

7. LORINDA A. BENEDICT, born 1852 in Ohio, died 1928. Married CHARLES VAN WORMER. They had a son named Herbert.

8. HIRAM WEED BENEDICT, Born 1854 in Ohio, died 1939. Married to MARY JANE LEE, born 1855, died 1945. They had 7 children: Homer Leander (1875-1946), Helen (1877-1897),
Hazel (1879-1899), George (1880-1951), Emma Tillie (1884-1958), Elmer Foster (1886-1951), and
Marjorie May (1898-1937).