Eugene Beauharnais of 819 Broadway

General Beauharnais says his mother was a
Benton. My father had been on friendly
terms at Washington with Senator Benton of
Missouri. My father was well known here by
the late Judge Leander Quint and also Cap
tain M. R. Roberts of this City.

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Thomas Hart Benton; note: this family was not related to the more famous T H Bentons, but Zebulon reportedly felt the name was appropriate.

[illegitimate by Annette Savage, of Philadelphia] Caroline Charlotte Delafolie (1822-Philadelphia 1___/New York Dec 1890); m.Watertown NY 31 Jul 1839 Zebulon Howell Benton (d.1893)

Known for his expensive and usually unsuccessful business ventures in the area financed by his wife; Caroline Christina (daughter of Joseph Bonaparte by his American ‘wife’, Annette Savage).

Joseph Bonaparte Benton

Caroline Charlotte Bonaparte Benton, Joseph Bonaparte’s daughter, died in comparative poverty on Christmas Day, December 25, 1890 in Richfield Spring, NY. A small monument in Oxbow is…