Charles Brainard Benedict, b: 1863

^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}

^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}

^{1798 Irish revolt against English rule}
^{1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor}
^{1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed}
^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}


			^{William Benedict}^{b.1797 Rome d.1841 Vienna}

		^{Stephen Benedict}^{b.1831 Italy d.}	^{Elizabeth Mattoon}^{b.1807 d.1867 Vienna}

	^{Charles Brainard Benedict}^{b.1863 New York d.1921}

		^{Ann Bushnell}^{b.1836 New York d.}

^{Harvey Samuel Benedict}^{b.1908 Louisburg, Kansas d.1944 Denver CO, of Tuberculosis}

	^{Mary Ann Williamson}^b.1871 d.