Hugo Emil Benedix ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   Cause of his death was carcinomatosis due to carcinoma of prostate.⁸

  General Notes:

He and his family immigrated to America in 1883 from Germany. They arrived at New York, New York on the Elbe 9 Jun 1883. They settled in Texas originally then later in Oklahoma, Texas, and California. At the time of the 1900 census, Emil was farming a rented farm in Fayette County, Texas. The birth date given was Feb 1875. He was still farming a general farm in Fayette County, Texas, in 1910. He owned his farm free of any mortgage. When Emil registered for the WWI draft on 12 Sep 1918, he was farming for himself in Winchester, Fayette County, Texas. He gave his birth date as 6 Feb 1875. He was a citizen due to his father's naturalization. His wife was his nearest relative. At the time of the 1920 census, he was still farming in Fayette County, Texas.

Transcription at FindAGrave.com shows the birth date as 6 Feb 1876. No photo of the tombstone was available. 6 Feb 1875 was on the death certificate. His daughter, Ida Benedix, was the informant.

  Additional Information:

• Death Certificate Image: here.

Hugo married Christine Droigk, daughter of Traugott Droigk and Hanna Budschik. (Christine Droigk was born on 25 Apr 1876 in Winchester, Fayette County, Texas,^{1 10} died on 22 Nov 1964 in Houston, Harris County, Texas ¹⁰ and was buried in Saint Michael Lutheran Church Cemetery, Winchester, Fayette County, Texas ^{9 10}.). The cause of her death was CHF due to ACCVD and HCVD.⁸