| Death of Jennie Flagler Benedict |
| Died on the Yacht
H. M. Flagler’s Invalid Daughter Expires While Hurrying South. The death of Mrs. F. H. Benedict, daughter of Henry M. Flagler of the Standard Oil Trust, was reported yesterday from Charleston, S. C. Mrs. Benedict, who has been in a critical condition for many weeks, had been advised to try the effect of a Southern trip and it had been the intention of the family that she should journey immediately to Florida on the steam yacht Oneida, which is owned by her father-in-law, E. C. Benedict. Mr. and Mrs. Flagler, who were in Florida, were telegraphed to come north as far as Charleston and there meet the yacht on its Southern trip. Mrs. Benedict was sinking so rapidly that a departure was made as soon as possible. On Sunday the Oneida left Norfolk for Charleston. Accompanying the invalid were her husband, Frederic Hart Benedict; her brother, H. Harkness Flagler, and a skilled corps of nurses and physicians. Everything that had been done, however, proved of no avail, and on Monday Mrs. Benedict died while the yacht was yet at sea. When the Oneida arrived at Charleston her colors were at half mast. Mr. and Mrs. Flagler were already in Charleston awaiting the arrival of the yacht, and the sad news was at once conveyed to them. Mrs. Benedict, who was before her marriage Miss Jennie M. Flagler, was yet in early life, and was popular in New York society. Her body will be brought to this city immediately arriving this evening. The funeral will take place on Monday from the residence of Mr. Flagler, 685 Fifth-avenue at 10 a.m. New York Times March 27, 1889 |