ID: 9839
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1898
Benedikt Einarsson: Born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1864. Died March 25, 1898.
Spouse: Þórunn Guðjónsdóttir born in S. Múlasýsla in 1875. Died on September 4, 1898.
Children: 1. Sigrún
Benedikt came west with his parents in 1879 and lived with them in the Argyle Settlement for the first years. He later took his own land there. Þórunn also came west with her parents in 1887. The couple died the same year from tuberculosis.