When Amy Foust was born on 8 May 1822, in Westfield Township, Morrow, Ohio, United States, her father, John Foust, was 35 and her mother, Christena Ely, was 32. She married Didymus Benson on 4 July 1839, in Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Westfield, Morrow, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 8 February 1905, in Westfield Township, Morrow, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Westfield Cemetery, Westfield, Morrow, Ohio, United States.