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Submitted: 12/20/20 • Approved: 12/20/20 • Last Updated: 12/23/20 • R1356758-G0-S3
31 Mar 1859 - 07 May 1920
Marriage: 26 Sept 1886 Smithville, Craighead, Arkansas
husband of Clara (Melvern Whitlow) Benn. Albert Curtis Benn son of Henry Benn and Eliza Jane Benn.
**obituary
A C Benn, aged 60, of Portia, Ark., died at 12:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at a local hospital. He is survived by his wife. The body was sent to Portia at 7:30 o'clock last night by P.H. Ruebel & Co. for burial. Mr. Benn was a member of the Woodmen and the Odd Fellows at Portia.
Obituary located through genealogybank: Arkansas Gazette Saturday, May 08, 1920 Little Rock, AR Page:5
***United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011
Deceased
Name: A C Benn
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 08 May 1920
Event Place: Little Rock, Arkansas
Event Place (Original): Little Rock, Arkansas
Residence Place: Portia, Arkansas
Residence Date: 07 May 1920
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Death Date: 07 May 1920
Affiliate Image Identifier: 15A9A22BA2A0C44A
PR_DEA_TIME: afternoon
NOTE: his wife Clara is buried at Old Bethel Cemetery near Denton.
Photo provided courtesy of Mitchell Whitmire.
Contributed on 12/20/20 by denise.bratcher63
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