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Submitted: 1/9/22 • Approved: 1/14/22 • Last Updated: 1/17/22 • R1411394-G1411392-S3
George
March 18, 1873 - March 30, 1933
George Washington Benge was the son of James "Cap" Asbury Benge and Emeline (Friddle) Benge and grandson of Baxter Bell Berry Benge and Elizabeth (Pierson) Benge and George Washington Friddle and Elizabeth Jane (Pratt) Friddle.
George Washington Benge was born in Six Mile Valley, Logan County, Arkansas. Alternate date of birth: 18 MAR 1875.
George Washington Benge married Mary Thomas "Tommy" Barnes on 18 NOV 1984 in Logan County, Arkansas.
Mary
April 18, 1874 - August 26, 1966
Mary Thomas "Tommy" BARNES was the daughter of Samuel BARNES and Mary (KIRKPATRICK) BARNES.
Mary Thomas "Tommy" BARNES married George Washington BENGE on 18 Nov 1894, in Logan County, Arkansas.
Mary's grandson, Amos Odell BENGE, remembered "Tommy" saying she had given birth circa 1895 to still-born triplets: Jacob, Issac, & Benjamin. Amos said they were buried somewhere in Landmark Cemetery. Tommy's only surviving son was Amos "Ollie"
"Fly" BENGE 15 Oct 1894 in Six-Mile Valley, Logan, AR-6 Oct 1981) Ft Smith, Sebastian, AR). Ollie is buried in West Harmony Cemetery in Hartford, Sebastian, AR.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 1/9/22 by billsully060
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