This chart can be a little confusing. The numbers refer to the generation, the number 1 being Wm Bennight, the number 2's being his children, the number 3's being his grandchildren, the number 4's his great-grandchildren, and the number 5's his great-great-grandchildren.
1-William Bennight b. Abt 1795, South Carolina
Wife: Sarah b. Abt 1804, South Carolina
2-John W. Bennight b. Abt 1826, Tennessee
Wife: Unknown
3-Lafayette Bennight b. Abt 1849, Missouri
3-Sarah J. Bennight b. Abt 1851, Arkansas
2-James I. Bennight b. Abt 1830
2-Joseph Bennight b. Abt 1831
Wife: Unknown
3-Mary Bennight b. Abt 1854
3-John A. Bennight b. Abt 1858
3-James J. Bennight b. Abt 1861
3-Carey A. Bennight b. Abt 1866
2-Mary A. Bennight b. Abt 1835, Missouri
2-Andrew Jackson Bennight b. Abt 1836, Missouri
Wife: Manerva b. Abt 1840, Arkansas
3-William Bennight b. Abt 1860, Arkansas
2-Elizabeth Bennight b. Abt 1836
2-William Miller Bennight b. 20 Sep 1842, Missouri, d. 3 Dec 1927,
Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Wife #1: Mary Melvina Tyree b. Abt 1846, d. Abt 1888
3-Loren F. Bennight b. Abt 1872, d. 9 Nov 1937
Wife: Rosa Lee Null b. 18 Jun 1876, Hancock, Miller, Missouri, d.
12 Jun 1947,Kirksville, , Missouri
4-William Bennight b. 1 May 1894, Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas, d. 12
Nov 1918
Wife: Pearl Haun
4-Velma Lou Bennight b. 5 May 1896, Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas
Husband: Eldredge V. Ledford b. 4 Feb 1889, d. 12 Mar 1955,
(Oakwood Cemetery, Macon, Missouri)
5-Lillian Louise Ledford b. 29 Jun 1914, Macon, Macon, Missouri
5-Alphadean Ledford b. 29 Mar 1919, Macon, Macon, Missouri, d. 2
Apr 1939
5-Norma Jean Ledford b. 1 Mar 1925, Macon, Macon, Missouri
4-Margaret Bennight b. 11 Apr 1897, Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas, d.
6 Apr 1970, Macon, Macon, Missouri
Husband: Earl Norman b. , Marion, , Illinois, d. , Marion, , Illinois
5-Loren William Norman b. 10 Aug 1922, Sioux Falls, , South Dakota
4-Earnest Bennight b. , Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas
4-Melvin F. Bennight b. 1 Feb 1904, Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas, d.
5 May 1935, Macon, Macon, Missouri
Wife: Pauline Talbot b. 12 Oct 1904, Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas,
d. 29 Oct 1957, Macon, Macon, Missouri
5-Hettie Raines Bennight b. 4 Mar 1925, Macon, Macon, Missouri, d.
15 Apr 1927
5-Donald Lee Bennight b. 3 Jan 1927, Macon, Macon, Missouri, d.
9 Jan 1927
4-Vernon Bennight
4-Leona Opal Bennight b. 29 Sep 1910, Stahl, , Missouri
Husband: Russell Itschner
5-Julia Jo Itschner b. 23 Dec 1930, Macon, Macon, Missouri
5-Shirley Ann Itschner b. 28 Jan 1934, Macon, Macon, Missouri
5-Janna Lee Itschner b. 29 Jan 1948, Hannibal, Marion, Missouri
4-Catherine Louise Bennight b. 21 Mar 1913, Macon, Macon, Missouri,
d. 10 Nov 1927
4-Mildred Virginia Bennight b. 3 Nov 1915, Macon, Macon, Missouri
Husband: Shelby Wright b. 19 Oct 1910, Woodville, Macon, Missouri,
d. 14 Dec 1965, Moberly, Randolph, Missouri
5-Roger Terrence Wright b. 7 Oct 1943, Macon, Macon, Missouri, d.
31 Oct 1968
4-Juanita Jane Bennight b. 10 Mar 1921, Macon, Macon, Missouri, d.
22 Aug 1971
Husband #1: Leroy Pastor or Poston
Husband #2: Jim Verges
3-Peter P. Bennight b. Abt 1874
Wife: Emma Belle Null b. 23 Apr 1873, Hancock, Miller County, Missouri,
d. 27 Mar 1949, DeRidder, Louisiana
4-Lora Bennight
Husband: Dee True
4-Marie Bennight
4-Elmer Lee Bennight b. 13 Aug 1904, Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas,
d. 9 Oct 1971, Phoenix, , Arizona
Wife: Bennight
5-Maureen Bennight
5-JoAnn Bennight
5-Elmer Lee Bennight Jr.
Wife: Lucy Joe Tennyson b. 1 Dec 1909, Haskell, , Oklahoma
5-Benny Joe Bennight
4-Evelyn Bennight
3-Joseph Everette Bennight b. 25 Nov 1879, Tahlequah Indian Territory
Oklahoma, d. 4 Apr 1960, (Winton District Cemetery, Merced, California)
Wife #1: MaryAnn Evelyn Cox b. 26 Oct 1889, Vesta Crawford Arkansas, d.
2 Jan 1915, Centralia Lewis Washington
4-Howard Ogden Bennight b. 17 Dec 1910, Glenrock, Converse, Wyoming
Wife: Laverne Jane Roberts
5-Robert Lee Bennight b. 23 Mar 1948, Red Bluff, Tahema,
California, d. 13 Mar 1949, Livingston, Merced, California
4-Raymond Everette Bennight b. 21 Aug 1912, Centralia Lewis
Washington, d. 13 Apr 2000, Seattle King Washington
Wife #1: Helen Gene Wilson
5-Stephen Ray Bennight b. 1 Jul 1949, Westwood, Lassen, California
Wife #2: Zina Pearl Rowley b. 14 Jan 1923, Magna Salt Lake Utah,
d. 23 Mar 1994, Port Angeles Clallam Washington
5-Zina Loraine Bennight b. 11 Oct 1956, Merced Merced California
5-Michael Allen Bennight b. 15 Jun 1959, Atwater Merced California
5-David Jeffrey Bennight b. 14 Oct 1961, Atwater Merced California
Wife #1 (of Joseph Everette Bennight): Etta Runyon b. , Chant Haskell
Oklahoma, d. Nov 1917, Denver Colorado
4-Flotilla Bennight b. 29 Mar 1903, Jenny Lind, Arkansas, d. Abt 1967,
San Francisco, California
Husband: Richard Carr d. , San Francisco, California
4-Denver Bennight b. 2 Mar 1905
Wife: Esther May Cross b. 9 May 1914, Vashon Island, Washington
5-Robert M. Bennight
5-Eileen M. Bennight
Wife #2 (Joseph Everette Bennight): Ann Elizabeth Aitken b. 26 Feb 1900,
Unionville, Putnam, Missouri, d. 3 Feb 1964, Livingston, Merced,
California
4-Barbara Allene Bennight b. 31 Jan 1920, Mendota, , Washington
Husband: Archie Marion Heckman b. 31 Oct 1911, Armenia,
d. 21 Aug 1980, Selma, , California
5-Vicki Sandra Ann Heckman b. 10 Jun 1941, Turlock, Stanlislaus,
California
5-Randall Lee Heckman b. 14 Jun 1943, San Francisco, , California
5-Ted Alan Heckman b. 29 Jul 1949, Selma, Fresno, California
5-Patrician Lynne Heckman b. 21 Dec 1950, Selma, Fresno, California
4-Parker Clayton Bennight b. 1922, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, d.
1926, Mine near Yoncalla, Oregon
4-Constance Ann Bennight b. 10 Jun 1924, Azusa, , California
Husband: Glenn Plaster b. 26 Feb 1917, Ava,,Missouri
5-James Michael Plaster b. 8 Mar 1942, Turlock, Stanislaus,
California
5-Sharon Rae Plaster b. 29 Mar 1944, Merced, Merced, California
4-James Donald Bennight b. 9 Jan 1929, Grants Pass, Douglas, Oregon
Wife: Claire Cephise Cardoza b. 17 May 1925, Los Banos, Merced,
California
5-Bradley Bennight
5-Rebecca Bennight
3-Claude Ernest Bennight b. 27 Jan 1884, Caddo, Stephens, TX or OK, d.
22 Feb 1920
Wife: Elsie Grey Reed b. 20 Mar 1888, Cabool, Texas, Missouri,
d. 29 May 1955, Bemus Point, Chtg, New York
4-Laura Melvina Bennight
3-Pauline Bennight
3-William Miller Bennight Jr.
Wife #2 (William Miller Bennight): Mary A. Dicus b. 10 Jun 1865,
Gainesville Cooke Texas, d. 5 Sep 1939, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma
3-Samuel Bennight b. Abt 1890, Texas
3-Tollie Tonie Bennight b. 1 Oct 1893, Navarro County, Texas, d.
2 Feb 1954, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma
3-Sweet Jewel Bennight b. Abt 1898
Husband: John B. Allen
3-Bettie L. Bennight b. Abt 1901
Husband #1: B. B. Byer
Husband #2: Brown
3-Fanny Bennight
Husband: Plat
3-Nora Bennight
Husband: Smith
I have whqat appears to be some conflicting information
ReplyDeleteYou show:
2-Joseph Bennight b. Abt 1831
Wife: Unknown
3-Mary Bennight b. Abt 1854
3-John A. Bennight b. Abt 1858
3-James J. Bennight b. Abt 1861
3-Carey A. Bennight b. Abt 1866
I have wife of Joseph as Sara A. Bennight (Ward) (c.1838 - d.) but the only child I match info with is Carey.(but spelled Carrie).
Children I show are
George Bennight, Seth Michael Bennight, Sallie Bennight, Joseph Wortham Bennight, Carrie Bennight and Thomas Howard Benton Bennight.
Jim Bennight
Hi Jim. Thanks for writing. I agree with you. There is a family of Joseph Bennight on a census I'm posting today with the names as you listed them, plus Jerome. We might have more than one Joseph Bennight from that era.
ReplyDeleteJerome William Bennight (1900 - 1977) Place of Burial: Houston, Harris, Texas
ReplyDeleteBirth: January 10, 1900 - Garison, Texas
Death: 1977 (77) - Houston, Harris, Texas
Immediate Family: Son of George Bennight and Martha Bennight
Husband of Allie (Coats) Bennight
Father of J D Bennight, Audrey Hickman and "Bookie" Bennight
Brother of Velma Herrin (Bennight), Fannie Cole (Bennight), Ethel Taylorfoot Deslatte (Bennight), Almir Bennight, Bertha Lee Hunt (Bennight) and 5 othersVelma Herrin (Bennight), Fannie Cole (Bennight), Ethel Taylorfoot Deslatte (Bennight), Almir Bennight, Bertha Lee Hunt (Bennight), Joseph Bennight, Clarence Bennight, Emmaline Bennight, George Bennight, Jr. and Millie Bennight --
Was called Willie as a child. In later years insisted on Bill as from William.
see photo (uniform is that of a fireman) http://netjim.com/bennight/index.html
Martha Frances Bennight (Watson) (1877 - 1942) Place of Burial: Kirbyville, TX
Birth: March 22, 1877
Death: July 27, 1942 (65)
This is the only Jerome I show so a generation later (and my grandfather BTW)