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Adna <I>Starr</I> Benge

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Adna Starr Benge

Birth
Oklahoma, USA
Death
28 Jun 1951 (aged 80)
Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Adna Starr was the daughter of George Miflin Dallas Starr & Mary Ellen Scott; she had the following siblings: Elizabeth Jane, Henry George, & Sterling Starr.

Adna married Martin Van Benge Sr., son of Samuel Benge & Lucy Blair, b. 1855, d. 1915.; they had the following children: Ruth Lela Benge b. Oct. 8, 1894, married Clarence William Madden; Leo Bennett Benge b. Jan 10, 1896 who was a rodeo rider and rode in the Madison Square Garden in NY City, NY; Charles Starr Benge b. July 29, 1900; and George Ross Benge b. 1903 (buried at Citizens).

She is listed on the 1880 Cherokee Nation Census: Illinois, 1850; Dawes Roll: card# 1812, roll# 4786 as Adna S. Benge; Miller Roll: Ft. Gibson, OK, ap# 12364, roll# 4853 as Adna S. Benge; Blood: 1/4 Cherokee.

Known as Granny Benge or Aunt Addie, Adna Starr Benge taught school for 30 years in the Ft. Gibson area.

Photo taken from the Muskogee "Phoenix."
Adna Starr was the daughter of George Miflin Dallas Starr & Mary Ellen Scott; she had the following siblings: Elizabeth Jane, Henry George, & Sterling Starr.

Adna married Martin Van Benge Sr., son of Samuel Benge & Lucy Blair, b. 1855, d. 1915.; they had the following children: Ruth Lela Benge b. Oct. 8, 1894, married Clarence William Madden; Leo Bennett Benge b. Jan 10, 1896 who was a rodeo rider and rode in the Madison Square Garden in NY City, NY; Charles Starr Benge b. July 29, 1900; and George Ross Benge b. 1903 (buried at Citizens).

She is listed on the 1880 Cherokee Nation Census: Illinois, 1850; Dawes Roll: card# 1812, roll# 4786 as Adna S. Benge; Miller Roll: Ft. Gibson, OK, ap# 12364, roll# 4853 as Adna S. Benge; Blood: 1/4 Cherokee.

Known as Granny Benge or Aunt Addie, Adna Starr Benge taught school for 30 years in the Ft. Gibson area.

Photo taken from the Muskogee "Phoenix."


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8465444/adna-benge: accessed ), memorial page for Adna Starr Benge (1 Mar 1871–28 Jun 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8465444, citing Citizens Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8).