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Sgt Oscar Monroe Benson Veteran

Birth: 3 Oct 1838
Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
Death: 10 Mar 1906 (aged 67)
Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery

Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Co. H, 16th Georgia Infantry; Confederate States of America. Enlisted as a private August 11,1861. Transferred to Co. E, 3d Battn. Ga. Sharpshooters and appointed 3d Sergeant June 8, 1863. Wounded in 1863. Appointed 2d Sergeant August 1863. Captured at Deep Bottom, Va. August 16,1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. March 14, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, March 21,1865.

Family Members

Parents

Willis Benson

1811–1876
Mahulda "Hulda" Kile Benson

1815–1893

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Mary Harris

1845–1908

Siblings

Pvt Reuben Washington Benson

1831–1918
Melinda Elizabeth Benson Hammond

1833–1910
Harriet M Benson Pass

1841–1920
Shelton Benson

1843–1927
Lucinda Augusta Benson Hansard

1847–1932
Arminda Angeline Benson Garner

1850–1872
Malissa Amazonia Benson

1852–1865
Millard Hansel Benson

1856–1936
Milledge Craig Benson

1858–1932
Willie Hird Benson

1862–1907

Children

Oscar Reno Benson

1869–1915
Joseph Arthur Benson

1873–1958
Satire Angeline Bensen Moulder Corbin

1875–1954
Julia Hester Benson Tribble

1878–1913
Eunice Benson Patterson

1882–1967
William Frank Benson Sr

1884–1936

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#46 | Attendees of the 1909 or 1910 Old Soldiers Reunion, Alpharetta, Milton County, Georgia
1. W. H. Upshaw (name on picture when received) [Wm. T.?]
2. Henry T. Rogers (name on picture when received)
3. William F. or A. Gillespie (1847) 7th GA Co. G
4. F. M. McGinnis 12th GA Capt. Gartrell's Co.(?)
5. James L. Mayfield (1838) 7th GA Co. H
6. Unknown (appears to be young….is he a son?)
7. Unknown (appears to be young….is he a son?)
8. Oscar M. James (1831SC) 6th GA Militia
9. Richard M. Tucker (1841) 38th GA Co. B
10. Eudoxus "Eudix" Vandizee McCollum (1847) 18th GA Reg. Phillips Legion
11. David William DeVore (1845SC) 27th GA Co. A
12. Daniel M. Davis (1833) Lumpkin Co. 1st GA Co. D
13. Thomas Franklin Spruill (1846) 63rd GA Co. C
14. Unknown (Vest Mashburn was written as (2) on bottom of page)
15. James A. Gourley (1834 SC) 14th GA Co. D
16. Unknown
17. Wallace M. Henry (1843 Tenn) 9th Ala Co K
18. William A. Fields (1845 SC) Unknown Unit 1850 Gwinett Co GA
19. William W. Mosteller (1843) 22nd GA Co. E Sergeant
20. Claborne P. Dalton (1840) 18th GA Co G
21. Stephen D. Tribble (1837) 36th GA Broyles or 32nd GA
22. Unknown
23. Thomas L. Lewis (1847) 12th GA Co. F
24. J. J. Weatherford (1846) 28th GA Co. D. Enl. 15 Jan 1864
25. Robert B. Shaw (1843) 1st GA Ramsey's Co. G
26. James A. Boggs (1837 SC) Inf. Reg. Hampton Legion Co. D
27. James E. Devore (1837 SC) 38th GA Co. B [POW Camp Douglas, Ill]
28. Rice O. Garrett (1844 SC) 3rd GA Calvary Co. F (POW Camp Chase)
29. Thomas D. Hardeman (16 Sep 1845) 3rd GA Calvary Co. F
30. J. W. Hood 28th GA Co. F 31. Unknown
32. Milton H. Trammell (1839) 42nd GA Co. C 2nd Lieutenant
33. John Altheus Walker (1841) 38th GA Co. B(?)
34. Unknown (1/2 Picture of young man) 3
35. Unknown
36. James W. Rainwater (1847) 27th GA Co. E
37. Capt. Marion Dallas Hood (Pvt) (13 Jul 1846) 64th GA Co. E
38. J. Johnson Unknown Information
39. Filo Bagley (name on picture when I received) Unknown
40. Abram P. Lathem (1838 SC) Cherokee Legion St. Gd. Co C. 2nd Lieut.
41. Mark W. Reeves? (1834) Phillips Legion Co., M
42. Wm. F. McClane(Dr.) (1843) ?42nd GA Co. D
43. Samuel R. Autrey (1843) 22nd GA Co. E
44. John Rucker (1843) 22nd GA Co. E
45. James W. Rhodes (1843) 48th Co. C;9th Co. B;56th Co. G(many ?)
46. Oscar M. Benson (1843) 16th GA; 3rd GA Sharpshooters
47. Robert Cobb (1834) 56th GA Co. F; 50th Co. F; 20th GA Cal.(many?)
48. Sylanius Scoggins (1845) 7th GA State Guard
49. Unknown (Possible Ben Castleberry from Forsyth Co.?) 50.
T William Wills (1844) 42nd GA Co. C Corporal
51. Timothy R.Castleberry(20 May 1841)38th GA Co I (Brother Ben; both POW)
52. Joe C. Bates (1842 Cherokee Co GA) 18th GA Reg. Phillips Legion
53. William F. Burge (1849) 1st Conf. Inf. Co. C; 1st GA Regs Co. D
54. Thomas M. Francis (1835 NC) 56th GA Co. D

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