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William Benningfield

Birth
Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA
Death
1863 (aged 37–38)
USA
Burial
Peters Prairie, Red River County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
This is an unmarked burial. (Cemetery has been walked 3 times checking for burial plot)
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From an EARLIER READING OF THIS CEMETERY in the Clarksville Library:, RED RIVER RECOLLECTIONS born on 7 Sep 1825 in AR, child of Robert and Polly Sheppard Benningfield, death during the Civil War place not given, MARRIAGE: William Benningfield married Mary Ann C. Bankston on 7 Sep 1848 in RRCo TX Book A page 12

William Benningfield was born in Arkansas, was a pioneer, having come to Texas many years ago, was a prominent Mason and an active member of the Presbyterian church, he was killed in battle in the late war and was buried, with several of his comrades from the same county, on the field on which he fell. [Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, F A Battey & Co 1889]
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
From an EARLIER READING OF THIS CEMETERY in the Clarksville Library:, RED RIVER RECOLLECTIONS born on 7 Sep 1825 in AR, child of Robert and Polly Sheppard Benningfield, death during the Civil War place not given, MARRIAGE: William Benningfield married Mary Ann C. Bankston on 7 Sep 1848 in RRCo TX Book A page 12

William Benningfield was born in Arkansas, was a pioneer, having come to Texas many years ago, was a prominent Mason and an active member of the Presbyterian church, he was killed in battle in the late war and was buried, with several of his comrades from the same county, on the field on which he fell. [Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, F A Battey & Co 1889]
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)


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