(This is a Memorial only. There is no known gravestone for Benjamin Windham in this cemetery. He and his wife farmed near Grand Bay, their graves likely marked only by fieldstones and locations long since lost).
Benjamin is said to be the son of Sam Benjamin and Leah (Blake) Windham He married Charlotte Sproles (name also spelled "Sprawls") in 1825 at Wilcox Co., Alabama. They lived for a time in Alabama, moving to Kemper Co., Mississippi by 1850 and then said to have moved to Grand Bay, Alabama. Ben's birth and death dates are approximate. It is said that he and Charlotte had at least four children: Naomi, Leah, Mary and Samuel. Some say that Charlotte died before 1860 and that Ben married a woman named Sarah or Elizabeth. As yet the exact date of Charlotte's death and details of Ben's reported second marriage are uncertain; however, sources state that Ben was the father of other children: Alexander, Louis, Alice and Robert.
Benjamin is said to be the son of Sam Benjamin and Leah (Blake) Windham He married Charlotte Sproles (name also spelled "Sprawls") in 1825 at Wilcox Co., Alabama. They lived for a time in Alabama, moving to Kemper Co., Mississippi by 1850 and then said to have moved to Grand Bay, Alabama. Ben's birth and death dates are approximate. It is said that he and Charlotte had at least four children: Naomi, Leah, Mary and Samuel. Some say that Charlotte died before 1860 and that Ben married a woman named Sarah or Elizabeth. As yet the exact date of Charlotte's death and details of Ben's reported second marriage are uncertain; however, sources state that Ben was the father of other children: Alexander, Louis, Alice and Robert.
(This is a Memorial only. There is no known gravestone for Benjamin Windham in this cemetery. He and his wife farmed near Grand Bay, their graves likely marked only by fieldstones and locations long since lost).
Benjamin is said to be the son of Sam Benjamin and Leah (Blake) Windham He married Charlotte Sproles (name also spelled "Sprawls") in 1825 at Wilcox Co., Alabama. They lived for a time in Alabama, moving to Kemper Co., Mississippi by 1850 and then said to have moved to Grand Bay, Alabama. Ben's birth and death dates are approximate. It is said that he and Charlotte had at least four children: Naomi, Leah, Mary and Samuel. Some say that Charlotte died before 1860 and that Ben married a woman named Sarah or Elizabeth. As yet the exact date of Charlotte's death and details of Ben's reported second marriage are uncertain; however, sources state that Ben was the father of other children: Alexander, Louis, Alice and Robert.
Benjamin is said to be the son of Sam Benjamin and Leah (Blake) Windham He married Charlotte Sproles (name also spelled "Sprawls") in 1825 at Wilcox Co., Alabama. They lived for a time in Alabama, moving to Kemper Co., Mississippi by 1850 and then said to have moved to Grand Bay, Alabama. Ben's birth and death dates are approximate. It is said that he and Charlotte had at least four children: Naomi, Leah, Mary and Samuel. Some say that Charlotte died before 1860 and that Ben married a woman named Sarah or Elizabeth. As yet the exact date of Charlotte's death and details of Ben's reported second marriage are uncertain; however, sources state that Ben was the father of other children: Alexander, Louis, Alice and Robert.
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