Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Benson    
                Born: ca 1781              in Virginia  1
              Census: 1850                 in Wood Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Margaret Trimble     
             Married: Nov-15-1821          in Pendleton Co, (W)VA  2
                Born: ca 1801              in Virginia  3
              Census: 1880                 in Ravenswood District, Jackson Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1850                 in Wood Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Indiana Benson      
       Also known as: Ida Benson 4
                Born: Dec-25-1827          in Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV)  5
                Died: Jul-19-1917          in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  6,7
             Resided:                      at Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1900           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: (settled, Nov 1848)  in Doddridge Co, WV  5
             Husband: William Stout  b. ca 1818  
             Married: Sep-19-1844          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  8
           M Child 2: Wade Hampton Benson      
       Also known as: Hampton Benson 1,9
                Born: Dec- 8-1840          in Pleasants Co, (W)VA  10
                Died: Feb-23-1923          in Jackson Co, WV  11,10
              Buried:                      in Pisgah Cemetery, Garfield Rd, near Palestine, Wirt Co, WV  10
              Census: 1880                 in Ravenswood District, Jackson Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Wood Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Wood County, (W)VA. 
(2) Pendleton County Marriage Records, Franklin, WV. 
(3) 1880 Census, Jackson County, WV. 
(4) Death record of daughter. 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) Obituary, Obituary states death date as Tuesday, July 19 1917.  But that date fell on a Thursday.  Death record shows 
date of death as July 19 1917. West Union Record, Jul 26 1917. 
(8) Obituary of wife. 
(9) Death record of son. 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household of W. H. (Wade Hampton) Benson, listed as mother Margret Benson,
79, widowed, born in Virginia (father born in Scotland, mother born in Germany),
able to read, not able to write.







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