Husband: James Madison BENTON
Birthdate: 09 June 1830
Birthplace: Ceralvo, Ohio County, Kentucky
Death date: 13 February 1880
Place of death: Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Burial: McDougall Cemetery
Father: James C. BENTON
Mother: Nancy E. FULKERSON

Marriage date: 17 July 1860
Marriage place: Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Wife: Mary King MABRY
Birthdate: 11 March 1842
Birthplace: Wilson County, Tennessee
Death date: 23 July 1912
Place of death: Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky
Burial: Centertown Cemetery
Father: William Henry MABRY
Mother: Narcissus BREWER

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Frances A. BENTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 13 December 1861
Birthplace: Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Death date:
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Child No. 2: Nancy Emaline BENTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 31 October 1866
Birthplace: Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Death date: 23 October 1953
Place of death: Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky
Burial: Centertown Cemetery
Marriage date: 24 December 1890
Marriage place: Ohio County, Kentucky
Spouse's name: George William ROWE

Child No. 3: Thomas Henry BENTON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 July 1868
Birthplace: Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Death date: 04 July 1943
Place of death: Ohio County, Kentucky
Burial: Centertown Cemetery
Marriage date: 04 March 1895
Marriage place: Ohio County, Kentucky
Spouse's name: Ida Mae Stroud

Child No. 4: Maria Etta BENTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 27 October 1870
Birthplace: Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Death date: 28 August 1952
Place of death: Ohio County, Kentucky
Burial:
Marriage date: 05 October 1893
Marriage place: Ohio County, Kentucky
Spouse's name: William Pender Render

Child No. 5: Berta D. BENTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 29 March 1875
Birthplace: Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Death date: 19 October 1960
Place of death: Ohio County, Kentucky
Marriage date: 28 February 1898
Burial:
Marriage place: Ohio County, Kentucky
Spouse's name: John T. RONE

Child No. 6: Mattie Lou BENTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 31 July 1878
Birthplace: Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Death date: 04 September 1882
Place of death: Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Burial: McDougall Cemetery
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Child No. 7: Don Carlos BENTON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 November 1872
Birthplace: Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Death date: 16 July 1950
Place of death: Jefferson County, Kentucky
Burial:
Marriage date: 1894
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Bertha L. MATTINGLY
 
 
Documentation:
* Information from Civil War Pension files,
* Extant Civil War letters,
* Ohio County marriage, birth, and death records,
* Muhlenberg County birth, marriage, and death records,
* McDougall and Centertown Cemetery photographs,
* Family Bible records.

Notes:
* 2nd Marriage for James Benton,
* Frances August Fox, daughter of Arthur & Rachel McGraw Fox, died in 1858 leaving James widowed with three children: Margaret Underwood, Malvina, and James William Benton.