When Benjamin Taylor McGarity was born on 22 May 1851, in Fulton, Georgia, United States, his father, Seaborn Solomon McGarity, was 37 and his mother, Malinda Caroline Biggers, was 34. He married Ellen Elizabeth White on 10 August 1873, in Paulding, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in District 839, Paulding, Georgia, United States in 1880 and Paulding, Georgia, United States in 1900. He died on 14 December 1931, in Rockmart, Polk, Georgia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Americus, Sumter, Georgia, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1853: Fulton, Georgia, United States
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