Brief Life History of George Judson
When George Judson Benson was born on 8 December 1884, in Georgia, United States, his father, John R Benson, was 39 and his mother, Lucy Caroline Umphery, was 40. He married Verna Louise Johnson on 24 September 1905, in Douglas, Georgia, United States. He lived in Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia, United States for about 10 years and District 1259, Douglas, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 February 1965, in Cobb, Georgia, United States, at the age of 80.
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- George J Benson, "United States 1950 Census"
- G. J. Benson, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- George Judson Benson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia
The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Ben(ne), a pet form of Benedict (see Benn ) + -son.
English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.
Americanized form of any of various Scandinavian patronymics from the personal name Bengt, Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict , e.g. Swedish Bengtsson , Danish Bendtsen, Danish and Norwegian Bentsen . Compare Bensen 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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