When Harriet M. Benson was born on 6 January 1841, in Cumming, Forsyth, Georgia, United States, her father, Willis Benson, was 30 and her mother, Mahulda Drucilla Kile, was 25. She married Sanford V. Kelly on 20 July 1858, in Gwinnett, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Gwinnett, Georgia, United States in 1860 and District 879, Forsyth, Georgia, United States in 1900. She died on 27 February 1920, in Baldwin, Habersham, Georgia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Baldwin, Banks, Georgia, United States.
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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.
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