Benjamin Walter Lamar

Brief Life History of Benjamin Walter

When Benjamin Walter Lamar was born on 12 December 1876, in Belton, Bell, Texas, United States, his father, Peter H. Lamar, was 38 and his mother, Susan Jane Wilkinson, was 35. He married Beulah Vista Murphy on 13 March 1910, in Beckham, Oklahoma, United States. He lived in Springer, Carter, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Springer Township, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 17 September 1956, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States.

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Benjamin Walter Lamar
1876–1956
Beulah Vista Murphy
1888–1984
Marriage: 13 March 1910

Sources (12)

  • B W Lamar, "United States Census, 1940"
  • B M Lamar, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Benjmine Walter Lamar, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Altered form of French Lamarre .

Altered form of French Lemaire .

Spanish: habitational name for someone from either of two places called Mar in Asturias.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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