Brief Life History of Ben Webb
When Ben Webb McLain was born on 17 September 1937, his father, Jack Webb Mclain, was 34 and his mother, Edna Agnes Kaehler, was 30. He died on 24 August 1959, at the age of 21, and was buried in Gloster, Amite, Mississippi, United States.
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Family Time Line
Jack Webb Mclain
1903–1947
Edna Agnes Kaehler
1907–1984
Ben Webb McLain
1937–1959
Susan McLain
1940–2022
Sources (1)
- Ben Webb McLain, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1903–1947 Male
1907–1984 Female
Siblings (2)
1937–1959 Male
1940–2022 Female
World Events (8)
1939 · First Oil Well in Mississippi Located in Yazoo County
Age 2
Fredric F. Mellen was a geologist that was surveyed a clay and minerals project. While doing this he instead struck oil and started the oil industry in Mississippi.
1941
Age 4
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1944 · The G.I Bill
Age 7
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of McLean .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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