Brief Life History of Maecenas Eason
When Maecenas Eason Benton was born on 29 January 1848, in Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States, his father, Thomas Hart Benton, was 24 and his mother, Mary Ellen Eason, was 17. He married Elizabeth Wise on 24 January 1888, in Ellis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Neosho Township, Newton, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States in 1921. He died on 27 April 1924, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Neosho Township, Newton, Missouri, United States.
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- M E Benton, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Maecenas Eason Benton - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Marcellus E Benton
- M E Benton, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
habitational name from any of numerous places so called, especially Benton Green in Berkswell, Warwickshire, Bentons in Suffolk, and Little Benton and Longbenton in Northumberland. The places are named with Old English bēan ‘beans’ (a collective singular) or beonet ‘bent grass’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
in Yorkshire and possibly also Staffordshire, a variant of Bentham .
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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