Benton Henniger Mcminn

MaleApril 1862–19 February 1928

Brief Life History of Benton Henniger

When Benton Henniger Mcminn was born in April 1862, in Tennessee, United States, his father, James McMinn, was 49 and his mother, Matilda Pauline Brock, was 39. He married Mary Ann Thompson on 9 August 1883, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States in 1920. He died on 19 February 1928, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benton Henniger Mcminn
1862–1928
Mary Ann Thompson
1867–1952
Marriage: 9 August 1883
Martha Luella McMinn
1886–1974
Mary Etta McMinn
1890–1977
Maggie Mcminn
1896–

Sources (11)

  • Benton Mcminn, "United States Census, 1920"
  • B H Mcminn, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Burton Henniger Mcminn, "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 August 1883McMinn, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 1

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1865 · Sultana Tragedy

    Age 3

    In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 19

    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.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Méinn ‘son of Méinn’, a Gaelic interpretation of Menzies as a relationship surname.

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

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