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Anderson Benge, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cherokee Nation (East)
Death: January 04, 1868 (43-52)
Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John "Wagonmaster" Benge and Quatie Benge
Husband of Martha Swimmer; Elizabeth Busky and Susan Henrietta Foreman
Father of George Benge; Levi Benge; James Benge; Susie Benge; James Franklin Benge and 1 other
Half brother of John Lucien Brown; Elizabeth Coody nee Meade; Minerva Coker nee Foster; Mary Lowrey nee Simpson; Mary Fields and 5 others

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About Anderson Benge, Sr.

ANDERSON BENGE, SR (QUATIE6CONRAD, GUNROD5, JENNIE4ANI'-WA'YA, OCONOSTOTA3, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born 1820 in CNE, and died January 04, 1868.
He married (1) MARTHA SWIMMER Bef. 1844. She was born Abt. 1830.
He married (2) ELIZABETH BUSKY Bef. 1847. She was born 1830, and died Abt. 1890.
He married (3) SUSAN HENRIETTA FOREMAN Bef. 1849, daughter of JAMES FOREMAN and DELILAH FIELDS. She was born December 18, 1827 in CNE, and died September 12, 1883 in Salina, OK.

Notes for ANDERSON BENGE, SR:
Conrad 1-4-3 Anderson Benge +Elizabeth Busky +Susan Henrietta Foreman.
The Conrad 1-4-3-x family group is in three sets of half-siblings and does not include Anderson Benge Jr, Levi Benge, nor what appears to be a second James Benge who is on the Old Settler roll with sister Susie and mother Elizabeth Busky.

  • 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 368
  • Clan: Ani'-Tsi'skwa = Bird Clan (Onai)
  • Medical Information: Dark complexioned
  • Military service 1: November 05, 1861, Drew's Regiment, Co A, 1Lt
  • Military service 2: Bet. December 02, 1862 - February 1864, corp, 3rd IHG, Co A

More About MARTHA SWIMMER:

  • 1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 127 as Martha Lovett

More About ELIZABETH BUSKY:

  • 1851 Old Settler roll: Tahlequah, 87 as Betsy Benge (1896 pg 239)
  • 1890 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 2714 as Betsy Benge (stricken, dead)

More About SUSAN HENRIETTA FOREMAN:

  • 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 368 as Susan Benge
  • 1880 Census [CN]: Cooweescoowee, 1322 as Susie Harrison
  • Burial: Benge Cemetery, OK
  • Emigration: August 01,1838, Interred at Ross' Landing, TN [8/4/1838?]. Curator Note: this statement hardly makes sense, if she was in the Drennen Roll in 1851 and in the 1880 census then she would not have been interred in 1848!

Children of ANDERSON BENGE and MARTHA SWIMMER are:
1489. i. GEORGE8 BENGE, b. 1844, Illinois Dist, CNW; d. March 03, 1900.

	ii.	 	LEVI BENGE, b. Abt. 1846.
	More About LEVI BENGE:

1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 127

Children of ANDERSON BENGE and ELIZABETH BUSKY are:

	iii.	 	JAMES8 BENGE, b. Abt. 1847.
	More About JAMES BENGE:

1851 Old Settler roll: Tahlequah, 87 (1896 pg 239)
1490. iv. SUSIE BENGE, b. 1849; d. Aft. 1906.

Children of ANDERSON BENGE and SUSAN FOREMAN are:
1491. v. JAMES FRANKLIN8 BENGE, b. January 04, 1849, Tahlequah Dist, CNW; d. March 14, 1907, Mayes Co, OK.
1492. vi. RICHARD FIELDS BENGE, b. September 09, 1851, Tahlequah Dist, CNW; d. 1931, Locust Grove, OK.

	vii.	 	ANDERSON BENGE, JR, b. September 09, 1851.
	More About ANDERSON BENGE, JR:

1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 368
1906-09 Miller roll: Adair, OK, ap# 1629, roll# 4872 as Oce P Benge

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...

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Anderson Benge, Sr.'s Timeline

1820
1820
Cherokee Nation (East)
1844
1844
Cherokee Nation, IT
1846
1846
1847
1847
1849
January 4, 1849
Cherokee Nation, IT
1849
1851
September 9, 1851
Cherokee Nation, IT
1868
January 4, 1868
Age 48
Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States