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About Colonel Benjamin Desha
Colonel Benjamin Desha
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Desha
Eldest son of General Joseph Holmes and Margaret Desha (Bledsoe)
Husband of Miss Bickley, daughter of Captain Bickley. Date of marriage was reported as 1817.
Benjamin Desha was an American soldier and politician. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and was wounded in the Battle of Mackinac Island. In 1822, Desha was appointed a receiver of public moneys by President James Monroe for the Arkansas Territory and moved there from Kentucky. He died on November 21, 1835.
Benjamin Desha is the namesake of Desha County, Arkansas.
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Colonel Benjamin Desha's Timeline
| 1790 |
December 24, 1790
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Sumner County, Tennessee, United States
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| 1824 |
1824
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| 1828 |
1828
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| 1835 |
November 21, 1835
Age 44
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Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States
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Old Pine Hill Cemetery Sicily Island Catahoula Parish Louisiana
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