Frank Harland Benfield

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Frank Harland Benfield

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 20, 1986 (92)
Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Largo, Pinellas, Florida, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Benfield and Nancy Jane Benfield
Husband of Kathryn L Benefield and Kathryne Hudson Benefield
Father of Elizabeth Virginia Goldthwait; Kathryn Esley Bartlett and Barbara Church
Brother of Watt Benfield; Letcher Joseph Benfield; Grady Henry Benfield; Jessie Mae Thomas; Private and 4 others
Half brother of Dock Edmen Benfield; Zueller Benfield; Blanche Atchison and Arthur Benfield

Managed by: Daniel Adar Pilarski
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About Frank Harland Benfield

Electrical contractor in Atlanta, GA. Member of Calvary Episcopal Church, Indian Rocks Beach, FL. At his death, he was the oldest living member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Died at Sacred Heart Nursing Home in Plattsburgh, NY.

http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1986-03-21/ed-1/se...

1900 Census says that he was born in August 1894, and his brother Letcher was born in July 1893. SSA records place his birth at 8/13/1893.

Lived in Waycross, GA in 1920 census, Atlanta in 1930-40 census.

Listed as railway electrician in Atlanta in WWI draft card.

Listed as already married on draft card (dated June 5, 1917). 1930 census says he was 21 at marriage, which implies 1914-15.

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Frank Harland Benfield's Timeline

1893
August 13, 1893
Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
1917
November 20, 1917
Florida, United States
1919
June 10, 1919
GA, United States
1921
August 31, 1921
Georgia, United States
1986
March 20, 1986
Age 92
Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States
March 25, 1986
Age 92
Largo, Pinellas, Florida, United States