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Benton County, Mississippi

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Ann Perkins Welborn (1804 - 1884)
Biography== Ann Perkins Franklin was born on December 25, 1804 in Surry, North Carolina, USA. Her parents were Meshack Franklin and Mildred Matilda Edwards . Ann married William Wilkes Wellborn on Octo...
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114086303/marion-starnes-moseley

Marion Starnes Moseley (1863 - 1939)
Biography== Marion Starnes Moseley was born in 1863 in Yazoo, Benton County, Mississippi, USA. His parents were Peter Guerrant Moseley, II and Catherine Maria Starnes . Marion married Mary Olivia Mosel...
William Wallace Wilson (1858 - 1958)
Biography== William Wallace Wilson was born in September 1858 in Mississippi. William married Katherine P Wilson (Moseley) on September 6, 1883, in Robertson Co., Texas. Together they had the following...
Source: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111701831/person/430088860844

Katherine P Wilson (Moseley) (1862 - 1905)
Biography== Katherine P Wilson (Moseley) was born on * December 10, 1862, in Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi, USA. Her parents were Peter Guerrant Moseley, II and Catherine Maria Starnes . *Her father died ...
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72257678/james-david-smith

James David Smith (1856 - 1917)
Biography== James David Smith was born on December 25, 1856 in Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States. James married Mabelle Adeline Moseley on May 17, 1876 in Mississippi, United States. Together t...

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It is locally believed that residents convinced the post-Civil War Reconstruction government that Benton County was named after U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, but the name actually honored Confederate Brigadier General Samuel Benton of nearby Holly Springs in Marshall County.

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