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Benjamin DONHAM's other family: with Eliza J. Louisa GODFREY (1830-1858)
Lucretia SEAMANS's other family: with unknown spouse

Family of Benjamin F. DONHAM and Lucretia Jane SEAMANS

Husband: Benjamin F. DONHAM (1830-bef1900)
Wife: Lucretia Jane SEAMANS (1836-bef1910)
Children: Mary Elizabeth DONHAM (1861-1939)
Lou Ella DONHAM (1871-1938)
Marriage 1860 (app) Mississippi

Husband: Benjamin F. DONHAM

Name: Benjamin F. DONHAM 1,2
Sex: Male
Father: Jonathan DONHAM (1781-1858)
Mother: Milbra PHILLIPS (1781?-1864?)
Birth 1830 Fayette, Alabama
Census (1) 21 Sep 1850 (age 19-20) pg82-92B,PontotocCo,Mississippi
Census (2) 1 Jul 1870 (age 39-40) pg25-327B,sheet 34,district 11,house#246,family#246,Banner, Calhoun County, Mississippi
Census (3) 29 Jun 1880 (age 49-50) pg59-162C,sheet59, District 2,House#512,family#513, Yalobusha, Mississippi
Pension Lucretia J. Donham filed for Widow's miliatry pension of Benjamin F. Donham in Mississippi military records application #7708318-certificate #594820-date not readable-could be October 1898 when filed
Note Searched complete 1860 census in Calhoun Co., Ms and did not find Benjamin.
Death bef 30 Jun 1900 (age 69-70) Yalobusha County, Mississippi
Burial Turkey Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Pine Valley,Yalobusha Co., Ms.- between Bruce & Water Valley, Ms.

Wife: Lucretia Jane SEAMANS

Name: Lucretia Jane SEAMANS 1,2
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth Aug 1836 Georgia
Census (1) 1 Jul 1870 (age 33) pg25-327,sheet34,district11,house#246,family#246,Banner, Calhoun County, Mississippi
Census (2) 29 Jun 1880 (age 43) pg59-162C,sheet59, District 2,House#512,family#513, Yalobusha, Mississippi
Census (3) 30 Jun 1900 (age 63) pg51-103,sheet 26A,House#239, ED103,Beat2pt2,Yalobusha County,Mississippi-living with daughter Mary McKinna. Census records stated she was born August 1836 in Mississippi, birthed 9 children, 3 livin
Pension Lucretia J. Donham filed for Widow's miliatry pension of Benjamin F. Donham in Mississippi military records application #7708318-certificate #594820-date not readable.
Note Found maiden name for Lucretia Jane Seamans as Lucretia Olinger-submitted by Harold G. Ledbetter to family search.com--this needs to be researched-her name was in a shared file submitted by other fami
Death btw 30 Jun 1900 and 25 Apr 1910 (age 63-73) Yalobusha County, Mississippi
Burial Turkey Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Pine Valley, Yalobusha Co., Ms.- between Bruce & Water Valley, Ms.

Child 1: Mary Elizabeth DONHAM

Name: Mary Elizabeth DONHAM 1,2
Sex: Female
Spouse: Eli H. MCKINNA (1858-bef1900)
Birth 18 Dec 1861 Mississippi
Death 25 Nov 1939 (age 77) Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Census (1) 1 Jul 1870 (age 8) pg25-327,sheet34,district11,house#246,family#246,Banner, Calhoun County, Mississippi
Census (2) 29 Jun 1880 (age 18) pg59-162C,sheet59, District 2,House#512,family#513, Yalobusha, Mississippi
Census (3) 30 Jun 1900 (age 38) pg51-103,sheet 26A,House#239, ED103,Beat2pt2,Yalobusha County,Mississippi
Census (4) 25 Apr 1910 (age 48) pg14,sheet7B,house#144,Family#144,ED118,beat2pt2,YalobushaCounty,Mississippi
Census (5) 13 Jan 1920 (age 58) pg5,sheet3a,121Jackson,Memphis,ShelbyCo.,TN.
Census (6) 28 Apr 1930 (age 68) pg8,sheet4B,ED79,district182,district6,Family#705, 111 Malory Street, ShelbyCounty,Tennessee-living in household of son, Charles McKinna
Burial Forrest Hills Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
Note 30 Jun 1900 (age 38) In 1900 census, Mary is listed as a widow and her date of birth is April 1862; different from family records

Child 2: Lou Ella DONHAM

Name: Lou Ella DONHAM 1,2
Sex: Female
Spouse: George Washington HENLEY (1876-1960)
Birth Jun 1871 Calhoun County, Mississippi
Death Oct 1938 (age 67) Pine Valley, Calhoun County, Mississippi
Burial Turkey Creek Baptist Church Cemetery between Bruce & Water Valley, Ms.
Census (1) 29 Jun 1880 (age 8-9) pg162C, District 2, Yalobusha, Mississippi
Census (2) 16 Apr 1930 (age 58) Pg13-264,sheet7A,ED7,district10,Beat3,house#119,family#120,Pine Valley Road RFD,CalhounCounty,Mississippi

Sources

1"File (merged): C:\Users\Doug\Documents\Family\Dunham\Dennis Dunham\DennisDonham desc.ged". Record originated in...
2Barbara Brown, et. al. Donhams of Arkansas, "Dennis Dunham and Dollie Philips Descendants" (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dunham-donh am-i&id=I02065).

 

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