Benson W Dye

Benson W Dye

Male Abt 1829 - Abt 1859  (30 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benson W DyeBenson W Dye was born about 1829; died about 1859.

    Benson married Rebecca Smith on 26 Feb 1852 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Harry McFerrin Smith and Catherine Elizabeth Smith) was born in Oct 1833 in North Carolina, USA; died after 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Emma Ann Dye  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1853 in Tennessee, USA; died on 17 May 1905 in Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, USA.
    2. 3. Ben 'Benny' Dye  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1856 in Tennessee, USA; died on 20 Oct 1913 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Emma Ann DyeEmma Ann Dye Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benson1) was born about 1853 in Tennessee, USA; died on 17 May 1905 in Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1870, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA; Residence Post Office: Clarksville
    • Census: 1880, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
    • Census: 1900, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Marcelins Garffey
    • Obituary: May 1905, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA; Mrs Griffey Dead • Hopkinsville Kentuckian • Hopkinsville, Kentucky • 18 May 1905, Thu • Page 1

    Emma married Marcellus Griffey in 1891. Marcellus (son of William Griffey and Martha Jane Pool) was born in Dec 1846 in Tennessee, USA; died on 14 Jan 1903; was buried in Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Herndon, Christian, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Rebecca Janie Griffey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Mar 1894 in Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Nov 1965 in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Macedonia Church Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA.

  2. 3.  Ben 'Benny' DyeBen 'Benny' Dye Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benson1) was born about 1856 in Tennessee, USA; died on 20 Oct 1913 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1870, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA; Residence Post Office: Clarksville
    • Census: 1880, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
    • Census: 1910, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rebecca Janie GriffeyRebecca Janie Griffey Descendancy chart to this point (2.Emma2, 1.Benson1) was born on 19 Mar 1894 in Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Nov 1965 in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Macedonia Church Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA; Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Emma and Marcellus Griffey
    • Residence: 1905, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA; Orphaned by the death of her mother
    • Census: 1910, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Niece of Ben Dye
    • Census: 1920, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Lewis Sewell
    • Census: 1930, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; Age: 37; Marital Status: Married to Lewis Sewell; Relation to Head: Wife
    • Census: 1940, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Hade Powell

    Rebecca married Hade Thirtess 'Cletus' Powell before 1940. Hade was born on 26 Feb 1873 in Kentucky, USA; died on 3 Mar 1953 in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Rebecca married Lewis James Sewell before 1920. Lewis was born in 1864 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA; died on 5 Aug 1931 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]