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Benjamin Franklin Hamby 1895–1952 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Nov 1895

Birth Location: Pine Knot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 11 Dec 1952

Death Location: Downey, Lake, Illinois, United States

Father: REV (Hambey)

Mother: Sarah Lay

Spouse(s): Savannah Smith

Children(s): Willie Hamby

Benjamin Franklin Hamby was born in 1895 in Pine Knot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States, the child of Rev William Riley Bill Hamby Hambey And Sarah Jane Sallie Lay. Benjamin Franklin Hamby married Savannah Tennessee Tennie Smith, and had children including Willie Beatrice Hamby. Benjamin Franklin Hamby passed away in 1952 in Downey, Lake, Illinois, United States.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Franklin Hamby was born in 1895 in Pine Knot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States, the child of Rev William Riley Bill Hamby Hambey And Sarah Jane Sallie Lay.
  • Benjamin Franklin Hamby married Savannah Tennessee Tennie Smith, and had children including Willie Beatrice Hamby.
  • Benjamin Franklin Hamby passed away in 1952 in Downey, Lake, Illinois, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

REV (Hambey)
1855–1918
Birth Location: Pine Knot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States
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Sarah Lay
1856–1913
Birth Location: Scott, Tennessee, United States
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Spouses(s)

Savannah Smith
1897–1938
Birth Location: Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, USA
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Children(s)

Willie Hamby
1915–1984
Birth Location: Oneida, Scott County, Tennessee, United States of America
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Benjamin Hamby's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Hamby
1895–1952
Birth Place: Pine Knot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States
Parents
REV William Riley "Bill" Hamby (Hambey)
1855–1918
Pine Knot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States
Sarah (Jane "Sallie") Lay
1856–1913
Scott, Tennessee, United States
Grandparents
Abraham (E) Hambey
1822–1891
Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Chitwood
1827–1897
Campbell, Tennessee, United States
Great-Grandparents
Henry Hamby
1795–1847
Sarah Cross
1795–1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Isaac Hamby
1765–1847
Jemimah Thompson
1767–1834
Asahel Cross
1750–1818

Benjamin Hamby's Descendants

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Benjamin (Franklin) Hamby (16 Nov 1895–11 Dec 1952) m. Savannah (Tennessee "Tennie") Smith (26 Dec 1897–03 Mar 1938)
  1. 1. Willie (Beatrice) Hamby 1915–1984 m. Percy (L.) Byrd 1904–1966 m. Alvin (Everett) Jester 1917–1989 m. Frank Ward 1913–1974
    1. 1. Thelma (Geneve) Ward 1936–1936
    2. 2. Prudy (Frances "Sis") Ward 1932–2016
    3. 3. Aubrey (Edsel) Ward 1934–2016

Benjamin Hamby's Timeline

2 Records

1895
16 Nov 1895
Birth of Benjamin Franklin Hamby in Pine Knot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States
Pine Knot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States
1952
11 Dec 1952
Age 57
Death of Benjamin Franklin Hamby in Downey, Lake, Illinois, United States
Downey, Lake, Illinois, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Nov 1895
    Event Place: Pine Knot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Dec 1952
    Event Place: Downey, Lake, Illinois, United States
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