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David "Smiling Dave" Benge 1825–1903 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1825

Birth Location: Fogertown, Clay, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 1903

Death Location: Clay County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: John Benge

Mother: Philadelphia Harrison

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David "Smiling Dave" Benge was born in 1825 in Fogertown, Clay, Kentucky, USA, the child of John David Jackie Benge And Philadelphia Lydia Delphia Harrison. David "Smiling Dave" Benge passed away in 1903 in Clay County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • David "Smiling Dave" Benge was born in 1825 in Fogertown, Clay, Kentucky, USA, the child of John David Jackie Benge And Philadelphia Lydia Delphia Harrison.
  • David "Smiling Dave" Benge passed away in 1903 in Clay County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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David Benge's Ancestors

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David Benge
1825–1903
Birth Place: Fogertown, Clay, Kentucky, USA
Parents
John David "Jackie" Benge
1797–1877
Madison County, Kentucky, United States of America
Philadelphia (Lydia "Delphia") Harrison
1799–1870
Cocke County, Tennessee
Grandparents
David ("King David") Benge
1760–1854
Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Lucretia Perry
1772–1845
Barre, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Thomas, Jr
1734–1811
Susannah, Lewis
1742–1825
Phineas Perry
1736–1796
Esther Gates
1739–1796
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sr
1710–1750
Polly Watts
1710–1781
Capt. Gates
1704–1758
Bethula Rice
1704–1772

David Benge's Timeline

2 Records

1825
1825
Birth of David "Smiling Dave" Benge in Fogertown, Clay, Kentucky, USA
Fogertown, Clay, Kentucky, USA
1903
1903
Age 78
Death of David "Smiling Dave" Benge in Portersburg, Clay, Kentucky, USA
Portersburg, Clay, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1825
    Event Place: Fogertown, Clay, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1903
    Event Place: Portersburg, Clay, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Clay County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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