BENTON GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


I learned about my wife's Benton connection through studying the genealogy of the Vaughan and Callico families of Arkansas and Tennessee & Virginia.

Also of interest to me is that one of the main streets going through Springfield, Missouri, where we live is BENTON AVENUE. It runs North and South and goes near the town square. It is the street that runs in front of Drury College, the oldest college in Springfield. I do not know who the street is named after.

Here is my wife's BENTON lineage as far as can be proven:

  1. James (?) BENTON; md. _______ LOONEY (She was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian)
  2. Fereby Lou BENTON, b. ca. 1750 NC, d. May 1850 Madison Co., AR; md. ca. 1772 VA to William VAUGHAN, b. ca. 1750 Wales, d. ca. 1840 Northwest Arkansas
  3. Elizabeth VAUGHAN, b. ca. 1790 Russell Co., VA, d. ca. 1859 Madison Co., AR; md. ca. 1804 Hawkins Co., TN to James CALLICO, b. ca. 1785 Prince Edward Co., VA, d. ca. 1820 White Co., TN
  4. John Calvin CALLICO, Sr., b. 1817 Warrren Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1894 at Wesley, Madison Co., AR; md. ca. 1840 to Elizabeth MEANS, b. 12 Feb. 1821 TN, d. 22 Dec. 1902 Madison Co., AR
  5. John Calvin CALLICO, Jr., b. May 1847 Madison Co., AR, d. 22 Feb. 1927 Madison Co., AR; md. May 1870 Madison Co., AR to Sarah Frances "Fannie" JOHNSON, b. 22 Feb. 1854 Madison Co., AR, d. 1920 Madison Co., AR (both buried in Wesley Cemetery, Madison Co., AR)
  6. Franklin Montgomery CALLICO, b. 9 July 1877 Drake's Creek, AR, d. 15 Nov. 1969 Ely, White Pine Co., NV; md. 1900 Madison Co., AR to Kima Nevada ROBERTS, b. 1882 Japton, AR, d. 23 Dec. 1944 San Bernardino, CA (buried at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA)
  7. Bonnie Ruth CALLICO, b. 5 Aug. 1905 Drake's Creek, Madison Co., AR, d. 1 Dec. 1968 San Bernardino, CA; md. 22 Aug. 1928 to Robert Archie HENRY, Jr., b. 26 Aug. 1902 Cycles, OK, d. 10 June 1944 Los Angeles, CA (both buried at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA) *These are my wife's grandparents.




Some other Benton researchers and web sites include:

    Eddie Davis's Home Page

    Note: Eddie Davis is a descendant of Benjamin Vaughan who made an affidavit regarding his Indian blood. Benjamin was a son of Nancy Callicott, daughter of Beverly Callicott. Nancy Callicott married John Vaughan, son of William Patrick Vaughan. He also lives in Springfield, Missouri (where I live), and he is researching the Benton & Looney connections to the Vaughans.




ROOTSWEB BENTON MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the BENTON surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Benton Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any BENTON name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the BENTON family. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/benton

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the BENTON lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.




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Last updated June 1, 2003.


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