Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
Family lore has it that she was with her family on a livestock drive from the South to the northern markets when she met Reuben. They married and she didn’t finish the drive.91,84
Listed with the family of William Fawcett in June 12, 1880 Federal Census as widowed houskeeper, age 58, born in AL. Parents born in AL.
May have been born in AL, but Martha Jane’s death certificate says KY.
Parents may have been Josiah Foster and Obedience E. Mitchell, according to Grimesron, Ancestry.com
Listed with the family of William Fawcett in June 12, 1880 Federal Census as widowed houskeeper, age 58, born in AL. Parents born in AL.
May have been born in AL, but Martha Jane’s death certificate says KY.
Parents may have been Josiah Foster and Obedience E. Mitchell, according to Grimesron, Ancestry.com
Spouses
Birth1792, St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover Co., VA84
DeathApr 11, 1853, Pittman Creek, Taylor Co., KY83
OccupationFarmer
FatherHenry E. BENNINGFIELD (1760-1823)
MotherMartha (Patsy) HOOPER (ca1765-ca1810)
Misc. Notes
Perhaps 1 of 7 siblings that came to KY around 1803.91
"Way back there were three brothers that came through the Cumberland Gap from Virginia into Kentucky" - Arland Benningfield 1954 interview with and elderly descendant of Reuben Benningfield. 91
Maybe born in Bourbon Co., VA (Now Washington Co., KY), from 1850 census and from WR Benningfield’s marriage certificate.
Lived in Taylor Co., KY.
"Way back there were three brothers that came through the Cumberland Gap from Virginia into Kentucky" - Arland Benningfield 1954 interview with and elderly descendant of Reuben Benningfield. 91
Maybe born in Bourbon Co., VA (Now Washington Co., KY), from 1850 census and from WR Benningfield’s marriage certificate.
Lived in Taylor Co., KY.
MarriageJun 21, 1838, Taylor Co., KY
ChildrenWilliam Richard (Dick) (1839-1917)
Margaret (1841-)
Rhoda Ellen (1844-1920)
John C. (1847-)
P. (ca1847-)
Sarah Elizabeth (1849-1890)
Martha Jane (Patsy) (1849-1927)
Daniel Henry (Dan) (1852-1920)