THE
BETHEA FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA
____________1700 - 200O's____________
8th GENERATION DESCENDANTS
Dollie Bethea Benson
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Dollie Bethea Benson
December 7, 1886 and she lived to be eighty-five years old
and died 1971. Daughter of Tristram
Pinkney and Rebecca Vise Bethea7 married Noah
Benson, a farmer and Calhoun County politician. They had 5 children: 1) Beatrice Benson (Johnson)9 b. 12-1-1913 2) Arvil Thomas Benson9 b. 8-17-1916 3) Mervin Benson (Morris)9 b. 12-14-1920 m. Carroll Morris 4) Earle Benson9 b. 2-5-1922 (twin) 5) Annie Myrle Benson (Blann)9 b. 2-5-1922 (twin) lives in El Dorado, AR. |
| "English"
John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2
-> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea3 ->"Devil
John" Bethea 4
-> William
Bethea5 ->
Tristram
Bethea 6
-> Tristram
Pinkney Bethea7 -> Dollie
(Bethea) Benson 8 |
| 1st | John
"English John" Bethea b. about 1684
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| 2nd | John
"Virginia John" Bethea
b. about 1704 d. 1779
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| 3rd | William
"Sweat Swamp" Bethea
b. 1726, d. about 1784
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| 4th | Bethea,
John "Devil John" (b. Oct. 1752) m. Mary Henegan (4th)
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| 5th | Bethea,
William (b. 7-23-1775) m. Olivia Pearce , Sarah Hargrove
(5th) |
| 6th | Bethea,
Tristram (b. Dec. 3 , 1802) m. Nancy McLaurin, Sarah Todd (6th) |
| 7th |
TRISTRAM PINKNEY BETHEA (b. 1836- d. 1917) m. Rebecca Vise
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| 8th |
Dollie Bethea Benson married Noah Benson. 5 children: Annie Myrle Benson (Blann)9, Arvil Thomas Benson9, Beatrice Benson (Johnson)9, Earle Benson9, Mervin Benson9 |
| 9th | Benson,
Annie Myrle (Blann) b. 2-5-1922 (twin) lives in El Dorado,
AR. Benson, Arvil Thomas b. 8-17-1916 (9th) Benson, Beatrice (Johnson) b. 12-1-1913 (9th) Benson, Earle b. 2-5-1922 (9th) -> Benson, James Earle Jr. b. 7-1-1947 (10th) Benson, Mervin b. 12-14-1920 m. Carroll Morris (9th) ->Morris, Theresa Ann b. 8-20-1949 (10th) |
