Henry Lewis BENNING #43701

2 APR 1814 - 10 JUL 1875
AKA: Old Rock
BIRTH 2 APR 1814, Columbia, Georgia, USA
BURIAL Linwood Cemetery Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, USA
DEATH 10 JUL 1875, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, USA

Historical Notes

He served as a Confederate General during the War Between the States. Fort Benning, Georgia is named for him. Afterwards he became a Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Parents

Father : Pleasant Moon BENNING #43666

Mother : Melinda Lewis WHITE #43696

Family 1

Mary Howard JONES
    MARRIAGE 1839
No known children

Lineage 

                                                _______________________
                                               |                       
                          _John BENNING _______|
                         | (1737 - 1809) m 1775|
                         |                     |_______________________
                         |                                             
 _Pleasant Moon BENNING _|
| (1783 - 1845) m 1809   |
|                        |                      _Thomas Addison COBBS _+
|                        |                     | (1712 - 1833) m 1756  
|                        |_Sarah COBBS ________|
|                          (1756 - 1809) m 1775|
|                                              |_Mary Susannah MOON ___+
|                                                (1738 - 1807) m 1756  
|
|--Henry Lewis BENNING 
|  (1814 - 1875)
|                                               _______________________
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|                         _____________________|
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|                        |                     |_______________________
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|_Melinda Lewis WHITE ___|
  (1789 - 1864) m 1809   |
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