_Joseph BENNING _____+
                                                | (1776 - 1820) m 1810
                           _John N. BENNING ____|
                          | (1815 - 1854) m 1840|
                          |                     |_Jane MERIWETHER ____
                          |                       (1783 - 1842) m 1810
 _James Ethridge BENNING _|
| (1852 - ....) m 1870    |
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|                         |_Elizabeth ETHRIDGE _|
|                           (1826 - ....) m 1840|
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|--Theophulus BENNING 
|  (1877 - ....)
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|_Joanna A. KEATING ______|
  (1850 - ....) m 1870    |
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