Re: Millard and Hiram sons of Benajah
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In reply to:
Re: Millard and Hiram sons of Benajah
9/18/00
Pam, you are looking in the wrong county. Jackson is in the middle of the state. Benajah and several of his cousins andor uncles migrated to the western part of TN. Several including Benajah settled near Jackson, the county seat of Madison County, TN.
Benajah's daughter Nancy was born in Wayne Co., NC. Major through Wiley were born near Jackson. Drucilla most likely was born there as well. The rest of Benajah and Polly's children were born in AR.
As to the death of Dr. Millard Filmore CROOM, his wife and several children from smallpox in 1882, I obtained this information from memoirs of Benajah's nephew, A. S. CROOM, who died in 1985 in Searcy, AR. He confirmed that at least two children survived and were parceled out to an aunt and to grandparents.
All of the Benajah info is posted on my CROOM website which is being updated today.
John Croom