William Prosser "Pros" Benson b. Jul 1872 d. 1939: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

1872 - 1939 (~ 66 years)

Name	William Prosser "Pros" Benson
Born	Jul 1872 [1]
Gender	Male
Died	1939
Buried	Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee [2]
Person ID	I4196	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
Last Modified	2 Nov 2009

Father	William M. Benson, b. 1828, Cocke County, Tennessee , d. Aft 1880 (Age > 53 years)
Mother	Cynthia Large, b. 5 Oct 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee , d. 31 Jul 1915 (Age 80 years)
Married	Abt 1856
Family ID	F18351	Group Sheet

Family Mary Ellen Reagan, b. Mar 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee , d. 26 Oct 1937 (Age ~ 65 years)

Married 22 Aug 1889 , Sevier County, Tennessee

Children

	1. Benson, b. Abt 1890, , Sevier County, Tennessee , d. Bef 1900 (Age ~ 9 years)
+	2. Nettie Jane Benson, b. 4 Apr 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee , d. 13 Jul 1910 (Age 17 years)
+	3. Walter F. Benson, b. 8 Apr 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee , d. 30 Jan 1959 (Age 61 years)
	4. Benson, b. Abt 1899, Sevier County, Tennessee , d. Bef 1900 (Age ~ 0 years)
	5. Cora Benson, b. 1911, d. 1921 (Age 10 years)
+	6. Willie Bates Benson, b. Abt 1908, Tennessee

Family ID F1599 Group Sheet

Event Map

	Married - 22 Aug 1889 - , Sevier County, Tennessee
	Buried - - Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee

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Photos
Linda Oury Rogers submission
Pless Benson and William Prosser Benson
Notes
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 55, 56.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 217.

[S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 356, 1880.
http://sevierlibrary.tripod.com/page61880.html
[S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 333.
Birth listed as 1871