Obediah Martin Benge Sr (1841 - 1918)

Born Jan 1841 in Indian Territory, United States

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Died 24 Jan 1918 at about age 77 in Hanson, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Obediah was Cherokee.

According to his Eastern Cherokee application, Obediah was born in the Cherokee Nation in January, 1841. He was the son of Martin Benge, a white man, and Eliza Lowrey, a Cherokee. Martin appears with his parents and siblings on the 1851 Drennan Roll living in the Skin Bayou district, Cherokee Nation. ^[1] He married Margaret Blair about 1860. They were the parents of ten children, Norma, Sarah, Charles, Eliza, John, Ellen, Jane, Andrew, ^[2] George, and Obediah, Jr. ^[3] Margaret died in 1898 and Obediah married Etta Asbill, a white woman, in February, 1899. ^[4]. They were the parents of four children, Henry (died in infancy), Ridge Otto, Drewie, and Mary. ^[5] Obediah died January 24, 1918 and is buried in the Benge family cemetery, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ . Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Skin Bayou, p. 365, family #165.
2. ↑ Cherokee Census, 1880. Series 7RA-07. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. p. 684
3. ↑ Cherokee Census, 1886. Series 7RA-58. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Sequoyah District #105 and 106.
4. ↑ Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898–1914. Microfilm M1301, 468 rolls. NAI: 617283. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Washington, D.C. Card #1297
5. ↑ >Eastern Cherokee application #4485. NARA M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/73/eastern-cherokee-applications: accessed December 9, 2020)
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2020), memorial page for Obediah Martin Benge Sr. (1 Jan 1837–24 Feb 1918), Find a Grave Memorial no. 15795896, citing Benge Family Cemetery, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by R Burnett (contributor 47445819) .