UPDATED: Tilford, Albert, Sam and... King David?

UPDATE: Several photos have been updated with more accurate information.

Above: Tilford Benge and Susan, along with two of his twenty-plus children.

Below: Tilford, and his brother, Creed. We are unsure if the women are sisters or wives, so if you have any information, please leave it in the comments link below.

UPDATE: I just got this info in an email - " ...pretty sure the lady to the left is Molly L. Benge and the one on the right is Susan Malinda Benge sisters of Tilford. I don't know who they married or if they did. Date of death for both is July 2nd.1939 seems odd?"

Below: Sam Benge (next two photos), Tilford Benge's son, and Albert Benge's full brother:

Below: Albert Benge on a short mule. 

There is a story that goes with this, and is posted at the bottom.

Above: Albert Benge and his half-brothers: Mack,Theo,Woodrow,and Matt on the end. 

Photo thought to be taken at Albert's brother's funeral.

Above: A young Sam Benge with his mother, the widow of old Sam who was Albert benge's full brother.

Tombstone of "King David" Benge. David Benge is an ancestor to most of the Indiana Benge's. 

Legend has it that David Benge had a big part in winning the battle at King's Mountain, Kentucky. 

For more information on King David Benge, click here.

...now, back to Albert and the short mule.

"In many of his pictures of that time period, he [Albert] was sitting on that mule and it was obviously quite a bit shorter than the other animals.  I asked my dad's [Albert's] cousin why he seemed to prefer that little short mule and he explained, "It seems the mule was really fast and would 'lay right down on its side' when going around a corner.  Fastest thing around Laurel, KY at that time."   I asked that same man if my mother, Martha, rode.  He said "Why, sure, she'd have to ride if she was going to go round with Ab."    

Imagine those comments in a deep southern accent!"

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Thanks for stopping by, everybody. Please, leave comments and photos if you have them!

Special thanks to my Great Aunt, Mary McCullough for this batch of pictures - I have never seen most of these, and it is a blessing to me and my family.  - Aaron Benge

UPDATED: Photos! Henry & Hazel Benge, the Madox's, Buddy and Sammy

UPDATE: Some of these have been updated recently.

Finally, we have some photos. I will need some help in naming some of the older photos, as I don't remember most of them, aside from my own grandparents, Henry and Hazel Benge. I have no idea what year the pictures were taken, or the birth and death dates of most, so all help is welcome. Enjoy!
(most photos can be clicked on to see a larger image)

Henry and Hazel Benge (above)

 

I have been told that this is my Grandmother Hazel's parents, Cecil and Betty Maddox 

  

Above: Albert & Martha Benge.
Believed to be taken at my aunt Mary Ellen Benge's wedding to Larry Riley.

 

My father, Cecil "Buddy" Benge

5 MAY 1946 - 7 SEPT 1981

 

My uncle, Samuel "Bo" Edward Benge, who gave his life for our country in Vietnam.

(13 NOV 1948 - 3 JUNE 1969)
(Special thanks to Sam Benge for emailing me Sam's birthday)