We Have A New Benge! Zedekiah Creed.

Meet Zedekiah Creed Benge, 

son of Aaron and Rebecca Benge. Brother to Lukas Benge, Ethan Chezem,
Noah Benge and Esther Benge.

Born Sept 23, 9lb 12.8 oz,

all digits present and accounted for!

(click photo for larger view)

His first name comes from the bible, Jeremiah chapter 29 (in Hebrew means "Righteous King"),
and Creed is a family name;
Creed was Tilford's brother
(you can read the post and see a picture of Tilford and Creed by clicking here.)

From what I understand,

Tilford was Albert's father,

who was Henry's father,

who was Cecil's father,

who was my father,

making Creed my Great, Great Uncle,

and Zedekiah's Great, Great, Great Uncle.

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

Still looking for photos...

So far, we're not getting any responses  - we need feedback! 

We recently have suffered a death in the family (my wife's mother), so I haven't been able to add much; I will try to be more diligent in the future, when things get fully back to normal.

On the bright side, we have however had quite a few people from outside of Indiana checking out the site.

Here's a list:

Daniels, West Virginia

Winchester, Kentucky

Batesville, Arkansas

Cincinnati, Ohio

Mason, Ohio

Mountain View, California

...and then a few from  these Indiana cities:

Crawfordsville, Indiana    

Indianapolis, Indiana   

Waynetown, Indiana  

Mace, Indiana  

Thanks for stopping by, and send some pictures if you have them - I'll see to it that they are posted. My hard drive crashed a couple weeks ago, and I lost about 5,000 pictures; including three Benge family reunions and 5 years of family photos. 

...I'll see if I can get my scanner to work.