Family history and genealogical information about the ancestry of George Dwight Benson (born ca. 1892) and Jeanne C. Smith. George was a descendant of Silas Benson (born ca. 1796 in Cordington, Ohio) and Sophia Fuller. Jeanne was a descendant of John Viet Schmidt (or Smith) and Christiana Koehler who both lived in Germany during the early 1800s. George Dwight Benson married Jeanne C. Smith ca. 1914. They lived in Michigan and were the parents of three...

Conrad and Margaretha Kilts, who were likely born in Germany and married by 1725, brought their children to New York between 1730 and 1739, settling on the Stone Arabia Patent north of the Mohawk River in what is now Montgomery County. Some of their early descendants served in the French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars. Most of the descendants listed in this work lived in New York or nearby throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.

Robert Duke of Kershaw County, South Carolina, and his wife, Ann, had eleven children, ca. 1762-ca. 1782. His will was written in 1784. Record lists children and some grandchildren for each generation but chiefly follows line of descent to the author's father, Columbus Welcome Duke, Sr. (1849-1931). He was born in Coosa County, Alabama, the son of Allen Morgan Duke (1825-1872). He maigrated to Smith County, Texas, with his parents ca. 1868. He married...

Jacob Knapp (1774-1861) migrated from Connecticut to Onondaga Co., N.Y. where he married Martha Benson (1794-1863). They migrated to Delaware Co., and then to Williams Co., Ohio where they reared their seven children. One grandson, Charles H. Knapp (1906-1983), was the son of Albert Delos Knapp (1854-1941) and Mary Elizabeth Malcolm.

Andrew J. Taylor was born 18 January 1859 in Towns County, Georgia. His parents were John Taylor and Martha "Patsy" Wheeler. He married Sarah Laveta "Sally" Turner (1870-1940), daughter of Nathan Jasper Turner and Catherine Moslisa Pickle, 14 November 1894 in Fruita, Colorado. They had six children. Andrew died in 1925. Andrew's sister, Julia Ann Taylor (1854-1943), married William Thomas Smith (1856-1933) in 1878 in Natie Haley, Georgia and...

James Harris, son of James Harris and Hannah Stapleton, was born in 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He married Ann Thompson, daughter of John Thompson and Ann Wallace, in 1797. He died in 1863 in Bedford County, Tennessee,.

Thomas Hatcock (Hathcock?) came to America from England about 1635. He first settled in what is now Northampton County, Virginia. By 1730 descendants had moved to Prince George County and Brunswick County, Virginia. Descendants lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Georgia, Alabama, Texas and elsewhere. Includes family history and genealogical data about ancestry in England to 1166 A.D. Also includes family history and genealogical...

Frank Pierce Rentchler son of Jacob Rentschler and Mary Beach, was born 22 January 1860 in Belleville, Illinois. He married Grace Kofoed (1873-1942), daughter of John Kofoed and Janette Perry, in 1893 in Los Angeles, California. They had five children. He died in 1957 in Hemet, California. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Germany, Denmark, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and California.

Fred McCaleb traces his family lines back into colonial Virginia where his family settled when they came from Scotland and England.

Nels Henry Elvick was born 14 June 1895 near Michigan, North Dakota. His parents were Nelson Hansson Elvick (1860-1921) and Rosa Lillibelle Wise (1859-1950). He married Agnes 29 December 1926. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in North Dakota and Norway.