BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-210 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESmation on the descendants of Charles and Martha Benns, see the sketch of MarthaLezina Bateman (2.10.4.5). Nathaniel Benns married Lelia Passmore (bornJuly 22, 1884). Nathaniel Brooks Benns died on February 20, 1941 and Lelia(Passmore) Benns died on March 28, 1950.Reference: 1) Letter, Roberta J. Lumpkin to Robert Casey, December 28, 1979PhotographMartha (Lumpkin) BennsWILLIAM C. LUMPKIN (2.4.2.7) is the son of Dickerson Lumpkin, III andBalsarah (Brooks) Lumpkin. William was born in 1848 in Talbot County, Georgia.On December 3, 1871, William Lumpkin married Sarah Adams (born May26, 1849 in Georgia). William and Sarah Lumpkin were the parents of five children:............Beulah Lumpkin, b. 1872, Georgia............Minnie Lumpkin, b. 1873, Georgia............Clarence Lumpkin, b. 1875, Georgia............Eddie Brooks Lumpkin, b. 1879, Georgia............John C. Lumpkin, b. October, 1882In 1880, William and Sarah Lumpkin were living in Talbot County, Georgia.William C. Lumpkin died in June of 1882. Sarah (Adams) Lumpkin died onApril 24, 1924 and was buried in the Adams Cemetery in Talbot County, Georgia.Beulah Lumpkin died young and Minnie Lumpkin died in 1911. BrooksLumpkin married Iva Childre and they had four children: - Martha Lumpkin, -Edwin Lumpkin, - Frank Lumpkin, - Hugh Lumpkin. E. Brooks Lumpkindied on July 15, 1961. Frank Lumpkin married Eleanor Wilson. John C.Lumpkin died in 1954 and was buried in the Adams Cemetery in Talbot County,Georgia.References: 1) 1880 Census, Talbot County, Georgia; 2) Letter, Roberta J. Lumpkin toRobert Casey, December 28, 1979EMILY CATHERINE LUMPKIN (2.4.2.8) is the daughter of DickersonLumpkin, III and Balsarah (Brooks) Lumpkin. Emily was born on November14, 1852 in Talbot County, Georgia. On July 25, 1872, Emily Lumpkin marriedWilliam David Stewart in Talbot County, Georgia. William was born on July13, 1853 in Georgia and is the son of James McEwen Stewart and Samantha(Childs) Stewart. William and Emily Stewart were the parents of five children:............Luther McEwen Stewart, b. November 29, 1879, Alabama............Lovick Marvin Stewart (2.4.2.8.2), b. March 16, 1881............Bessie Mae Stewart, b. February 28, 1882............Lumpkin Rippie Stewart, b. July 11, 1884............William David Stewart, Jr., b. April 7, 1886In 1880, William and Emma Stewart were living in Randolph County, Alabama.William David Stewart, Sr. died on October 30, 1885 in Rock Mills, Alabama