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Branch: Descendants of James Taylor I (died VA 1698)

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Samuel M. Benton + Frances Kimbrough

William W. Gooch + Keziah Ann Hart

James McDowell + Elizabeth Cloyd

William Preston + Susannah Smith

Parents

Jesse Benton	1744 -- 1791
Nancy Ann Hart Gooch	1758 -- 3 JAN 1838

James McDowell	1 AUG 1770 -- 15 SEP 1835
Sarah Preston	3 MAY 1767 -- 3 JUL 1841

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Thomas Hart Benton

Birth	14 MAR 1782	NC, Orange Co, Hillsboro, Harts Mill Add more on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page North Carolina TTTP
Occup	1821-1851	US Senator from MO ♛ Show List ♛ Show Counterparts
Org.	1823-1828	US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Chairperson
History	28 Feb 1844	USS Princeton Explosion Present
Org.	1849	US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Chairperson
Occup	1853-1855	US Rep. from MO ♛ Show List ♛ Show Counterparts
Org.	1855	American Antiquarian Society, Member
Death	10 APR 1858	DC, Washington ⚑ More on this location Links DC GenWeb / TTTP FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Grave		MO, St Louis City, Bellefontaine Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Missouri Digital Heritage Missouri Records & Archives Missouri TTTP

Aged: 76.1 years

Elizabeth McDowell

Birth	8 JUL 1794	VA, Rockbridge Co,of ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Death	10 SEP 1854	DC, Washington ⚑ More on this location Links DC GenWeb / TTTP FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Grave		MO, St Louis City, Bellefontaine Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Missouri Digital Heritage Missouri Records & Archives Missouri TTTP

Aged: 60.2 years

Children	First Name	Birth Dt	Death Dt		Spouses
1+	Eliza Preston	12 FEB 1822	10 DEC 1895	VA, Rockbridge Co, Cherry Grove	William Carey Jones
2+	Jessie	31 MAY 1824	27 DEC 1902	VA, Lexington	John Charles Fremont
3+	Sarah McDowell	MAR 1826	4 JAN 1863	VA,of	Richard Taylor Jacob

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