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Thomas Aspinwall Brewer + Mary Foster

John Pope + Sarah Elizabeth Hartwell

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Richard Aaron Benson	10 NOV 1821 -- 10 OCT 1877
Catherine Elizabeth Brewer	24 JAN 1822 -- 27 FEB 1908

Francis Octavus Wyse	13 JAN 1811 -- 21 JAN 1893
Mary Eliza Pope	1834 -- 26 DEC 1925

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William Shepherd⁹ Benson

Birth	25 SEP 1855⁹		GA, Bibb Co⁹ ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Georgia TTTP
Navy	1877³		USS Hartford (1858)
Navy	1879³		USS Essex (1874)
Navy	1879-1881³		USS Constitution
Navy	1881-1882³		NY, Kings Co, Brooklyn, Navy Yard, Ensign
Navy	1882³		USS Alliance (1875), Ensign
Navy	1882-1884³		USS Yantic (IX32), Ensign
Navy	1887³		USS Albatross (1882), Ensign
Navy	1888³		USS Dolphin (PG24), Ensign
Navy	1893-1894³		DC, Washington, Navy Yard, Ensign
Navy	1905		USS Iowa (BB4), Lt Commander
Navy	1907-1908⁷		MD, Anne Arundel Co, Annapolis, Naval Academy, Commander
Navy	1908⁸		USS Olympia (C6), Admiral
Navy	1909⁵		USS Albany (CL23), Commander
Navy	1909⁷		USS Missouri (BB11), Captain
Navy	1913⁶		USS Utah (BB31), Captain
Military			USA Navy / Admiral / World War I
Awards			Army Distinguished Service Navy Distinguished Service
Navy	1913-1915⁷		PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia, Navy Yard, Captain
Death	20 MAY 1932⁹		DC, Washington⁹ ⚑ More on this location Links DC GenWeb / TTTP FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Grave			VA, Arlington Co, Arlington National Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page

Aged: 76.7 years

Mary Augusta³ Wyse³

Aged: 98.4 years

Children	First Name	Birth Dt	Death Dt	Birth Place		Spouses
1	Howard Hartwell James	8 OCT 1888	28 JAN 1975		MD, Baltimore City

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William Shepherd Benson
Book: Records of Living Officers of the US Navy, 1894; ➤
Book: Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers, 1905; ➤
Book: Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers, 1909; ➤
Book: Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers, 1913; ➤
Website: Dreadnaught Project; ➤
Website: NavSource Naval History; ➤
Website: Family Search Trees; ➤

Mary Augusta Benson
Book: Ships of the United States Navy and their sponsors, 1919; ➤
Website: Family Search Trees; ➤

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