Benton Family Cemetery

Shelby County, Alabama

Cemetery Burial Information and Survey
Dated June 2005

Benton Cemetery Historic Marker
On June 22, 2005 "Benton Family Cemetery" aka Benton-Oldham Cemetery was favorably reviewed and listed on the
"Alabama Historic Cemetery Register" with The Alabama Historical Commission.
Also, it is on the "Alabama Cemetery Register" with The Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance.
A public dedication of the Historical Cemetery Roadside Memorial Marker was held on April 1, 2006.



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Please understand that some of the grave markers were worn, broken, and/or illegible,
therefore, some errors in transcribing may have occurred.


Benton Family Cemetery is located on Alabama Hwy. #119, near the creek south of Thompson Road in Alabaster, AL.

NAME                           BIRTH          DEATH                 COMMENT
					
BENTON, Ever F.	31 Dec 1893	12 May 1971	Wife of Jesse W. BENTON; 
                                    Double headstone reads BAKER and BENTON.
                                         	
BENTON, Frances C.	 30 Aug 1817 	 03 May 1891	
                                     Wife of James BENTON; Marker broken.
                                     	
BENTON, Infant 	 No dates		Infant Son of James & S.C. BENTON.	
BENTON, James 	 20 Dec 1826 	 18 Mar 1909	Pvt. 2 Regt. Ala. Cav., C.S.A.	
BENTON, Jesse 	 09 May 1798 	 12 Jul 1842	Marker broken.	
BENTON, Jesse 	 03 Nov 1849 	 14 Jul 1851	Son of James & S.C. BENTON.	
BENTON, Jesse W.	22 Oct 1885	28 Aug 1968	
                                     Double headstone reads BAKER and BENTON.
                                     	
BENTON, John 	 09 Nov 1852 	 12 Apr 1858	Son of James & S.C. BENTON.	
BENTON, Lola Pearl 	 23 Oct 1880 	 26 Oct 1880	
                                      Infant daughter of W.C. & S.E. BENTON.
                                      	
BENTON, Lucile 	 30 Mar 1896 	 09 Apr 1896	Daughter of W.C. & S.E. BENTON.	
BENTON, Mack D.	23 Aug 1887	22 Aug 1979		
BENTON, Philip Maxwell	13 Jun 1912	30 May 1991		
BENTON, Sarah C. NASH 	 09 Oct 1828 	 16 Apr 1858	Wife of James BENTON.	
BENTON, Sarah E. 	 04 Nov 1858 	 18 Mar 1943	Our Mother.	
BENTON, Virginia Clair SIMPSON	06 May 1915	03 Oct 1993	
                                                Wife of Philip Maxwell BENTON.	
                                                
BENTON, W.C. 	 08 Oct 1855 	 25 Jul 1917	Mason.	
BRIDGES, Barnisa 	 06 Aug 1805 	 23 Apr 1864	
                   "Her children arise up, and call her blessed.  Prov. XXXI-28".
                    	
CAIRNS, Thomas Charles	11 Oct 1907	18 Apr 1970		
LETSON, Andrew Benton	04 Jul 1914	No date		
LETSON, Edith 	 14 Aug 1904 	 08 Jun 1907		
LETSON, Eugenia BENTON 	1877	1950		
LETSON, Frances BARNES	12 Dec 1919	No date	Wife of Andrew Benton LETSON.	
LETSON, J.W. 	1873	1932		
LETSON, Jerry Wayne	27 Jun 1948	27 Apr 1963		
McCLENDON, Effie BENTON	 13 Oct 1881 	 28 Sep 1948		
McCLENDON, Ryan Hawkins 	 20 Dec 1883 	 23 Feb 1953		
OLDHAM, Herschel E.	 11 Dec 1865 	 29 Mar 1868	Son of J.B.E. & M.E. OLDHAM; 
                                                                   Marker badly worn.
                                                                   	
OLDHAM, Jesse M. 	 03 Aug 1878 	 20 Oct 1888	Son of J.B.E. & M.E. OLDHAM.	
OLDHAM, Mary E.	 21 Sep 1847 	 11 Jul 1919	Wife of J.B. OLDHAM, Sr.	
OLDHAM, Willie Virgal 	 09 Aug 1908 	 16 Dec 1909	Son of W.E. & S.C. OLDHAM.	
WILLISTON, Kenneth L., Jr.	24 Aug 1935	28 Apr 1991
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