Col Benjamin Mercer Ledford (1838-1919)

Col Benjamin Mercer Ledford

Birth

14 Nov 1838

Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA

Death

11 Feb 1919 (aged 80)

Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA

Burial

Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery

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This is my GGrandfather on my Mothers side. He served in the confederste army between the years 1861 to 1865.

Family Members

Parents

Benjamin J. Ledford

1800–1892
Grace Ownbey Ledford

1799–1864

Spouses

Sarah L. Blair Ledford

1838–1889 (m. 1863)
Lena M Gray Blackwell

1874–1942 (m. 1903)
Eliza Platt Ledford

1845–1903

Siblings

Amy Vianna Ledford Franklin

1830–1892

Half Siblings

Solomon Seymore Ledford

1870–1939

Children

Minnie Ledford Ensley

1866–1930
Arthur P. Ledford

1869–1931
Bettie G. Ledford

1874–1875
Benjamin M. Ledford

1877–1877

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1860 United States Federal Census
North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011
1900 United States Federal Census
North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930

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Col Benjamin Mercer Ledford

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Benjamin J. Ledford

Grace Ownbey Ledford

Sarah L. Blair Ledford

Lena M Gray Blackwell

Eliza Platt Ledford

Amy Vianna Ledford Franklin

Solomon Seymore Ledford

Minnie Ledford Ensley

Arthur P. Ledford

Bettie G. Ledford

Benjamin M. Ledford

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