KATHERINE ETHEL BENSON ARNOLD
Mrs. Samuel Coleman Arnold
Ethel Benson Arnold was born Katherine Ethel Benson on Monday, February 18, 1884 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, to Frank Cook Benson and his wife Lucy Bracken Benson. All of Mrs. Arnold's immediate family are now deceased. Additionally, it appears certain she has no surviving descendants. Corrections and any other information desired.
Ethel Benson was the granddaughter of 19th Century Macon residents Louisa Sewell and Peter James Bracken; and of Catherine Elizabeth Brewer and Richard Aaron Benson, also residing in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
Ethel's maternal grandfather Peter James Bracken was a railroad engineer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His actions during the Civil War have afforded him a place in history, and can be read online. His son Mr. James Bracken and daughter Miss Loula Bracken, along with their sister Mrs. Frank Cook Benson (Lucy), are known to have visited family and friends in Milledgeville, Georgia, after Lucy Bracken married Frank Cook Benson and before Loula Julia Bracken was married to Mr. Charles Beverly Smith.
Peter James Bracken
Born Oct. 31, 1833 Philadelphia, PA.
Died May 26, 1909 Macon, GA.
Engineer of the Locomotive Texas During the Great Locomotive Chase on the Western & Atlantic Railroad April 12, 1862
— Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia
Modern marker for the grave of Peter James Bracken
http://rosehillcemeterymacongeorgia.blogspot.com/2013/04/brave-confederate-peter-bracken-dead.html?m=1
William Allen Fuller was also involved in The Great Locomotive Chase — 19th Century:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_Fuller
The "Texas"
https://m.salisburypost.com/2017/04/19/restored-locomotive-texas-will-unveiled-transportation-museum-next-weekend/
Restoration of The "Texas" Locomotive
https://news.cision.com/atlanta-history-center/r/atlanta-history-center-moves-159-year-old-texas-locomotive-to-north-carolina-for-restoration,c9890140
James Bracken
https://books.google.com/books?id=7c01AQAAMAAJ&q=Bracken#v=snippet&q=Bracken&f=false
The Benson Room at Wesleyan College in Macon is named for Ethel's grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth Brewer Benson. Mrs. Benson, as Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, was the first to receive a diploma from the newly chartered women's college. William Scott, the second husband of Mrs. Arnold's paternal great-grandmother Eliza Jane Jappie Benson Scott, was a major financial supporter of women's education in Georgia.
Richard Aaron Benson was the son of Eliza Jane Jappie and Aaron Benson, and was reared in the household of his stepfather Mr. Scott following his mother's second marriage, which was when Richard Aaron Benson was young. Catherine Elizabeth Brewer's parents were from Massachusetts and had planned to send their daughter to New England to be educated. They heard about the new women's college opening at Macon and decided to educate her there. This was in the 19th Century.
Mrs. Arnold
Services for Mrs. Coleman (Ethel B.) Arnold, 98, of Atlanta will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Spring Hill, burial at 3 p.m. in Rose Hill in Macon. Mrs. Arnold, a homemaker, died Thursday. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Atlanta. She is Survived by her daughter, Mrs. Cleo Arnold of Atlanta.
— The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
Saturday, July 17, 1982 · Page 32
Cleo Patricia Arnold, daughter
DECEASED. NO CHILDREN? UNMARRIED?
Born October 14, 1909
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Died December 28, 2003
Georgia
Obituary:
Cleo P. Arnold
Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on January 5, 2004.
Wesleyan College
The Benson Room
Named for the late Ethel Benson's grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth Brewer Benson (Mrs. Richard Aaron Benson, of Macon, Georgia - deceased).
Wesleyan Magazine Summer 2011 https://issuu.com/wesleyancollege/docs/wesmagsummer2011/25 via @issuu
Mrs. Frank Benson visits Milledgeville, 19th Century:
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015111/1884-01-22/ed-1/seq-4/
BREWER
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066183567&view=1up&seq=142&skin=2021
JAPPIE - BENSON Marriage
The Evening Post
New York, New York
18 May 1820, Thu • Page 3
Notes
Arnold, Samuel Coleman
Lot 3, Block 3, Sec FH
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/cemeteries/rosehillc.txt
William B. "Billy" Arnold
Father of Samuel Coleman Arnold
Obituary corrections:
William B. Arnold (middle initial B.)
Son is L. V. Arnold (not "L. Z.")
Obituary clipping and corrections
both via JRM & ACCM
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Mrs. Samuel Coleman Arnold
Ethel Benson Arnold was born Katherine Ethel Benson on Monday, February 18, 1884 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, to Frank Cook Benson and his wife Lucy Bracken Benson. All of Mrs. Arnold's immediate family are now deceased. Additionally, it appears certain she has no surviving descendants. Corrections and any other information desired.
Ethel Benson was the granddaughter of 19th Century Macon residents Louisa Sewell and Peter James Bracken; and of Catherine Elizabeth Brewer and Richard Aaron Benson, also residing in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
Ethel's maternal grandfather Peter James Bracken was a railroad engineer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His actions during the Civil War have afforded him a place in history, and can be read online. His son Mr. James Bracken and daughter Miss Loula Bracken, along with their sister Mrs. Frank Cook Benson (Lucy), are known to have visited family and friends in Milledgeville, Georgia, after Lucy Bracken married Frank Cook Benson and before Loula Julia Bracken was married to Mr. Charles Beverly Smith.
Peter James Bracken
Born Oct. 31, 1833 Philadelphia, PA.
Died May 26, 1909 Macon, GA.
Engineer of the Locomotive Texas During the Great Locomotive Chase on the Western & Atlantic Railroad April 12, 1862
— Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia
Modern marker for the grave of Peter James Bracken
http://rosehillcemeterymacongeorgia.blogspot.com/2013/04/brave-confederate-peter-bracken-dead.html?m=1
William Allen Fuller was also involved in The Great Locomotive Chase — 19th Century:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_Fuller
The "Texas"
https://m.salisburypost.com/2017/04/19/restored-locomotive-texas-will-unveiled-transportation-museum-next-weekend/
Restoration of The "Texas" Locomotive
https://news.cision.com/atlanta-history-center/r/atlanta-history-center-moves-159-year-old-texas-locomotive-to-north-carolina-for-restoration,c9890140
James Bracken
https://books.google.com/books?id=7c01AQAAMAAJ&q=Bracken#v=snippet&q=Bracken&f=false
The Benson Room at Wesleyan College in Macon is named for Ethel's grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth Brewer Benson. Mrs. Benson, as Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, was the first to receive a diploma from the newly chartered women's college. William Scott, the second husband of Mrs. Arnold's paternal great-grandmother Eliza Jane Jappie Benson Scott, was a major financial supporter of women's education in Georgia.
Richard Aaron Benson was the son of Eliza Jane Jappie and Aaron Benson, and was reared in the household of his stepfather Mr. Scott following his mother's second marriage, which was when Richard Aaron Benson was young. Catherine Elizabeth Brewer's parents were from Massachusetts and had planned to send their daughter to New England to be educated. They heard about the new women's college opening at Macon and decided to educate her there. This was in the 19th Century.
Mrs. Arnold
Services for Mrs. Coleman (Ethel B.) Arnold, 98, of Atlanta will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Spring Hill, burial at 3 p.m. in Rose Hill in Macon. Mrs. Arnold, a homemaker, died Thursday. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Atlanta. She is Survived by her daughter, Mrs. Cleo Arnold of Atlanta.
— The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
Saturday, July 17, 1982 · Page 32
Cleo Patricia Arnold, daughter
DECEASED. NO CHILDREN? UNMARRIED?
Born October 14, 1909
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Died December 28, 2003
Georgia
Obituary:
Cleo P. Arnold
Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on January 5, 2004.
Wesleyan College
The Benson Room
Named for the late Ethel Benson's grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth Brewer Benson (Mrs. Richard Aaron Benson, of Macon, Georgia - deceased).
Wesleyan Magazine Summer 2011 https://issuu.com/wesleyancollege/docs/wesmagsummer2011/25 via @issuu
Mrs. Frank Benson visits Milledgeville, 19th Century:
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015111/1884-01-22/ed-1/seq-4/
BREWER
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066183567&view=1up&seq=142&skin=2021
JAPPIE - BENSON Marriage
The Evening Post
New York, New York
18 May 1820, Thu • Page 3
Notes
Arnold, Samuel Coleman
Lot 3, Block 3, Sec FH
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/cemeteries/rosehillc.txt
William B. "Billy" Arnold
Father of Samuel Coleman Arnold
Obituary corrections:
William B. Arnold (middle initial B.)
Son is L. V. Arnold (not "L. Z.")
Obituary clipping and corrections
both via JRM & ACCM
FIND A GRAVE ID 47890463
KATHERINE ETHEL BENSON ARNOLD
Mrs. Samuel Coleman Arnold
Ethel Benson Arnold was born Katherine Ethel Benson on Monday, February 18, 1884 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, to Frank Cook Benson and his wife Lucy Bracken Benson. All of Mrs. Arnold's immediate family are now deceased. Additionally, it appears certain she has no surviving descendants. Corrections and any other information desired.
Ethel Benson was the granddaughter of 19th Century Macon residents Louisa Sewell and Peter James Bracken; and of Catherine Elizabeth Brewer and Richard Aaron Benson, also residing in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
Ethel's maternal grandfather Peter James Bracken was a railroad engineer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His actions during the Civil War have afforded him a place in history, and can be read online. His son Mr. James Bracken and daughter Miss Loula Bracken, along with their sister Mrs. Frank Cook Benson (Lucy), are known to have visited family and friends in Milledgeville, Georgia, after Lucy Bracken married Frank Cook Benson and before Loula Julia Bracken was married to Mr. Charles Beverly Smith.
Peter James Bracken
Born Oct. 31, 1833 Philadelphia, PA.
Died May 26, 1909 Macon, GA.
Engineer of the Locomotive Texas During the Great Locomotive Chase on the Western & Atlantic Railroad April 12, 1862
— Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia
Modern marker for the grave of Peter James Bracken
http://rosehillcemeterymacongeorgia.blogspot.com/2013/04/brave-confederate-peter-bracken-dead.html?m=1
William Allen Fuller was also involved in The Great Locomotive Chase — 19th Century:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_Fuller
The "Texas"
https://m.salisburypost.com/2017/04/19/restored-locomotive-texas-will-unveiled-transportation-museum-next-weekend/
Restoration of The "Texas" Locomotive
https://news.cision.com/atlanta-history-center/r/atlanta-history-center-moves-159-year-old-texas-locomotive-to-north-carolina-for-restoration,c9890140
James Bracken
https://books.google.com/books?id=7c01AQAAMAAJ&q=Bracken#v=snippet&q=Bracken&f=false
The Benson Room at Wesleyan College in Macon is named for Ethel's grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth Brewer Benson. Mrs. Benson, as Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, was the first to receive a diploma from the newly chartered women's college. William Scott, the second husband of Mrs. Arnold's paternal great-grandmother Eliza Jane Jappie Benson Scott, was a major financial supporter of women's education in Georgia.
Richard Aaron Benson was the son of Eliza Jane Jappie and Aaron Benson, and was reared in the household of his stepfather Mr. Scott following his mother's second marriage, which was when Richard Aaron Benson was young. Catherine Elizabeth Brewer's parents were from Massachusetts and had planned to send their daughter to New England to be educated. They heard about the new women's college opening at Macon and decided to educate her there. This was in the 19th Century.
Mrs. Arnold
Services for Mrs. Coleman (Ethel B.) Arnold, 98, of Atlanta will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Spring Hill, burial at 3 p.m. in Rose Hill in Macon. Mrs. Arnold, a homemaker, died Thursday. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Atlanta. She is Survived by her daughter, Mrs. Cleo Arnold of Atlanta.
— The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
Saturday, July 17, 1982 · Page 32
Cleo Patricia Arnold, daughter
DECEASED. NO CHILDREN? UNMARRIED?
Born October 14, 1909
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Died December 28, 2003
Georgia
Obituary:
Cleo P. Arnold
Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on January 5, 2004.
Wesleyan College
The Benson Room
Named for the late Ethel Benson's grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth Brewer Benson (Mrs. Richard Aaron Benson, of Macon, Georgia - deceased).
Wesleyan Magazine Summer 2011 https://issuu.com/wesleyancollege/docs/wesmagsummer2011/25 via @issuu
Mrs. Frank Benson visits Milledgeville, 19th Century:
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015111/1884-01-22/ed-1/seq-4/
BREWER
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066183567&view=1up&seq=142&skin=2021
JAPPIE - BENSON Marriage
The Evening Post
New York, New York
18 May 1820, Thu • Page 3
Notes
Arnold, Samuel Coleman
Lot 3, Block 3, Sec FH
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/cemeteries/rosehillc.txt
William B. "Billy" Arnold
Father of Samuel Coleman Arnold
Obituary corrections:
William B. Arnold (middle initial B.)
Son is L. V. Arnold (not "L. Z.")
Obituary clipping and corrections
both via JRM & ACCM
FIND A GRAVE ID 47890463
Mrs. Samuel Coleman Arnold
Ethel Benson Arnold was born Katherine Ethel Benson on Monday, February 18, 1884 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, to Frank Cook Benson and his wife Lucy Bracken Benson. All of Mrs. Arnold's immediate family are now deceased. Additionally, it appears certain she has no surviving descendants. Corrections and any other information desired.
Ethel Benson was the granddaughter of 19th Century Macon residents Louisa Sewell and Peter James Bracken; and of Catherine Elizabeth Brewer and Richard Aaron Benson, also residing in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
Ethel's maternal grandfather Peter James Bracken was a railroad engineer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His actions during the Civil War have afforded him a place in history, and can be read online. His son Mr. James Bracken and daughter Miss Loula Bracken, along with their sister Mrs. Frank Cook Benson (Lucy), are known to have visited family and friends in Milledgeville, Georgia, after Lucy Bracken married Frank Cook Benson and before Loula Julia Bracken was married to Mr. Charles Beverly Smith.
Peter James Bracken
Born Oct. 31, 1833 Philadelphia, PA.
Died May 26, 1909 Macon, GA.
Engineer of the Locomotive Texas During the Great Locomotive Chase on the Western & Atlantic Railroad April 12, 1862
— Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia
Modern marker for the grave of Peter James Bracken
http://rosehillcemeterymacongeorgia.blogspot.com/2013/04/brave-confederate-peter-bracken-dead.html?m=1
William Allen Fuller was also involved in The Great Locomotive Chase — 19th Century:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_Fuller
The "Texas"
https://m.salisburypost.com/2017/04/19/restored-locomotive-texas-will-unveiled-transportation-museum-next-weekend/
Restoration of The "Texas" Locomotive
https://news.cision.com/atlanta-history-center/r/atlanta-history-center-moves-159-year-old-texas-locomotive-to-north-carolina-for-restoration,c9890140
James Bracken
https://books.google.com/books?id=7c01AQAAMAAJ&q=Bracken#v=snippet&q=Bracken&f=false
The Benson Room at Wesleyan College in Macon is named for Ethel's grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth Brewer Benson. Mrs. Benson, as Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, was the first to receive a diploma from the newly chartered women's college. William Scott, the second husband of Mrs. Arnold's paternal great-grandmother Eliza Jane Jappie Benson Scott, was a major financial supporter of women's education in Georgia.
Richard Aaron Benson was the son of Eliza Jane Jappie and Aaron Benson, and was reared in the household of his stepfather Mr. Scott following his mother's second marriage, which was when Richard Aaron Benson was young. Catherine Elizabeth Brewer's parents were from Massachusetts and had planned to send their daughter to New England to be educated. They heard about the new women's college opening at Macon and decided to educate her there. This was in the 19th Century.
Mrs. Arnold
Services for Mrs. Coleman (Ethel B.) Arnold, 98, of Atlanta will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Spring Hill, burial at 3 p.m. in Rose Hill in Macon. Mrs. Arnold, a homemaker, died Thursday. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Atlanta. She is Survived by her daughter, Mrs. Cleo Arnold of Atlanta.
— The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
Saturday, July 17, 1982 · Page 32
Cleo Patricia Arnold, daughter
DECEASED. NO CHILDREN? UNMARRIED?
Born October 14, 1909
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Died December 28, 2003
Georgia
Obituary:
Cleo P. Arnold
Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on January 5, 2004.
Wesleyan College
The Benson Room
Named for the late Ethel Benson's grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth Brewer Benson (Mrs. Richard Aaron Benson, of Macon, Georgia - deceased).
Wesleyan Magazine Summer 2011 https://issuu.com/wesleyancollege/docs/wesmagsummer2011/25 via @issuu
Mrs. Frank Benson visits Milledgeville, 19th Century:
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015111/1884-01-22/ed-1/seq-4/
BREWER
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066183567&view=1up&seq=142&skin=2021
JAPPIE - BENSON Marriage
The Evening Post
New York, New York
18 May 1820, Thu • Page 3
Notes
Arnold, Samuel Coleman
Lot 3, Block 3, Sec FH
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/cemeteries/rosehillc.txt
William B. "Billy" Arnold
Father of Samuel Coleman Arnold
Obituary corrections:
William B. Arnold (middle initial B.)
Son is L. V. Arnold (not "L. Z.")
Obituary clipping and corrections
both via JRM & ACCM
FIND A GRAVE ID 47890463
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