Johnnie is a son of Samuel David Benoist and Mary Margaret (nee Crist) Benoist [Biddy].
At the time of his birth Copperas Cove Texas had a population of about 200 souls, the town being founded only ten years earlier. In the era of 2000-2010 the "town" population had grown to over 30,000!
Johnnie married Hazel Beatrice Davis and they had two known sons: David Ellington and Bobbie Gene.
In Uncle Johnnie's day the cattle and farming industry was boosted by the expansion of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway - the rest is history and while the grassland, bison, deer and pronghorn faded from memory, men like Johnnie Lee have been and are still, remembered by the families who loved them.
Another tribute to the hearty past that tamed this wild desert is that men with vision have saved some of her relics, such as the original 1879 post office and stage stop, still standing as of 2013.
At the time of his birth Copperas Cove Texas had a population of about 200 souls, the town being founded only ten years earlier. In the era of 2000-2010 the "town" population had grown to over 30,000!
Johnnie married Hazel Beatrice Davis and they had two known sons: David Ellington and Bobbie Gene.
In Uncle Johnnie's day the cattle and farming industry was boosted by the expansion of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway - the rest is history and while the grassland, bison, deer and pronghorn faded from memory, men like Johnnie Lee have been and are still, remembered by the families who loved them.
Another tribute to the hearty past that tamed this wild desert is that men with vision have saved some of her relics, such as the original 1879 post office and stage stop, still standing as of 2013.
Johnnie is a son of Samuel David Benoist and Mary Margaret (nee Crist) Benoist [Biddy].
At the time of his birth Copperas Cove Texas had a population of about 200 souls, the town being founded only ten years earlier. In the era of 2000-2010 the "town" population had grown to over 30,000!
Johnnie married Hazel Beatrice Davis and they had two known sons: David Ellington and Bobbie Gene.
In Uncle Johnnie's day the cattle and farming industry was boosted by the expansion of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway - the rest is history and while the grassland, bison, deer and pronghorn faded from memory, men like Johnnie Lee have been and are still, remembered by the families who loved them.
Another tribute to the hearty past that tamed this wild desert is that men with vision have saved some of her relics, such as the original 1879 post office and stage stop, still standing as of 2013.
At the time of his birth Copperas Cove Texas had a population of about 200 souls, the town being founded only ten years earlier. In the era of 2000-2010 the "town" population had grown to over 30,000!
Johnnie married Hazel Beatrice Davis and they had two known sons: David Ellington and Bobbie Gene.
In Uncle Johnnie's day the cattle and farming industry was boosted by the expansion of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway - the rest is history and while the grassland, bison, deer and pronghorn faded from memory, men like Johnnie Lee have been and are still, remembered by the families who loved them.
Another tribute to the hearty past that tamed this wild desert is that men with vision have saved some of her relics, such as the original 1879 post office and stage stop, still standing as of 2013.
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1910 - 1976
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