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Male Bennie Dever Skaggs Click to view Bennie Dever Skaggs in the family tree

Bennie Dever was born on January 14th, 1890 in Green Co.,Kentucky.  Bennie Dever's father was William Anderson Skaggs and his mother was Martha Francis Nelson.  His paternal grandparents were William L. Skaggs and Mary Johnson; his maternal grandparents are Thomas Jefferson Nelson and Rebecca E. DeSpain. He had four brothers and three sisters, named William Thomas, John Berton, Miles Talmadge, Henry Matt, Emma Green, Bessie Alice and Mary Lela Rebecca.  He was the fourth oldest of the eight children.  He died at the age of 27 in March 1917 in LaRue Co.,Kentucky.


Bennie Dever's family with Mary Lou DeSpain

‌Bennie Dever and Mary Lou were married in a religious ceremony on May 11th, 1909 in Hodgenville,LaRue Co.,Kentucky.  They had two daughters named Elsie M. and Nanny Verbal.

Sources/Citations
LaRue, Green, and Taylor Co., Kentucky Genealogy, Ancestry World Tree Project, Gene E. Perkins, Gen.Perkins@@charter. net, Id 15779, WWW.inficad.com/~cingram/warrenk/d1.htm, KENTUCKY WARRENS

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