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Benson Driver Family
Photograph believed to be B.B. Driver Family taken about 1896, Van Alstyne, TX
about 6 years after leaving Smith County/DeKalb County TN

Left to Right
Front Row Seated (2 boys): Jesse Cleveland Driver b. 10 Apr 1891,
Benjamin Franklin Driver b. 12 Sep 1889
Middle Row: Etha Lindia Fowler Driver b. 8 Mar 1853, Riley or Rillie Jane Driver b.
2 Aug 1888, Robert Lee Driver b. 4 May 1886, Benson (AKA B.B.) Driver b 7 Dec 1855
Back row standing: Parilee Driver b. 9 Nov 1880, Mary Driver b. 13 Dec 1882

Not pictured
Benson and Etha Lindia's other children:
Dau: Emily Jane Malone** b.11 May 1873
Son: William Lewis Driver b. 21 Jul 1876.
Dau: Betty Catherine Driver b. 7 Oct 1877 d. 23 Aug 1880
Dau: Sarah Caledonia Driver b. 28 Feb 1879 d. 15 Aug 1880

Names and dates are from photocopies of E.L. Driver (Etha Lindia Fowler Driver) Bible
pages. Bible is in poor condition and name notations have inconsistent spellings.
Birth, death, and marriage dates are listed including the marriage date of Etha
Lindia Fowler and Benson Driver as 7 Oct 1875.

**Emily Jane Malone may have been a child of a previous marriage and she is listed
in the E.L. Driver Bible. Emily is noted as living in the Catherine Rebecca Butler
Driver household in Smith County TN 1880 census.

Cheryl Blehm Nevares is granddaughter of Lucy Etha Driver Blehm
b. 1914 El Reno OK d. 2004 Oroville CA great granddaughter to
Robert Lee Driver (pictured) b. 1886 TN d. 1968 Yakima WA Smith County Relevance
Benson Driver was the son of William Driver & Catherine Rebecca Butler Driver
(AKA Rebecca Driver) of the old Driver Farm near Jenkins Hill Road, 2-1/2 miles
south of Hickman, not far from the DeKalb county border to the south. William
Driver was the son of Laban Driver and wife Didama Tubbs or Tubb Driver all of
whom are listed in the 1860 Smith County New Middleton census. The DeKalb county
1880 Dist. 17 household census lists B.B. Driver and his own family on page 232B.
Benson (B.B.) and family left TN about 1890 for the Texas land rush with his brother
Daniel Driver and wife Centhia Wauford Driver who are also listed in the DeKalb 1880
Dist. 17 census. Their younger brother, J.T. Driver, remained on the Driver family
farm and is buried there with wife Mary Driver.

The Driver roots go back to Smithfield VA in the 1650's immigrants
and to SW England-- parish of Avening.


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