Charles Albert (Rube) Benson and Nellie A. Wilson

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Husband Charles Albert (Rube) Benson

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           Born: 12 Aug 1879 - Brandonville, Preston County, WV
       Baptized: 
           Died: 20 Mar 1944 - Georges Township, Fayette County, PA
         Buried:  - Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairchance, Fayette County, PA
FamilySearch ID: LHND-3GL
Find A Grave ID: 218786705

       Marriage: 8 Mar 1921 - Fayette County, PA

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Wife Nellie A. Wilson

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           Born: 2 Feb 1899 - PA
       Baptized: 
           Died: 13 Oct 1986
         Buried: 1986 - Fairchance, Fayette County, PA
FamilySearch ID: LHFZ-N8S

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         Father: Ewing Wilson {FSID: LQRF-ZCT, FGID: 68773165}
         Mother: Sarah Alice Mitchell {FSID: LZLD-NSC, FGID: 68773227}

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Children

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1 M Charles Clayton Benson

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           Born: Cir 1914 - WV
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: G3DQ-W57

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2 F Alice Virginia Benson

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           Born: 17 May 1923 - PA
       Baptized: 
           Died: 12 Aug 2008
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: G3DQ-365

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Albert (Rube) Benson

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218786705/charles-albert-benson

BIRTH 12 Aug 1879
Preston County, West Virginia, USA
DEATH 20 Mar 1944 (aged 64)
Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL
Maple Grove Cemetery
Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID 218786705

Arrange Servies For Charles Benson. Morning Herald. Uniontown, PA. Tues., Mar. 21, 1944.
Excerpt -- Funeral arrangements are being completed for Charles Albert "Rube" Benson, 64, bus driver for Georges TownshipSchool District, who apparently suffered a heart attack and died at the wheel of his bus yesterday morning en route to the school at Fairchange. Alone in the bus, the victim was discovered by Troy E. Huber, of Fairchange, superintendant of the Remington Coke Co. The bus had left the road and was astride a hedge fence. Benson was a resident of Rosedale, and had been driving the school bus for about two years. He had been employed as a streetcar conductor of the West Penn Railways and was a former coal and iron policeman. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Nellie Wilson Benson; one daughter, Alice Virginia, at home; one son, Clayton, of Baltimore, Md.; a granddaughter, Betty; two sisters, Mrs. Meta Locke and Miss. Edna Benson, both of Uniontown; four brothers, Ben and Richard, both of Uniontown, Clyde of Brandonville, W.Va., and Bruce of Oliphant Furnace. Friends are being received at the Sharp Funeral Home, Fairchance.

Family Members

Parents
J Marshall Benson 1856–1927
Amanda Virginia Waddell Benson 1859–1933

Created by: D. G. Keener
Added: 18 Nov 2020
Find a Grave Memorial 218786705

memorial page for Charles Albert “Rube” Benson (12 Aug 1879–20 Mar 1944), Find a Grave Memorial no. 218786705, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by D. G. Keener (contributor 46963989) .

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHND-3GL
"Birth • 12 August 1880
Brandonville, West Virginia, USA

Death • 20 March 1944
Georges, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA"

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General Notes: Wife - Nellie A. Wilson

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68773227/sarah-alice-wilson

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHFZ-N8S
"Birth • 2 Feb 1899
Pennsylvania, United States

Death • 13 October 1986

Burial • 1986
Fairchance, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States"

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Notes: Marriage

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https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHND-3GL
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHFZ-N8S

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