Golden Willis Benedict, b: 1912 -

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


			^{Clarence Edgar Benedict}^{b. d.}

		^{Willis Herman Benedict}^{b.1886 Mansfield, Texas d.1954 Duncan, Oklahoma}	^{Mary S. Curry}^{b. d.}

	^{Golden Willis Benedict}^{b.1912 d.1982 Duncan, Oklahoma}		^{Robert Crittenden Clark}^{b.1854 Cherokee Co., Alabama d.1927 COMANCHE CO, TEXAS}

		^{Lucinda (Lucy) Elvira Clark}^{b.1886 Tarrant Co., Texas d.1971 Duncan, Oklahoma}	^{Sarah E. McCullough}^{b.1854 Cherokee Co., Alabama d.1935 Kaufman Co., Texas}

^{Lynn Benedict}^{b. Private d.}



	^Mary Stokes^{b.1908 d.1977 Duncan, Oklahoma}