Willis Herman Benedict, b: 1886

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}

^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}



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

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

^{Golden Willis Benedict}^{b.1912 d.1982 Duncan, Oklahoma}		^{Mary S. Curry}^{b. d.}

^{Opal Marie Benedict}^{b.1908 Chillicothe, Texas d.1982 Dallas, Texas}			^{Harrison Johnson Clark}^{b.1829 Greenville , South Carolina d.1904 Gaylesville, Alabama}

		^{Robert Crittenden Clark}^{b.1854 Cherokee Co., Alabama d.1927 COMANCHE CO, TEXAS}	^{Nancy Lucinda McGee}^{b.1834 Abbeville, South Carolina d.1890 Cherokee Co., Alabama}

	^{Lucinda (Lucy) Elvira Clark}^{b.1886 Tarrant Co., Texas d.1971 Duncan, Oklahoma}		^{Samuel H. McCullough}^{b.1820 TENNESSEE d.1907 Cherokee Co., Alabama}

		^{Sarah E. McCullough}^{b.1854 Cherokee Co., Alabama d.1935 Kaufman Co., Texas}	^{Elvira A. Elam}^{b.1816 VIRGINIA OR NORTH C d.1886 Cherokee Co., Alabama}