Please post on the mailing list ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOAN CLARK" <retjc@etsuodt.tamu-commerce.edu> To: <MOPEMISC-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 5:05 PM Subject: JOHN BENSON LAND/WISDOM > John V Land is listed on the 1880 Marshall Co TN census as a son age 8. J. > M. Wisdom is listed as head of household. And Emaline Wisdom as the wife. > A Martha F. Land age 23 listed as daughter born in TN. > Is John V Land the son of Martha F or Emaline? > John is listed as John Wisdom on the 1900 census of Obion TN. with wife > Lizzie. > John married Florence Elizabeth McBride in 1891 in Obion Co TN. They had > one child Sally Emaline Wisdom Who married Young > John Benson died in 1900 (hit by a train in Troy, TN) He is buried in > Cooter, Missouri ( in the boot hill area) > Why was he buried there? > His daughter Sally Emaline married a Young. > His mother Emaline Cole was married in 1853 in Lincoln Co TN to Malachi > Benson Land. She married Jasper M Wisdom about 1869. Who are the parents > of John Benson Land/Wisdom ? > Any information about this family will be appreciated. > . >