This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benson, Ayres, Parker, Bruner, Polson, Duncan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1084 Message Board Post: I am descended from the late John Harvey Benson (known by the nick name Willis), formerly of Scurry, Texas. Johns father was William Benson and his birth mothers name is not known. I am assuming Johns mother died. William Benson later wed Sarah E. Parker in Marshall County, Alabama and they had 3 children together- Charles Frank (went by Frank), Maggie and Zachariah (Zack). William died and Sarah moved to Palmer, Texas with her 3 younger children. She moved there to be close to her brother William Parker and his wife Rachel Bruner Parker. John (Willis) and his wife Emma Ayres and their family also moved to Ellis County. Sarah died 2-11-1902. John and his family moved to Scurry where he finished raising his younger siblings. I have a lot more to learn about the Bensons. I do know that Charles Frank married Bertha. Maggie wed Jefferson Polson and Zack wed Bessie Duncan. I would appreciate any additional help. I will gladly share the information that I have and wil! l collect on this family. Thank you.