Pictured left to right: Alice Nelson Benning (daughter), Minnie Alice Tucker Benning, & Nelson William Benning. Alice Nelson Benning later married Charles Francis Darlington II on November 3, 1931 in Geneva, Switzerland. Nelson Wm Benning was the eldest son of William Joseph Benning & Immogene Nelson Millard (whose parents were Mary Winne & Horatio Nelson Millard of NY.)and eldest brother of George Lawrence Benning.
Nelson William Benning was born on November 21, 1875 in Camanche, Clinton County, Iowa United States to Immogene Nelson (Millard) Benning and William Joseph Benning, and had siblings Lloyd Harold Benning, Walter Joseph Benning, Lois Jemima (Benning) Los Kamp, George Benning, Henry Clay Benning, Cora Mary Benning, Mabel Benning, and Grace Benning. He married Minnie Alice (Tucker) Benning on September 24, 1902 in Cass County, Indiana, and had a child Henry Millard Benning. Nelson Benning died at age 74 years old on September 25, 1950 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, and was buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery in Montecito. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nelson William Benning.
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