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Benona Lanham 1872 - 1966

Benona Lanham of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas was born on September 14, 1872, and died at age 94 years old in November 1966.
Benona Lanham
Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas 75087
September 14, 1872
November 1966
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    1872

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    September 14, 1872
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  • 11/dd
    1966

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    November 1966
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In 1872, in the year that Benona Lanham was born, on May 22nd, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872. The Act restored full civil rights to secessionists, including about 150,000 former slaves who had fought in the Confederate Army. About 500 former Confederate sympathizers were not allowed their full civil rights.
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In 1898, at the age of 26 years old, Benona was alive when on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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