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, and died at age 74 years old on September 25, 1950 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California. Nelson Benning was buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery in Montecito. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nelson William Benning.
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
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