Overman Kessinger Bennett Plumley Lingenfelter families

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Family Photos

• Elwood Millard Kessinger 1915-1993 (27 KB)
  s/o John S. Kessinger Jr. & Merlie M. Pauley. h/o Myrtle Riggs.
• John S. Kessinger Sr. 1865-1950 (32 KB)
  s/o Valentine Kessinger & Mary A. Midkiff. h/o Cynthia Victoria Woodrum.
• Emory H. & Lonnie Bennett (45 KB)
  Emory 1901-1963 s/o John Rufus Bennett & Nancy Elizabeth Waddle. h/o Bertha Francis Plumley. Also in photo Lonnie his cousin.
• Jack & Forrest Kessinger (54 KB)
  s/o John S. Kessinger & Merlie M. Pauley
• Wilson Kessinger 1852-1928 (26 KB)
  s/o Valentine Kessinger & Mary A. Midkiff. h/o Hannah Clifton.
• Mathias 1806-1890 & Mary Polly (Smith) Plumley (25 KB)
  Mathias Henry Plumley s/o John Plumley & Catherine Kaylor. h/o Mary Polly Smith.
• Thomas & Nannie (Plumley) Bennett & children (32 KB)
  Thomas s/o John Rufus Bennett & Nancy Elizabeth Waddle. Nannie Ada Plumley d/o Silas Floyd Plumley & Mary Ann Todd.
• Jack, Ruth, Kay & Doyle Kessinger (24 KB)
  
• Canallis Kessinger 1854-1944 (11 KB)
  s/o Valentine Kessinger & Mary A. Midkif. h/o Miriam S. Larter
• Wm.Smith & Catherine Plumley (31 KB)
  William Ballard Smith 1848-1907 and Catherine Plumley 1848-1922 d/o George W. Plumley & Nancy C. Bennett. w/o Jackson Bennett, William B. Smith & John Rufus Bennett.
• Samuel "Dick" Thurmond Bennett 1886-1958 (38 KB)
  s/o John Rufus Bennett & Nancy Elizabeth Waddle. h/o Mary Cenith Malcolm.
• Myrtle Mae Kessinger 1920-1978 (26 KB)
  s/o John S. Kessinger Jr. & Merlie M. Pauley
• Meriam Larter 1848- (19 KB)
  s/o John F. & Abigail Royal Larter. w/o Canallis Kessinger.
• John 1853-1899 & Mary Smith Plumley & children (16 KB)
  John Robert Plumley s/o George Washington Plumley & Nancy Catherine Bennett. h/o Mary Ann Smith FRONT: Charles E, Mary A., Giles, John R., Virgie, Jacob J., John H. BACK: Martha E., Rosetta F., Abraham E., Izora A., William I., Nancy C.
• Grace V. (Bennett) Plumley 1893-1924 (37 KB)
  d/o John Rufus Bennett & Nancy Elizabeth Waddle. w/o William Isaac Plumley
• Forrest Kessinger & Kathleen Underwood (17 KB)
  Wedding Photo.
• Mathias Kessinger burial stone (43 KB)
  s/o Andrewas L. & Susanna Kessinger h/o Cynthia Tassens.
• Alexander 1867-1955 & Cora (Thompson) Plumley (35 KB)
  s/o George Washington Plumley & Nancy Catherine Bennett. h/o Cora M. Thompson 1874-1956
• Omar Bennett 1897-1963 (31 KB)
  s/o John Rufus Bennett & Nancy Elizabeth Waddle. h/o Inette Fox.
• Clifton & Ella (Lovejoy) Kessinger (17 KB)
  Clifton s/o Wilson Kessinger & Hannah Clifton
• John "Sebert" Kessinger Jr. 1891-1925 (49 KB)
  s/o John S. Kessinger Sr. & Cynthia V. Woodrum. h/o Merlie Mae Pauley.
• Charles R. Plumley 1883-1963 (30 KB)
  s/o George Washington Plumley & Elizabeth Cook. h/o Nancy Jane Buckland.
• Julia Ann (Bennett) Lane 1856-1928 (18 KB)
  d/o Robert Jefferson Bennett & Nancy Elizabeth Adkins. w/o McDowell Lane.
• James H. & Ola McCormick Kessinger & children (27 KB)
  back row: l-r James Hannon Kessinger, Bertha, Mamie, Ola (McCormick) Kessinger. front row: l-r Clinton, George & Bessie. (NOTE: DAUGHTERS BERTHA & MAMIE WERE FROM JAMES 1ST WIFE DORA LOVEJOY).
• Merlie M. (Pauley) Tackett Kessinger Brogan Keeney (50 KB)
  1895-1963 d/o Isaiah J. Pauley & Marguerite Dunlap. w/o Calvin Tackett, John S. Kessinger Jr., John L. Brogan & Roscoe Keeney.
• William H. Bennett 1820-1904 (18 KB)
  s/o Robert Bennett & Catherine Adkins. h/o Sarah Elizabeth Adkins.
• Mary Abigail (Kessinger) Lovejoy & dau. Vivian (47 KB)
  1876-1931 d/o Wilson Kessinger & Hannah Clifton. w/o Henry M. Lovejoy.
• Isaiah & Marguerite Pauley & Mary J. Dunlap (35 KB)
  Isaiah J. Pauley 1858- s/o Shadrack & Fairzina Tackett Pauley. Marguerite Dunlap 1871-1945 d/o Nelson Dunlap & Mary Jane Hill.
• Bertha F. (Plumley) Bennett & son Donald (46 KB)
  1903-1984 d/o Silas Floyd Plumley & Mary Ann Todd. w/o Emory Herbert Bennett.
• Esther (Kessinger) Lanham (36 KB)
  d/o Wilson Kessinger & Hannah Clifton. w/o John E. Lanham.
• Ina Kessinger, Myrtle Riggs & Merlie Kessinger (51 KB)
  Left to Right: Ina Kessinger, Myrtle Riggs & Merlie Pauley Kessinger
• Silas Floyd Plumley 1872-1951 (63 KB)
  s/o George Washington Plumley & Martha Catherine Meadows. h/o Mary Ann Todd & Ida M. Null
• Dorothy (Kessinger) Bowerman (28 KB)
  d/o Wilson Kessinger & Hannah Clifton. w/o Herbert Bowerman.
• George Washington Plumley 1819-1891 (13 KB)
  s/o John Plumley & Catherine Kaylor. h/o Nancy Catherine Bennett, Martha Catherine Meadows & Elizabeth Cook.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Joseph (UNKNOWN POSSIBLE) Bennett (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Peter Kessinger (Kissinger) (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Samuel Plumley (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry O. Overman (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Anstatt Lingenfelter (View PDF)