Benson Cemetery
Description: S. Roosevelt Road #4, Roosevelt County, New Mexico
Compiler: Donated by Joyce Gore Locke 1/22/2007 with Janelle Foster and Joy Gabbert McKillip
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This is one of many cemeteries surveyed by Joyce Gore Locke. Joyce has been generous with her time, work, and devotion.
Other cemeteries by Joyce Locke are
The Gore Connection. Thank you, Joyce, for your wonderful contribution
to New Mexico researchers.

Last      Forst      Middle      Maiden      Birth Birth Birth       Death Death Death Marker Transcription/Notes
Name      Name       Name        Name        Month  Day   Year       Month  Day   Year

Andes     Jim        Mikeaul                   11    1    1904       11    21   1937
Andes     John       H                         9     19   1924       12    15   1944
Andes     Martha     Ann                       7     4    1868       2     22   1926  d/s with Thomas
Andes     Thomas     Mikeual                   5     14   1868       8     20   1949
Benson    John                                                                  1926
Brown                                                                                 unmarked grave
Clark     (Baby)                                                                      unmarked
Clark     (unknown)                                                                   unmarked grave
Clifton   Claude     P                         5     1    1877       1     1    1913
Cribbs    Abner      A                                    1870                  1953  Father
Cribbs    Charley    Roy                                  1895                  1909
Cross     (Baby)                                          1916                  1916
Depuy     Charlotte  A                         8     4    1920       5     10   1921   daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Depuy
Depuy     John       Franklin                  9     27   1889       3     17   1963   NM Pvt Co D 161 Infantry WWII
Depuy     Nettie                               7     15   1898       9     10   1944
Dodgin    J          M                         7     24   1850       8     7    1909
Glascock  (Baby)                               4     11   1911                        unmarked
Grimes    Cortez     T  "Jack"                            1876                  1968  d/s with Letitia Anna, m. 03 Aug 1916
Grimes    Don        F                                    1888                  1979
Grimes    Letitia    Anna                                 1897   
Grimes    Sam        Houston                   8     21   1931       2     11   1973  Pvt US Army Korea
Harper    John       Wesley                    7     18   1861       4     11   1924
Lasater   (Twins)                                         1918                  1918  twin babies of J H Lasater
Lykins    Nancy                  Dawson        7     27   1883       7     14   1909  wife of R N Lykins, dau of D H Dawson
Martin    B          Franklin                             1917                  1923
Martin    Cora                                                                        unmarked grave
Martin    Dicy       Mae                                  1924                  1926
Martin    Hattie     Cora                      4     9    1890       2     23   1957  Mother
Martin    Walter     H                         1     25   1881       3     21   1941
Mathews   A          Lometia                              1909                  1909
Mathews   Bonnie                               6     14   1892       2     18   1915
Mathews   D          Anettia                              1909                  1909  DAR listing has 'Aneta'
Morgan    L          P                                    1872                  1934
Newman    Glendon    M                                    1914                  1914
Sweatman                                                                              unmarked grave
Tatum     Jennie     S                                    1848                  1912
Tatum     Joe        B                                    1885                  1911
Tupins    Nancy      J                                    1883                  1909
Turner    J          T                                    1876                  1959  d/s with Nannie
Turner    Nannie                                          1871                  1960  d/s with J T
Walker    E          G                                    1849                  1925
Walker    Martha     E                         9     28   1851       12    19   1946
Walker    Minnie     R                                    1911                  1927
Weldon    (unknown)                                                                   unmarked
Wilson    (unknown)                                                             1912