Individual Details

Martha Etta Asbill

(May 1870 - Abt 1906)



There is a child with an unreadable name, age 1 in the 1870 Census. May be this Martha.

Etta married Obediah Benge, 1 Feb 1899. She died 29 Apr 1906.
Marriage License issued Northern District, Indiana Territory. Obediah Benge of Sallisaw, age 60 to Miss etta M. Asbill of Sallisaw, age 27. 27 Jan 1899. Married by Lee Cortes, Minister of the Gospel on 1 Feb 1899.

Obadiah's first was was Margart Blair, b. about 1840, died 1898.

1900 Census. Twp 13, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Hh 42
O. M. Benge, race - M (mulatto? Indian?) b. May 1840, age 60, married 1 year, b. IT, Farmer
Etter, wife, race, W, b. May 1870, 30, 1 child, b. AR
Henry R., son,, race - M b. May 1900, b. IT
O. M. Jr., son, race - M, b. Oct 1885, 14, b. IT

Cherokee Roll, Indians By Blood
3549 Obediah Benge, 62, 1/2 Blood, Census Card #1297
3550 Henry R. Benge, age 2, 1/4 Blood (Crossed out Aug 29, 1906)
3551 Ridge Otto Benge, 1, 1/4 Blood

Dawes Census Card, Sequoyah District, 1905
Obediah Benge, 60, 1/2 blood, Enrolled, 1880, Father - Obediah Benge, dead; Mother - Eliza Benge,dead
George, son, 18, 1/2 blood, Enrolled 1896. Mother - Margaret Benge, Dead
Obediah Jr., 14, 1/2 blood, Enrolled 1896. Mother - Margaret Benge, Dead
Henry R., 3 mo, 1/4 blood, Marked out - Dead, Mother - Etta Benge, non citizen
Ridge Otto, 6 weeks, 1/4 blood, Mother - Etta Benge, non citizen

1910 Census. Rocky Mountain, Sequoyah Co, OK, Hh 1
Obe D, Benge, 74, married 3 times, this time for 4 years, houselhold all born in OK
Eliza, wife, 27, married twice, 1 child
Ridge O., son, 8
Drewey, H, son, 5
Mary G., dau, 4 [Ridge, Drewie and Mary were children of Martha Etta)
Samuel Coner, Stepson, 14

Events

BirthMay 1870Arkansas
Marriage1 Feb 1899Muskogee County, Oklahoma - Obediah Martin Benge
DeathAbt 1906

Families

SpouseObediah Martin Benge (1837 - 1918)
ChildRidge Otto Benge (1900 - 1978)
ChildDrew Hunter Benge (1904 - 1987)
ChildMary Benge (1906 - 1958)
FatherJohn Henry Asbill (1839 - 1916)
MotherHannah Burris (1840 - 1915)
SiblingWilliam Jefferson "Buck" Asbill (1861 - 1937)
SiblingEmma Harriett Asbill (1864 - )
SiblingGeorge Washington Asbill (1867 - 1944)
SiblingMinter Parker Asbill (1871 - 1940)
SiblingRobert Marion Asbill (1873 - 1928)
SiblingJames Decalb Asbill (1876 - 1965)
SiblingJoseph Asbill (1880 - )

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