Benson, Woodrow E.

1915 - 1994  (78 years)

• Name	Benson, Woodrow E.
  Birth	28 Dec 1915	Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BENS.W002
  _FGRAVE	37094259
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, United States Army  [1]
  		Flag of the United States, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959, a…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	3 Aug 1994  [1]
  Burial	Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Benson, Woodrow E.
  Person ID	I2624	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Fulk - Barnett Levi Foster Preston Fulk Sr. and Minerva Jane Barnett Descendants, Good - Foster Harold R. Good and Anna Madge L. Foster Descendants
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Benson, Everett Ernest,   b. 4 May 1885, Indiana d. 12 Sep 1944 (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Fulk, Eliza Ann,   b. 15 Jun 1890, Illinois d. 5 Oct 1961, Richland County, Illinois (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F1836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Smith, Elizabeth L 'Betty',   b. 24 Apr 1926, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania d. 22 Feb 2001, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F21312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Dec 1915 - Illinois Burial - - Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1678] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Benson, Woodrow E., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37094259/woodrow-e-benson), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1201] Ancestry.com, 1930 Federal Census, Noble, Richland County, Illinois, District 11, page 1a, (http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6224&iid=4584635_00127), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1664] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Benson, Eliza A. and Everett E., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38676527/eliza-a-benson), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1666] Olney Advocate (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), Obituary, Scherer, Lenore, 58, (Olney Advocate (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), 24 Feb 1938), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2461] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Fulk, Levi Preston, 97, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25164668), none. (Reliability: 2).