A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Benjamin Franklin Givens
"History of Howard and Cooper Counties, Missouri", National Historical Co., 1883, pp. 547-48:
BENJAMIN F. GIVENS,
farmer. One of the youngest but, at the same time, most prominent and progressive farmers of Howard county is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. His farm contains 1,100 acres, and is devoted to both grain growing and stock raising. He has 200 acres of wheat, 140 of meadow, and other products in proportion; and his stock of cattle numbers about 200 head, his sheep flock 150, besides large numbers of horses, mules, hogs, etc. He was born near where he now lives January 30th, 1859, and was educated at Central college. He was the second of a family of seven children of E. C. Givens and Mary A. (Kring) Givens. October 4, 1882, he was married to Miss India K. Swinney, daughter of Mrs. Salvia Swinney, of Fayette, and came to his farm the same month, where he has since lived. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church in Fayette.
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