Benjamin Amos “Dick” Hampton b. 26 Sep 1836 Marion Co., TN d. 1 Sep 1897 Married: 10 Jan 1858 Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Prairie View, Logan Co., AR Father: Thomas Maxey Hampton Mother: Olive Melvina Webb
Wife: Mary R. Hardy b. 22 May 1827 Rockingham Co., NC d. 22 May 1897 Logan Co., AR Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Prairie View (Scranton), Logan Co., AR
CHILDREN
John S. Hampton b. Dec 1850 d. 15 Dec 1866 (cemetery dates) Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Prairie View, near Scranton, Logan Co. AR
Martha Amanda Ann Hampton b. 13 Dec 1860 Ellsworth, Johnson Co., AR d. 25 May 1936 Logan Co., AR Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Married: 23 Dec 1877 Logan Co., AR
Husband: Joseph B. Cravens b. 18 Mar 1852 Johnson Co., AR d. 10 Jan 1911 Logan Co., AR Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Logan Co., AR 1st marriage: 13 Jan 1876 Morrison’s Bluff Father: James Cravens Mother: Winaford E. Lee
1st Wife: Susan Josephine “Josie” Parks b. ? d. 15 Feb 1877 during childbirth
Sophronia O. Hampton b. 1862 d. 15 Sep 1863 Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
Mary A. Hampton b. 1864 d. 1 Jul 1865 Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
George Marion Hampton b. 2 Mar 1867 Ellsworth, Logan Co., AR d. 4 Nov 1950 Paris, Logan Co., AR Married: 3 Jan 1889 Logan Co., AR Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Paris, Logan Co., AR
Wife: Mantie Leovenia Creekmore b. 17 May 1870 Kemper Co., MS d. 14 Mar 1949 Logan Co., AR Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Paris, Logan Co., AR Father: Samuel Andrew Jackson Creekmore Mother: Jane Priscilla Davis more on findagrave.cgi
Thomas and Olive Hampton were from Georgia.
Benjamin and Mary Hampton migrated to the Ellsworth Community in Logan Co., AR. Ben was a farmer, ministered at the Churches of Christ, a Justice of the Peace, and a Mason.
John S. Hampton died as a result from a fall off a horse.
Benjamin Amos Hampton was a Private in Company B, at age 22, born: Hamilton Co., TN, Enlisted: 14 Nov 1865, Dardanelle, AR, I, 1890 by from Pension Application's.
1860 Federal Census, Shoal Creek Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Hampton, Benjamin, 23, TN, $150-$75
Mary, 29, VA
John, 9/12, TN
1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Hampton, B. A., 35, GA
Mary R., 40, N.C.
John S., 10, TN
Martha, 9, AR
Georgie M., 3, AR
1880 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Hampton, Benjamin, 45
Mary, 45
George W., 13
Soutag, Stephen, 28, laborer
Hampton, George C., 26, nephew
Children of George Marion Hampton & Mantie Leovenia Creekmore:
Gracie Myrtle Hampton (Gray) 1889-1934
Lena Jackson Hampton (Cummins) 1891-1985
Some information provided by Ms. (Virginia)Arthur Rotert.
James Cravens & Winaford E. Lee
Joseph Cravens & Martha Amanda Ann Hampton
George Marion Hampton & Mantie Leuvenia Creekmore
