Benjamin F. FORTNER

Birth:
14 Mar 1806
Edgefield, South Carolina
Death:
6 May 1871
Copiah, Mississippi
Marriage:
1835
Mississippi
Sources:
New.familysearch.org, June 2013
Ancestry.com
Public Member Trees (Ancestry.com)
1850 Census Hinds County, Mississippi, pg170A
1860 Census Hinds, Mississippi, pg648
1870 Census Township 4, Hinds, Mississippi, pg491A
Eleanor Brett MULLEN
Birth:
1815
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
18 Feb 1894
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   NAME:  Ellen
Children
Marriage
1
Arthur FORTNER
Birth:
Abt 1836
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
Carrie JONES 
Marr:
Abt 1875
Hinds, Mississippi 
2
Henry Turner FORTNER
Birth:
11 Oct 1837
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
10 Jan 1924
Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi
3
Benjamin Franklin FORTNER
Birth:
4 Sep 1839
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
1900
Emma P. JONES 
Marr:
Abt 1867
Hinds, Mississippi 
4
John Newton FORTNER
Birth:
29 Jan 1842
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
11 Jan 1843
Hinds, Mississippi
 
Marr:
 
5
Martha Laura FORTNER
Birth:
31 Mar 1843
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
McComb, Pike, Mississippi
Henry B. GILLIS 
Marr:
14 Apr 1874
Hinds, Mississippi 
6
Mary Ellen FORTNER
Birth:
8 Feb 1844
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
30 Jul 1864
Hinds, Mississippi
 
Marr:
 
7
Thomas Squire FORTNER
Birth:
2 Dec 1845
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
29 Mar 1913
Branch, Acadia, Louisiana
Savilla CLEVELAND 
Marr:
1 May 1888
Hinds, Mississippi 
8
John G. Lane FORTNER
Birth:
16 Jul 1847
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
12 Dec 1899
Louisiana
Goldena Nancy HARRIS 
Marr:
23 Oct 1873
Hinds, Mississippi 
9
FORTNER
Birth:
Abt 1848
Mississippi
Death:
 
Marr:
 
10
Ruben Drake FORTNER
Birth:
25 Mar 1849
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
28 Apr 1932
Branch, Acadia, Louisiana
Frances  
Marr:
1880
Hinds, Mississippi 
11
Richard Watson FORTNER
Birth:
22 Jan 1851
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
Mar 1874
 
Marr:
 
12
Susan G. FORTNER
Birth:
Feb 1853
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
H. H. CREWS 
Marr:
1899
Copiah, Mississippi 
13
Lida Jennie FORTNER
Birth:
13 Sep 1855
Hinds, Mississippi
Death:
5 Mar 1863
 
Marr:
 
FCID:6059:10315
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Benjamin F. Fortner - Eleanor Brett Mullen

Benjamin F. Fortner was born at Edgefield, South Carolina 14 Mar 1806. His parents were John Fortner and Bersheba Arrington.

He married Eleanor Brett Mullen 1835 at Mississippi . Eleanor Brett Mullen was born at Hinds, Mississippi 1815 .

They were the parents of 13 children:
Arthur Fortner born Abt 1836.
Henry Turner Fortner born 11 Oct 1837.
Benjamin Franklin Fortner born 4 Sep 1839.
John Newton Fortner born 29 Jan 1842.
Martha Laura Fortner born 31 Mar 1843.
Mary Ellen Fortner born 8 Feb 1844.
Thomas Squire Fortner born 2 Dec 1845.
John G. Lane Fortner born 16 Jul 1847.
Fortner born Abt 1848.
Ruben Drake Fortner born 25 Mar 1849.
Richard Watson Fortner born 22 Jan 1851.
Susan G. Fortner born Feb 1853.
Lida Jennie Fortner born 13 Sep 1855.

Benjamin F. Fortner died 6 May 1871 at Copiah, Mississippi .

Eleanor Brett Mullen died 18 Feb 1894 .