Friday's Photo: Benjamin Madison Sledge

Benjamin Madison Sledge
1887 - 1960

This photo is from Mary V. Smith's collection. Benjamin Madison Sledge, born in Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, was the son of  Milton James Sledge and Nancy Loftin. He served in France in the US Army Infantry during WWI. 

Benjamin Sledge was married to Ella Watson. They lived in Red River Parish, where he was a farmer. Both Benjamin and Ella are buried in the Holly Springs Cemetery in Martin, Louisiana. 

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Sources 

Benjamin Madison Sledge, photograph, n.d.; scanned image held by D.B. Quinn, 2022, from the privately held photo collection of Mary V. Smith, Alaska, 2004; original images photographed between 1973 and 1993.

Ella Watson Sledge, The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana), 4 September 1984, p.8; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116905206/ella-watson-sledge/: accessed 19 January 2023).

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLR-HR4T : 11 January 2022), Ben, ; Burial, Martin, Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Holley Springs Cemetery; citing record ID 104818672, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Obituary is posted on the site. 

"Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLXZ-R1HW : 2 April 2020), Ben M Sledge, 06 Sep 1960; citing Coushatta, Red River, Louisiana, United States, certificate number 14817, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FamilySearch digital folder 005052355.

"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W3G1-C9T2 : 26 October 2019), Benjamin Maddison Sledge, 10 Aug 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.