1846 · named relationship
Laura is Benjamin’s documented daughter
Laura Ann Meason’s marriage return names Benjamin as her father and makes John C. Kippers his documented son-in-law.[61]
Evidence and context
Visual archive
Every image states whether it is part of the evidence or only supplies period and place context.
Marker photograph · Dallas
A date that does not settle the question
George’s marker gives 10 May 1818–11 November 1887. Census and family evidence instead point to birth about 1810.[26]
Boundary: The marker contributes chronology, not a direct statement connecting George to Benjamin.
Mount Calvary Cemetery marker photograph
Evidence trail
The connection emerges around the direct line.
The proof is cumulative. Each record contributes a typed fact; none should be made to say more than it does.
1853 · named relationship
James S. is Benjamin’s documented son
Benjamin’s will calls James S. his son. It does not name George, James L., or Laura; a separate marriage return names Laura as Benjamin’s daughter.[61][65]
1855–1860 · association
Land and households keep the same people together
Three Hollingsworth siblings appear in Benjamin’s 1850 household and in his daughter Laura and John Kipper’s 1860 household. Nearby J. L., the Parker neighbors, and the joint deed add circumstantial support for a continuing Monroe County family network; none states George’s parentage.[1][28][61][62]
1900–1919 · later statements
Texas records supply “uncle” and “father”
The 1900 census calls elder James L. an uncle of James R. Ages and household context strongly connect James R. to George’s son James in 1880; the elder James’s death certificate later names Benjamin as his father.[33][59][60]