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.
Evidence imageMarker 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.
1855–1860 · association
Land and households keep the same people together
Kippers, George, James L., Parker, Hollingsworth, and Meason records form a continuing Monroe County network. The deed itself states no kinship.[1][28][61][62]
1900–1919 · later statements
Texas records supply “uncle” and “father”
George’s son lived with elder James L., recorded as his uncle; James’s death certificate later named Benjamin as his father.[33][59][60]