He married twice. He married AMANDA E. STEWART PORTER in Somerset Co MD, December 21, 1859. (AMANDA
E. STEWART PORTER is #1241.) AMANDA was the daughter of WILLIAM PORTER and SALLY MILES. He married
MATILDA SUDLER in Somerset Co. MD, February 16, 1882. (MATILDA SUDLER is #7153.)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LANKFORD and AMANDA E. STEWART PORTER had the following children:
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i.
SUSAN ELLA8 LANKFORD (#1308) was born in Somerset Co MD 1860. SUSAN
died 1952 at 92 years of age. She married GEORGE W. LANKFORD. (GEORGE W. LANKFORD is #1309.)
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ii.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN LANKFORD (#1310) was born 1862. WILLIAM died 1909 at 47 years of age. He married EMMA A. HARGIS. (EMMA A. HARGIS is #1311.)
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iii.
BENJAMIN LOUIS LANKFORD (#1312) was born 1864. BENJAMIN died 1954 at 90 years of age. He married HELEN SUDLER MADDOX. (HELEN SUDLER MADDOX is #1313.)
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iv.
SALLIE VIRGINIA LANKFORD (#1314) was born 1866. SALLIE died 1958 at 92 years of age. She married JOHN M. SHIELDS. (JOHN M. SHIELDS is #1315.)
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v.
MILTON STEWART LANKFORD (#438) was born in Somerset Co MD October 4, 1873. MILTON died March 20, 1952 at
78 years of age. He married FLORENCE CHARLES WHITTINGTON in Somerset Co MD, April 2, 1903. (FLORENCE
CHARLES WHITTINGTON is #437.) FLORENCE was born February 26, 1880. FLORENCE was the daughter of JOSEPH COULBOURN (COLEBURN OR
COLBURN) WHITTINGTON and MARY VIRGINIA "JENNIE" MARSHALL. FLORENCE died May 11, 1958 at 78 years of age.