Biography:

Lawyer. Born– February 22, 1849, Greensboro. Parents– Augustus and Jane (Hatch) Benners. Married– Margaret Chadwick Jones, February 2, 1871. Children– Four. Education– Southern University, 1868. Attorney at Greensboro, 1870. Lived in Dallas, Tex., 1875-1885; Greensboro, 1885-1890. Represented Hale County in the Alabama Legislature, 1888-1889. In 1890 moved to Birmingham. Served as chancellor of the Northwestern Chancery Division of Alabama, 1905-1916. Died October 13, 1935.

Source:

Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

Slavery and Its Results. Macon, Ga.; J. W. Burke, 1923.