Arthur Hodgkins Bender1,2

#144, (21 August 1904 - 9 July 1964)
OccupationArthur Hodgkins Bender was a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army.1 
BirthHe was born on 21 Aug 1904 in New Jersey.3,1,4
 
MarriageHe married Jane Bonnycastle, daughter of Henry Churchill Bonnycastle and Marie Kennedy.2,5
 
1930 CensusArthur H and Jane B Bender appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii Territory, at the Military Reservation, enumerated 5 Apr 1930. Arthur was 25, born in New Jersey, father born in New York, mother in Texas. He was a U.S. Army Officer and not a veteran. Jane was 22, born in Kentucky, as were her parents. Their daughter Beverley Bonnycastle was with them, as well as a 14 year old Hawaiian maid whose parents were born in Japan.6 
Note.Daughter Beverley was in high school in Alexandria Virginia in 1945.7 
DeathArthur died on 9 Jul 1964.1
 
BurialHe was buried on 11 Jul 1964 in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas.1,4
Arthur Hodgkins Bender
1904 - 1964
gravestone

Family

Jane Bonnycastle b. 21 Jul 1907, d. 23 Nov 1999
Children
  • Beverley Bonnycastle Bender6
  • Richard Churchill Bender8
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Charles Bonnycastle (1796-1840)
Last Edited28 Apr 2011

Citations:

  1. Online, Fort Bliss National Cemetery database of interments at. <http://www.interment.net/data/us/tx/elpaso/ftblinat/…
  2. Ancestry.com databases, online www.ancestry.com, Historical Newspaper Database. Image from Washington Post, 2 June 1981. Harriet Bonnycastle Beall Obituary.
  3. Online image of the 1930 Federal Census for United States (Heritage Quest, www.heritagequest.com), HI, Honolulu, Honolulu, e.d. 5, sheet 7A, line 44.
  4. Website Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com).
  5. Ancestry.com databases, online www.ancestry.com, Historical Newspaper Database. Image from Washington Post, 21 May 1966. Marie K Bonnycastle Obituary.
  6. 1930 Federal Census for United States, image viewed online (Ancestry, www.ancestry.com), Hawaii Territory, Honolulu, Roll 2633, ED 5, Page 7A.
  7. Online, http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/yrbk/yrbk.htm
    Senior Class.
  8. Letter from Angus Bonnycastle, Calgary, Alberta, to J Kolthammer, dated 1997.
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