Benjamin James Lamping
M, #5145, b. 1 March 1915, d. 1992
| Birth* | 1 March 1915 | Benjamin was born on 1 March 1915. |
| | He was the son of Edward Posey Lamping and Sarah Ellen Tyler. |
| Marriage* | 1947 | He married Cecilia Picard in 1947. |
| Death* | 1992 | Benjamin died 1992. |
| Biography* | | As a boy he worked on his parents' ranch at Bailey, CO; the W.P.A; and also the mines at Alma, CO. When about 24 years old he went to see the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco. He served in the Army during WWII. He met his wife, Cele, in Mariposa, California and they were married in Mexico in 1947. Cecilia had been married before to a man named Zaffiro. She had three children from that marriage. In 1972, Ben and Cecilia were living in Lodi, CA where Ben works at the Pinkerton Foundry. |