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Title
D8972-2
Date(s)
- 1939-11-26 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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The family of Adam Benston gathers to celebrate the 93rd birthday of the family patriarch. The party is being held at the Spanaway home of Adam and Sarah Benston (seated center of front row.) To the right of Sarah is the couple's grandniece Jean Plewak, who celebrated her 5th birthday on the day before. Adam and Sarah had been married 66 years. Adam was born near Fort Nisqually in 1846; Sarah was born on the Nisqually Plains in 1855 and is 84 years old. (Winston: "Early Spanaway"; T.Times 11/27/1939, pg. 14)
Benston, Adam--Family; Pioneers--Pierce County; Birthday parties--Spanaway--1930-1940; Benston, Adam--Commemoration; Pioneers--Spanaway; Plewak, Jean;