Benjamin Franklin Binkley was born on May 3, 1837, in Davidson County, Tennessee, and died on December 17, 1903, in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. He married Mary Matilda Markham [November 10, 1844 - May 5, 1886] on March 25, 1866.

PARENTS: Joseph Shackleford Binkley and Martha Buchanan Steele

GRANDPARENTS: Frederick Binkley and Adeline Shackleford, Samuel Steele and Patience Shane

GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: John Binkley and Johanna Jacobina Leedy, Roger Shackleford and Nancy Carter, Andrew Steele and Martha Steele Buchanan, Morris Shane and Phoebe Castleman

SECOND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Peter Binkley and Anna Maria Salome Werle, John Leedy and Elizabeth ?, Roger Shackleford and Carey Baker, Charles Carter and Nancy Bird, Samuel Steele and unknown, Archabald Buchanan and Agnes Bowen

THIRD GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Christen Binkley and Elsbeth Burri, Johannes Werle and Marguerite Neuvillers

FOURTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Jean Neuvillers and Marie Thon

FIFTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Joseph Neuvillers and Anne Ringelsbach