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Jesse Benbow was born in 1815 to Charles and Mary (Saunders) Benbow. In 1838 he married Ann Clark, and they had seven children. He designed this house using oak trees from the property for the joists and foundation and clay from the Haw River to make the bricks. In 1852, with the help of other residents, he opened Oak Ridge Institute, now Oak Ridge Military Academy. He loved this land and worked as a farmer, raising cattle and hogs. Jesse died in 1900 at the age of 85, and Ann died two years later. The house is also on the National Register of Historic Places and Guilford County Historic Landmarks.
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