Mel Lyam married Jessie Benton, the daughter of the artist, Thomas Hart Benton, the cousin of Garth Benton, the father of Drew Benton, the daughter of my late sister, Christine Rosamond Benton. The Gooch genealogy ends thus; Children of THOMAS BENTON and RITA PIACENZA are: i. THOMAS PIACENZA7 BENTON, b. Private. ii. JESSE P. BENTON, … Continue reading Mel Lyman’s Culture War