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Becky and Baby Ben

Year: 1914 • Collection: Beverly Karp Mahone

Becky Lieberman and baby Ben. Ben later started calling himself 'J. Ben' as an affectation, according to his son Jethro, who wrote: Benjamin was NOT a middle name. His given name was Benjamin Lieberman. Sometime in high school, possibly because he was very short then or because he had an inflated ego, or both, the kids got to calling him 'J. Ben', as in 'J. Pierpont Morgan', and other such 'J. xxx' names. Evidently he liked it, and the usage stuck.

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Becky Lieberman b. 05 Sep 1889 d. 31 Dec 1968

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