I know it's been a while since your post, but I think we are related. Benjamin Franklin Lax is my great-grandfather. He had Alice Gertrude (B:1883), Benjamin Cleveland (B:1885), Herbert Lafayette (1888), Edgar Houston (B:1890), Myrtle N (B:1895).
My grandfather was Herbert Lafayette, your grandmother was his sister Alice Gertrude (my mom called her Aunt Gertie). We are fairly close cousins!
Benjamin Franklin's father was William "Bill" Lax and mother was Nancy Shaw. I'm actually stuck trying to find William Lax's parents. There are lots of Laxes around so you have to be careful when following a line back.
Good luck! My tree is Public... Tanya Marie Weir Turner. You will see sources and photos of our relatives!
Tanya