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Mary Ann Bennett

Female 1840 - 1880  (39 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann Bennett  [1, 2
    Born 19 Sep 1840  Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 23 Feb 1880  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Kay Parker McCary, in her annotated transcription of the Bennett Cemetery, notes that:

      To see all of life's ???osy ????? Blushed D????Dawn and passed away
      (Mary Ann Bennett ? Daughter of Adam Jackson Bennett & Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey ? h Joseph Reeves - Broken and repaired)


    Person ID I6832  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Adam Jackson Bennett,   b. 27 Jan 1815, Laurel Hill, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1886, Time, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey,   b. 17 Dec 1821, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1901, Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 1 Aug 1839  West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Virgie Speights, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS, in a column about Pearl Chambers Lord Greer, dated January 30, 1964, wrote that "Adam Bennett and Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey, came with their slaves from Louisiana, just ahead of the sheriff. He was chasing them to take away their slaves in connection with some sort of lien connected with the estate of Mrs. Bennett's mother. They barely made it to Texas and safety in time to camp in the 'sand field' now known as "Bennet Field," just on the Texas side of the Sabine. The Louisiana authorities camped on the opposite side of the river before frustratedly returning home the next day. Then Adam staked his claim atop a nearby hill with gently sloping fields towards the river. The place is still called the "Bennett Place." There is a family graveyard nearby. The elder Bennetts had come to East Feliciana Parish from Alabama, and his father, a silversmith, had come from Germany." In a later article, this one profiling Abbie Della Bennett Travis, January 27, 1966, she added that the lien was due to "a matter of a few unpaid debts. The slaves were to be confiscated, so the Bennett's, their two children, and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd Harvey raced to the Sabine River and safety which they attained just before dark."




    Family ID F844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Reeves,   b. 24 Jan 1832, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1910, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 28 Feb 1867  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • White & Toole show that a Joseph Reeves married Mary Ann Bennett in Sabine County on 28 Feb 1867. Joseph appears to have had at least three children from a prior marriage, Thomas L, Mary, and Elizabeth.
    Children 
     1. Henry B. Reeves,   b. Abt 1872, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ira Reeves,   b. 15 Feb 1874, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1960, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     3. Olive "Ollie" Reeves,   b. 13 Jan 1877, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1936  (Age 59 years)
     4. Margaret A. Reeves,   b. Feb 1880, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2009 
    Family ID F848  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Sep 1840 - Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Feb 1867 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Feb 1880 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.

    2. [S736] McCary, Kay P. "Bennett Cemetery, North of Milam, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.