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Robert Emmett Bennett

Male 1855 - 1924  (69 years)


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  • Name Robert Emmett Bennett  [1, 2, 3
    Born 6 May 1855  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Nov 1924  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 the transcription of the tombstone, writes that his tombstone was inscribed "Each Duty done, They Rest in Peace," and notes that he was the Son of Adam Jackson Bennett, Sr. & Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey - Double with 2nd w Phoebe Paul Bennett; 1st w Mary Collins [died 1881]. Virgie Speights indicates that he was teacher at Time, Texas. (Old Timers of Sabine County, p. 41).
    • (Research):
      Census Listings:

      1900 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, JP 5
      Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
      SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 15A Stamped 155
      200-200
      Bennett, Robert E Head M W May 1885 45 M 19 Tx La SC Farm
      Bennett, Phoebe C Wf W F Feby 1863 37 M 19 9/5 La Ala Ms
      Bennett, Burton R Son W M Sept 1883 16 S La Tx La Farm Laborer
      Bennett, Hattie Dtr W F Jan 1887 13 S Tx Tx La
      Bennett, William R Son W M Dec 1891 8 S Tx Tx La
      Bennett, Phoebe A Dtr W F Aug 1894 5 S Tx Tx La
      Bennett, Vera J Dtr W F Aug 1897 2 S Tx Tx La
      Bennett, Myrtle E Dtr W F Nov 1899 6/12 S Tx Tx La
      Ellis, Cuff Servant B M Sept 1883 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

    Person ID I6838  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 Phoebe Carbin Paul,   b. 2 Feb 1863, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1908, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 8 Sep 1881  [1
    Children 
     1. Burton R. Bennett,   b. Sep 1883, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Hattie Bennett,   b. 2 Jan 1887, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1965, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. William R. Bennett,   b. Dec 1891, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Phoebe A. Bennett,   b. Aug 1894, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Vera J. Bennett,   b. 17 Aug 1897, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1984, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     6. Myrtle Exa Bennett,   b. 16 Nov 1899, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1996, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F3366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 May 1855 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Nov 1924 - 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/.

    3. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 5 Enumerated 14 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 15A Stamped 155 201-201 (Reliability: 3).