Mary Ann Bennett

1840 - 1880  (39 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Bennett  [1, 2]
  Birth	19 Sep 1840	Louisiana   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Feb 1880	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Burial	Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas   [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 d. 28 Mar 1886, Time, Sabine County, Texas (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey,   b. 17 Dec 1821, Louisiana d. 8 Mar 1901, Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1839	West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana   [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 d. 5 Jan 1910, Texas (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	28 Feb 1867	Sabine County, Texas
  	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 d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ira Reeves,   b. 15 Feb 1874, Sabine County, Texas d. 5 Jun 1960, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 86 years)   3. Olive "Ollie" Reeves,   b. 13 Jan 1877, Sabine County, Texas d. 3 Feb 1936 (Age 59 years)   4. Margaret A. Reeves,   b. Feb 1880, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Sep 1840 - Louisiana Marriage - 28 Feb 1867 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 23 Feb 1880 - Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972. [S736] McCary, Kay P. "Bennett Cemetery, North of Milam, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.