Margaret "Mittie" Louisa Bennett

1857 - 1923  (66 years)

• Name	Margaret "Mittie" Louisa Bennett  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Nickname	Mittie
  Birth	5 May 1857	Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Dec 1923	Texas   [1, 2]
  Burial	Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	She is not listed with the rest of Adam Jackson Bennett and Mary Jane Harvey Bennett family as the time of the 1860 Sabine County Census. Might she actually be the daughter of another Bennet family? She is shown, however, by both White & Toole and Kay Parker McCary as a daughter of Adam Jackson Bennett and Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey Bennett. (Research): Census Listings: 1900 Census Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 5 Enumerated 12 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Stamped 153 166-166 Chambers, ??? Head W M Jun 1849 50 M 28 Tx Ga Ga Farmer Chambers, Rosa Wf W F Feby 1852 48 M 28 7/7 Ga Ga Ga Chambers, Joel Son W M Mar 1880 20 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer Chambers, Horace Son W M Feb 1882 18 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer Chambers, Sidney Son W M Oct 1883 16 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer Chambers, Clara Dtr W F Aug 1885 14 S Tx Ga Ga 167-167 Chambers, Margaret Head W F May 1857 43 Wd 11/10 Tx Miss NC Farmer Chambers, Nathan B Son W M Dec 1881 18 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer Chambers, Clara P Dtr W F Feb 1884 16 S Tx Ga Tx Chambers, Ada Dtr W F Sept 1886 13 S Tx Ga Tx Chambers, Blanche Dtr W F Feb 1889 11 S Tx Ga Tx Chambers, Jackson Son W M July 1890 9 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer Chambers, Bessie Dtr W F Feb 1893 7 S Tx Ga Tx Chambers, Oliver Son W M Sept 1895 4 S Tx Ga Tx Chambers, Henry Son W M Feby 1897 3 S Tx Ga Tx Wiggins, Hob Servant W M ??? 32 Wd Tx Tx Miss Servant Wiggins, Kirby Boarder W M Jan 1897 s 3 Tx Tx Tx 1910 Census Texas, Sabine County, JP 4 Enumerated 4 May 1910 SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 11A Stamped 161 160-164 164-169 Chambers, Margaret L Head F W 45 Wd Tx US US Laborer working on farm Chambers, Jack Son M W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer 1920 Census Texas, Sabine County, JP 5 Enumerated 20 and 21 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 172 Sheet 18A 242-246 Chambers, Mrs. M. B. Head F W 62 Wd Tx La SC Farmer Sanders, Ada Dtr F W 34 Wd Tx Ga Tx Chambers, O.A. Son M W 24 S Tx Ga Tx Sanders, Melva Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx Sanders, Arlie Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx Sanders, Evon Dtr F W 4 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
  Person ID	I6839	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	Nathaniel Berrian Chambers,   b. 24 Dec 1853, Georgia d. 6 Apr 1897, Texas (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1874  [1]
  Children	1. Emmitt Adam Chambers,   b. 12 Oct 1876, Texas d. 9 Nov 1946, Nacogdoches County, Texas (Age 70 years)   2. Allen Dermont Chambers,   b. 27 Jun 1878, Texas d. 12 Jul 1885, Texas (Age 7 years)   3. James Malcolm Chambers,   b. 17 Dec 1880, Texas d. 19 Mar 1961 (Age 80 years)   4. Nathan Berrian Chambers, Jr.,   b. 19 Dec 1882, Sabine County, Texas d. 16 Apr 1951, Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana (Age 68 years)   5. Clara Pearl Chambers,   b. 18 Feb 1884, Time, Sabine County, Texas d. 30 Jan 1979, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 94 years)   6. Ada Lorilla Chambers,   b. 18 Sep 1886, Texas d. 6 Feb 1942, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana (Age 55 years)   7. Lula Blanche Chambers,   b. 8 Feb 1889, Isla, Sabine County, Texas d. 24 Dec 1962, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas (Age 73 years)   8. Ira Jackson Chambers,   b. Jul 1890, Isla, Sabine County, Texas d. 9 Aug 1945, Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 55 years)   9. Bessie Jane Chambers,   b. 25 Mar 1893, Texas d. 19 Oct 1975, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas (Age 82 years)   10. Oliver Archy Chambers,   b. 1 Sep 1895, Texas d. 5 Aug 1979, Milam, Sabine County, Texas (Age 83 years)   11. Henry Seth Chambers,   b. 12 Feb 1897, Texas d. 7 Oct 1932, Texas (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F1223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 May 1857 - Texas Death - 4 Dec 1923 - 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/. [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Fifth Precinct Page 27 SD 1 ED 86 Enumerated 6 July 1880 235-235 (Reliability: 3). [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 41 (Reliability: 3).