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William Henry "Dutch" Bennett

Male 1850 - 1926  (75 years)


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  • Name William Henry "Dutch" Bennett  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Nickname Dutch 
    Birth 8 Jun 1850  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Jan 1926  East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Burial East Bernard Methodist Cemetery, East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • A copy of his actual Texas Death Certificate can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. He is listed as a son of Adam Jackson Bennett and Sarah Jane Harvey, both being shown as born in Baton Rougue, Louisiana. The informant was W.H. Bennett, Jr, presumably his namesake son. He was shown as a Farmer, and married. He was buried at the M. E. Cemetery in East Bernard.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1880 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, 5th Precinct
      Enumerated 6 and 7 July 1880
      Page 28D SD 1 ED 86
      241-241
      Bennett, Dutch W M 30 Farmer Tx La SC
      Bennett, Mary E W F 28 Wf Keeps house Ala Ala Ala
      Bennett, Noel W M 7 Son Tx Tx Ala
      Bennett, James C W M 5 Son Tx Tx Ala
      Bennett, Wiley D W M 3 Son Tx Tx Ala
      Bennett, Zada A W F 2 Dt Tx Tx Ala

      1900 Census
      Louisiana, Acadia Parish, Ward 4
      Enumerated 17 July 1900
      SD 3 ED 6 Sheet 33B
      575-577
      Bennett, William H Head W M Jun 1850 49 M 27 Tx La La Farmer
      Bennett, Mary E Wf W F July 1852 47 M 27 9/9 Ga Ga Ga
      Bennett, Noel S Son W M Dec 1873 26 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
      Bennett, Dorson W Son W M Dec 1873 23 S Tx Tx Ga Student
      Bennett, Zadie A Dtr W F Sept 1878 21 S Tx Tx Ga
      Bennett, Vinney V Dtr W F Jan 1883 17 S Tx Tx Ga
      Bennett, Dewit C Son W M Aug 1889 10 S La Tx Ga
      Bennett, Ada J Son W M Spet 1893 6 S La Tx Ga
    • (Medical):See attached sources. [2]
    Person ID I6836  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 locationd. 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 locationd. 8 Mar 1901, Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 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 Mary Elizabeth Harrison,   b. 18 Jul 1852, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1934, East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1873  [6, 7
    Children 
     1. Noel Seth Bennett,   b. 25 Dec 1873, Center, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1951, Guadalupe County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     2. James C. Bennett,   b. 10 Apr 1875, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1962, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. Wiley Dorson Bennett,   b. 18 Dec 1876, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1962, San Benito, Cameron County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     4. Zady Alma Bennett,   b. 27 Sep 1878, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1958, Daisetta, Liberty County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     5. William Henry Bennett, Jr.,   b. 11 Jun 1881, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1961, Humble, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     6. Vinney Viola Bennett,   b. 3 Jan 1883, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1957, Orange, Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     7. Robert Luther Bennett,   b. Abt 1885, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1978, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 93 years)
     8. Dewitt Clinton Bennett,   b. 24 Aug 1888, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1982, Orange, Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     9. Lt. Col. Adam Jackson Bennett,   b. 16 Sep 1893, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1976, Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Photos
    Bennett, William Henry and Elizabeth Harrison Family
    Bennett, William Henry and Elizabeth Harrison Family
    BACK ROW: (left to right) Dewitt Clinton, Noel Seth, Wiley Dorson, Dr. William Henry Jr
    GIRLS: (left to right) Zady Alma and Vinnie Viola
    FRONT ROW: (left to right) James Chambers, Elizabeth Harrison Bennett, Adam Jackson, William Henry Bennett Sr., and Dr. Robert Luther.

    Patsy Miller, who shared this photo, descends from Wiley Dorson Bennett (middle of the back row), through his son Roy.
    Family ID F13541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Jun 1850 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Jan 1926 - East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - East Bernard Methodist Cemetery, East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.

    2. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    3. [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, 5th Precinct Enumerated 6 and 7 July 1880 Page 28D SD 1 ED 86 241-241 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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.), Louisiana, Acadia Parish, Ward 4 Enumerated 17 July 1900 SD 3 ED 6 Sheet 33B 575-577 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 46726127 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [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.), Louisiana, Acadia Parish, Ward 4 Enumerated 17 July 1900 SD 3 ED 6 Sheet 33B 575-577 Married 27 years (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 46726127 and # 46726161 (Reliability: 3).