Husband: J. Townsend BENNETT
AKA: "Towns" BENNETT
Birthdate: 25 October 1847
Birthplace: Dade County, Missouri
Death date: 24 August 1903
Place of death: Winters, Runnels County, Texas
Father: William BENNETT
Mother: Lucretia RUNNELS

Marriage date: abt. 1872
Marriage place: Limestone County, Texas

Wife: America Elizabeth HANCOCK
Birthdate: 25 November 1851
Birthplace: Missouri
Death date: 6 August 1923
Place of death: Coolidge, Limestone County, Texas
Father: Charles Jackson HANCOCK
Mother: Archasey Clementine WARREN

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William Edward BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1873
Birthplace: Limestone County, Texas
Death date: 1919
Place of death: Limestone County, Texas
Marriage date: 3 December 1893
Marriage place: Limestone County, Texas
Spouse's name: Mary Frances "Fannie" COMPTON

Child No. 2: Thomas E. BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 October 1874
Birthplace: Limestone County,Texas
Death date: 15 November 1942
Place of death: Coolidge, Limestone County, Texas
Marriage date: 3 August 1919
Marriage place: Coolidge, Limestone County, Texas
Spouse's name: Ruth HENDERSON

Child No. 3: Mattie Clementine BENNETT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 27 December 1877
Birthplace: Limestone County, Texas
Death date: before 1923
Place of death: El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Marriage date: 1893
Marriage place: Limestone County, Texas
Spouse's name: Thomas Marion WOOD

Child No. 4: George BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 19 October 1879
Birthplace: Limestone County, Texas
Death date: 6 July 1952
Place of death: Limestone County, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Ruth Elizabeth McKINNEY

Child No. 5: Oscar Mack BENNETT
Sex:
Birthdate: July 1882
Birthplace: Limestone County, Texas
Death date:
Place of death: Big Spring, Howard County, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Minnie SHELTON

Child No. 6: Charles Jackson BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2 October 1884
Birthplace: Limestone County, Texas
Death date: 4 April 1968
Place of death: San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas
Marriage date: 11 Febuary 1905
Marriage place: Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas
Spouse's name: Modesta Leah BARNETT

Child No. 7: Wood BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6 Febuary 1887
Birthplace: Calina, Limestone County, Texas
Death date: 19 January 1973
Place of death: Mexia, Limestone County, Texas
Marriage date: 13 September 1908
Marriage place: Tehuacana, Limestone County, Texas
Spouse's name: Hattie Heath HOWZE

Child No. 8: Clyde BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6 April 1890
Birthplace: Limestone County, Texas
Death date: July 1965
Place of death: Odessa, Ector County, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Bessie

Child No. 9: Josye Towns BENNETT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 3 August 1893
Birthplace: Cedar Isle, Limestone County, Texas
Death date: 9 March 1934
Place of death: Temple, Bell County, Texas
Marriage date: 29 June 1915
Marriage place: Sherwood, Irion County, Texas
Spouse's name: William Edward MAYES
 
 
Documentation:
* Limestone County Records,
* Headstones in Mexia, Coolidge, and Armour Cemeteries,
* Mildred Mayes Ward,
* Nona Mae Bennett Hamilton,
* Alice Bennett Kirksey,
* Tracy Bennett,
* Mexia Daily News and Coolidge Herald obituaries,
* Rootsweb Texas Records online.