This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BRD.2ACEB/1691.1728 Message Board Post: Jethro Bennett was the third son of Jacob and Sarah Phillips Bennett. he was born 9 October 1835. He first married Eliza Howes, daughter of Joseph and Hepzibah Howes who were in Barbour County during the 1850 Census. One source said she died in childbirth and is buried in the Lee Cemetery near Belington with her stillborn child. Another source said she died in a house fire in her home while pregnant and her remains are interred in the Lee Cemetery near Bellington with her unborn child. Jethro was a farmer by trade, Jethro spent most of his adult life in this endeavor. They lived most of the time on Hunters Fork Road in Barbour County. On 11 October 1860 he married his first cousin Phoebe Ellen Moore, a daughter of William and Sarah Bennett Moore. Her mother, Sarah Bennett Moore was a sister to Jacob Bennett, Jethro's Father. In any event he and Phoebe had a total of thirteen children from 1861 to 1888. Nine of these children were perfectly normal. However, four of them were born with feebleness as a result of being too closely related. This practice of marrying first cousins did not stop until sometime after 1924. Jethro and Phoebe almost set the record for the total number of children born in a family, thirteen. One family had a total of 14 children, Jethro and Phoebe had a total of 141 Grandchildren, which must be some kind of record.Their children i have are as follows Emeline 1861, Richard 1862, Calvin 1863, Phineus 1867, Velina 1869, Martha 1872, William 1875, Laban 1876, Minnie 1877, Charles 1884, Lloyd 1880, Ora Bruce 1887, & Thurmond 1888 I hope this will help you some. I come down from Lab! an Bennett a brother to Jethro, I have done extensive work on the Bennetts but have not touched it for about 10 years now. I have been working on my mothers side which is Carroll. Take care and God Bless Jim