This message was sent over a year ago. Just wondered if anyone else may be looking for this line. I have quite a bit of information on the Moore connection and would like to start working on the Bennetts again. If you have any information, let me know. Mary E. Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Davis" <marydavis@peoplepc.com> To: Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [BENNETT] William H. Bennett, Georgia and Alabama > Thought I would list my family of Bennetts and see if anyone else has a > connection. > > William H. Bennett was a casket maker. He had a mustache, was big and tall > (double-jointed). He also worked as a carpenter and farmer. He was born in > June 1858 in either Alabama or Georgia. His parents were both born in > Georgia. William Henry died about 1918. > > William H. Bennett married Nellie Elizabeth Colwell? Nellie was called Liz. > She was a skinny lady and had 10 children, with 7 living in 1910. She was > born in January 1863 in Alabama. She died sometime between 1943 and 1953. > > Their children were: > > Ada Bell, born 11 August 1883, married Dockey Leroy Moore on 17 June 1906, > died 4 March 1943. > > Ida D., born April 1887 > > John Thomas, born 10 June 1888, died 26 July 1900 > > William H., born September 1890, had two wives - One was Ona, one was > killed in an automobile accident. > > Jess E., born September 1892, worked in a livery stable, married Mamie Bell > > Jeffie D. born January 1895, worked in a livery stable, had two wives - Emma > G. and Pearl > > Robert G., born January 1898, was a marine cook, had a pretty wife with dark > skin - separated. > > Velma Lee, born in 1902 in Shelby County, AL, married a preacher and mine > worker, named Hill. > > Have other information taken from oral history, census from 1900, 1910 and > 1920. > > If any of this sounds familiar write me and let me know what you have. Will > be willing to share. > > Mary E. Davis > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > ==== BENNETT Mailing List ==== > > Boards > Surnames > Bennett ~ posts default to the BENNTT-L > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?tx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.bennett Query, > Bible, Bio, B, Cem, Cen, D, Deed, Imm, Lkup, Mar, Mil, Obit, Pen, Will > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > >