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Calvin Lafayette “Fate” Bennett

Birth: 4 Dec 1842
Arkansas, USA
Death: 20 May 1916 (aged 73)
Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA
Burial: Long Creek Cemetery

Sunnyvale, Dallas County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 13029428 View Source

Marker distoried by vehicle driving through fence in spring of 2001 leaveing gravesite unmarked.
Terrell Daily Transcript May 27, 1916
Captain C. L. Bennett died at his home in Kaufman Saturday, and was buried in Mesquite Sunday. The body was brought through Terrell Sunday Morning, and taken to his old home in Mesquite, where he was buried with the honors of the Masonic fraternity, of which he was an honored member. Besides friends and relatives who accompanied his body to that place , the following members of the Kaufman Masonic Lodge honored their deceased brother by paying the last tribute of respect at the grave: W. J. Beck, R. H. Barnett, Guy Spencer, T. K. Broughton, George G. Shaw, Wm. Feagan and Jim Yates. Those who attended the funeral other than Masons were: W. T. Nash, Jack Nash, John Panky and Mr. Mrs. Joe Miller. Mrs. Miller is a daughter of the deceased.
Captain Bennett was well known in Terrell, and had many friends here. He was the father of Mrs. D. M. Weatherford.

Parents:
James Madison Bennett
Mary Mann

Children:
Jane Bennett
Thomas Willis Bennett
Dan B. Bennett
Ida May Bennett
Madison Montie Bennett
Sarah Sydney Bennett
Eva Bennett
Emma Ermine Bennett

Marker distoried by vehicle driving through fence in spring of 2001 leaveing gravesite unmarked.
Terrell Daily Transcript May 27, 1916
Captain C. L. Bennett died at his home in Kaufman Saturday, and was buried in Mesquite Sunday. The body was brought through Terrell Sunday Morning, and taken to his old home in Mesquite, where he was buried with the honors of the Masonic fraternity, of which he was an honored member. Besides friends and relatives who accompanied his body to that place , the following members of the Kaufman Masonic Lodge honored their deceased brother by paying the last tribute of respect at the grave: W. J. Beck, R. H. Barnett, Guy Spencer, T. K. Broughton, George G. Shaw, Wm. Feagan and Jim Yates. Those who attended the funeral other than Masons were: W. T. Nash, Jack Nash, John Panky and Mr. Mrs. Joe Miller. Mrs. Miller is a daughter of the deceased.
Captain Bennett was well known in Terrell, and had many friends here. He was the father of Mrs. D. M. Weatherford.

Parents:
James Madison Bennett
Mary Mann

Children:
Jane Bennett
Thomas Willis Bennett
Dan B. Bennett
Ida May Bennett
Madison Montie Bennett
Sarah Sydney Bennett
Eva Bennett
Emma Ermine Bennett

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Hiram Columbus Bennett

1846–1923

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Maintained by: Looking for Ancestors
Originally Created by: Robert Bennett
Added: Jan 15, 2006
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13029428/calvin_lafayette-bennett: accessed ), memorial page for Calvin Lafayette “Fate” Bennett (4 Dec 1842–20 May 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13029428, citing Long Creek Cemetery, Sunnyvale, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Looking for Ancestors (contributor 48293618).

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