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Dosha Delilah <I>Bennett</I> Marks

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Dosha Delilah Bennett Marks

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
3 Jul 1933 (aged 88)
Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Bennett Family Gardens
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Dosha Delilah Bennett Marks was the daughter of William Hardy Bennett and Sydney Manning. She married Watts Marks, Jr. on March 19, 1861 in Dallas County, Texas. A year later Watts and his father-in-law were serving as Privates in the 19th Regiment, Texas Cavalry commanded by Col. Nathaniel M. Burford during the Civil War.

Watts and Dosha were the parents of 10 children: Ellen N. (m. Will Leach); Martha J. (m. Brent Leach); Mary Elizabeth (m. Jay Dee Brisendine); Albert M. (m. Ella ???); Jasper W. M. (m. Blanche E. Warren); Sarah L.; Lydia Ann (m. James Redden Paschall); Sidney F. (m. James T. Henshaw); Mae D. (m. Ernest Smith); and Rhoda O. (m. William F. Murphy).

Dosha, Watts and many of their children are buried in what is the Old Bennett Section of the Laurel Oaks Memorial Park located in Balch Springs, now a part of Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas.
Dosha Delilah Bennett Marks was the daughter of William Hardy Bennett and Sydney Manning. She married Watts Marks, Jr. on March 19, 1861 in Dallas County, Texas. A year later Watts and his father-in-law were serving as Privates in the 19th Regiment, Texas Cavalry commanded by Col. Nathaniel M. Burford during the Civil War.

Watts and Dosha were the parents of 10 children: Ellen N. (m. Will Leach); Martha J. (m. Brent Leach); Mary Elizabeth (m. Jay Dee Brisendine); Albert M. (m. Ella ???); Jasper W. M. (m. Blanche E. Warren); Sarah L.; Lydia Ann (m. James Redden Paschall); Sidney F. (m. James T. Henshaw); Mae D. (m. Ernest Smith); and Rhoda O. (m. William F. Murphy).

Dosha, Watts and many of their children are buried in what is the Old Bennett Section of the Laurel Oaks Memorial Park located in Balch Springs, now a part of Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas.

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