Mary Polly Bennett was the daughter of Ezekiel Bennett, Sr. (1795-1846) who was born in Virginia and died in Schuyler County, Missouri; and Lydia (Asbell) Bennett (1804-1882) who was born in Surry County, North Carolina and died in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri.
Mary Polly had 5 full siblings:
Fielding "Dick" Bennett 1828–1900
Maletha "May" (Bennett) Cosby 1833–1913
Amos Bennett 1834–1917
Paulina (Bennett) Thurman 1840–1928
Ezekiel Bennett, Jr. 1843–1919
As a descendant of her sister Paulina, this writer knows of 4 more children in this family who are believed to be half-siblings and one of them may be a cousin who was raised as part of the family:
John Bennett
James Bennett (1823-1894)
Orvella (Asbill/Bennett) Winkler (1820-1877)
Charity (Bennett) Baldwin Lucas (1822-1874)
Orvella is the one in question as to whether she was a sibling or cousin. She used the last name Bennett until she applied for her marriage license, and this was in the name of Asbill, thus creating a mystery as to her identity.
John and James were known to be children of Ezekiel Bennett before he married Lydia, and Charity we are not sure of, but she was raised as a full member of this Bennett family.
All but the youngest two Bennett children, Paulina and Ezekiel, Jr., were born while the family was living in Kentucky. Sometime in the last 1830s, the family came as pioneers into the frontiers of Missouri. They first settled in Macon County, Missouri where they are listed in the 1840 census. By about 1845, they had pushed northward into the newly-formed Schuyler County, and they had two more children. Ezekiel, Sr. died in 1846, which left his wife and children in the difficult position of running the farm and providing for themselves.
Mary Polly never married. She lived with her mother at her brother's home until her mother died, then she continued to live with her youngest brother, Ezekiel Bennett, Jr. and his wife and family in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri until her death.
Mary Polly, as well as her mother and two of her sisters, spent much of their lives living with other relatives and going whenever needed as children were born or sickness struck.
In a letter written by Mary Polly in 1877 to one of her sisters, we are given a glimpse into her life. She states that she makes clothes for her brother, that she knits socks and sells them for 45 cents each, and that she weaves carpets and sells them for 10 cents a yard.
Mary Polly died in 1892 and was laid to rest in the Bennett plot at Bear Creek Cemetery which contained the graves of her mother, an infant niece and nephew, a sister-in-law, and later two of her brothers.
Mary Polly had 5 full siblings:
Fielding "Dick" Bennett 1828–1900
Maletha "May" (Bennett) Cosby 1833–1913
Amos Bennett 1834–1917
Paulina (Bennett) Thurman 1840–1928
Ezekiel Bennett, Jr. 1843–1919
As a descendant of her sister Paulina, this writer knows of 4 more children in this family who are believed to be half-siblings and one of them may be a cousin who was raised as part of the family:
John Bennett
James Bennett (1823-1894)
Orvella (Asbill/Bennett) Winkler (1820-1877)
Charity (Bennett) Baldwin Lucas (1822-1874)
Orvella is the one in question as to whether she was a sibling or cousin. She used the last name Bennett until she applied for her marriage license, and this was in the name of Asbill, thus creating a mystery as to her identity.
John and James were known to be children of Ezekiel Bennett before he married Lydia, and Charity we are not sure of, but she was raised as a full member of this Bennett family.
All but the youngest two Bennett children, Paulina and Ezekiel, Jr., were born while the family was living in Kentucky. Sometime in the last 1830s, the family came as pioneers into the frontiers of Missouri. They first settled in Macon County, Missouri where they are listed in the 1840 census. By about 1845, they had pushed northward into the newly-formed Schuyler County, and they had two more children. Ezekiel, Sr. died in 1846, which left his wife and children in the difficult position of running the farm and providing for themselves.
Mary Polly never married. She lived with her mother at her brother's home until her mother died, then she continued to live with her youngest brother, Ezekiel Bennett, Jr. and his wife and family in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri until her death.
Mary Polly, as well as her mother and two of her sisters, spent much of their lives living with other relatives and going whenever needed as children were born or sickness struck.
In a letter written by Mary Polly in 1877 to one of her sisters, we are given a glimpse into her life. She states that she makes clothes for her brother, that she knits socks and sells them for 45 cents each, and that she weaves carpets and sells them for 10 cents a yard.
Mary Polly died in 1892 and was laid to rest in the Bennett plot at Bear Creek Cemetery which contained the graves of her mother, an infant niece and nephew, a sister-in-law, and later two of her brothers.
Mary Polly Bennett was the daughter of Ezekiel Bennett, Sr. (1795-1846) who was born in Virginia and died in Schuyler County, Missouri; and Lydia (Asbell) Bennett (1804-1882) who was born in Surry County, North Carolina and died in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri.
Mary Polly had 5 full siblings:
Fielding "Dick" Bennett 1828–1900
Maletha "May" (Bennett) Cosby 1833–1913
Amos Bennett 1834–1917
Paulina (Bennett) Thurman 1840–1928
Ezekiel Bennett, Jr. 1843–1919
As a descendant of her sister Paulina, this writer knows of 4 more children in this family who are believed to be half-siblings and one of them may be a cousin who was raised as part of the family:
John Bennett
James Bennett (1823-1894)
Orvella (Asbill/Bennett) Winkler (1820-1877)
Charity (Bennett) Baldwin Lucas (1822-1874)
Orvella is the one in question as to whether she was a sibling or cousin. She used the last name Bennett until she applied for her marriage license, and this was in the name of Asbill, thus creating a mystery as to her identity.
John and James were known to be children of Ezekiel Bennett before he married Lydia, and Charity we are not sure of, but she was raised as a full member of this Bennett family.
All but the youngest two Bennett children, Paulina and Ezekiel, Jr., were born while the family was living in Kentucky. Sometime in the last 1830s, the family came as pioneers into the frontiers of Missouri. They first settled in Macon County, Missouri where they are listed in the 1840 census. By about 1845, they had pushed northward into the newly-formed Schuyler County, and they had two more children. Ezekiel, Sr. died in 1846, which left his wife and children in the difficult position of running the farm and providing for themselves.
Mary Polly never married. She lived with her mother at her brother's home until her mother died, then she continued to live with her youngest brother, Ezekiel Bennett, Jr. and his wife and family in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri until her death.
Mary Polly, as well as her mother and two of her sisters, spent much of their lives living with other relatives and going whenever needed as children were born or sickness struck.
In a letter written by Mary Polly in 1877 to one of her sisters, we are given a glimpse into her life. She states that she makes clothes for her brother, that she knits socks and sells them for 45 cents each, and that she weaves carpets and sells them for 10 cents a yard.
Mary Polly died in 1892 and was laid to rest in the Bennett plot at Bear Creek Cemetery which contained the graves of her mother, an infant niece and nephew, a sister-in-law, and later two of her brothers.
Mary Polly had 5 full siblings:
Fielding "Dick" Bennett 1828–1900
Maletha "May" (Bennett) Cosby 1833–1913
Amos Bennett 1834–1917
Paulina (Bennett) Thurman 1840–1928
Ezekiel Bennett, Jr. 1843–1919
As a descendant of her sister Paulina, this writer knows of 4 more children in this family who are believed to be half-siblings and one of them may be a cousin who was raised as part of the family:
John Bennett
James Bennett (1823-1894)
Orvella (Asbill/Bennett) Winkler (1820-1877)
Charity (Bennett) Baldwin Lucas (1822-1874)
Orvella is the one in question as to whether she was a sibling or cousin. She used the last name Bennett until she applied for her marriage license, and this was in the name of Asbill, thus creating a mystery as to her identity.
John and James were known to be children of Ezekiel Bennett before he married Lydia, and Charity we are not sure of, but she was raised as a full member of this Bennett family.
All but the youngest two Bennett children, Paulina and Ezekiel, Jr., were born while the family was living in Kentucky. Sometime in the last 1830s, the family came as pioneers into the frontiers of Missouri. They first settled in Macon County, Missouri where they are listed in the 1840 census. By about 1845, they had pushed northward into the newly-formed Schuyler County, and they had two more children. Ezekiel, Sr. died in 1846, which left his wife and children in the difficult position of running the farm and providing for themselves.
Mary Polly never married. She lived with her mother at her brother's home until her mother died, then she continued to live with her youngest brother, Ezekiel Bennett, Jr. and his wife and family in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri until her death.
Mary Polly, as well as her mother and two of her sisters, spent much of their lives living with other relatives and going whenever needed as children were born or sickness struck.
In a letter written by Mary Polly in 1877 to one of her sisters, we are given a glimpse into her life. She states that she makes clothes for her brother, that she knits socks and sells them for 45 cents each, and that she weaves carpets and sells them for 10 cents a yard.
Mary Polly died in 1892 and was laid to rest in the Bennett plot at Bear Creek Cemetery which contained the graves of her mother, an infant niece and nephew, a sister-in-law, and later two of her brothers.
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