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James Henry Bennett

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James Henry Bennett

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
18 Feb 1918 (aged 82)
Denver, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Blk 6 Lot 4 Space 09
Memorial ID
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Lucy and James Henry had the following children:
1.William Franklin b1858 MS
2.Nathan T. b1860 MS
3.Nancy Elizabeth b1861 MS(twin) m Phillip Sullivant
4.Caroline b1861 (twin)
5.John H b1865 TN
6.Jesse A b1872 TN
7.Samuel Wilks Booth


About 1908 James Henry and family went to New Mexico for free land. Their land in Oklahoma was not good and they hope for better. When they arrived, they found no water. They came home to OK and almost froze coming back.All the family stayed in the wagon under a feather matress trying to stay warm.

Source: Dean Toumbs by her grandfather, oldest of James Henry's grandchildren
Lucy and James Henry had the following children:
1.William Franklin b1858 MS
2.Nathan T. b1860 MS
3.Nancy Elizabeth b1861 MS(twin) m Phillip Sullivant
4.Caroline b1861 (twin)
5.John H b1865 TN
6.Jesse A b1872 TN
7.Samuel Wilks Booth


About 1908 James Henry and family went to New Mexico for free land. Their land in Oklahoma was not good and they hope for better. When they arrived, they found no water. They came home to OK and almost froze coming back.All the family stayed in the wagon under a feather matress trying to stay warm.

Source: Dean Toumbs by her grandfather, oldest of James Henry's grandchildren

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