Virginia Alice (Bennett) Stevens (1863 - 1945)

Born 3 Jan 1863 in Folsom, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States [uncertain]

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Died 30 Jan 1945 at age 82 in Folsom, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Virginia Alice Bennet

First married to: Stephen "Robert" Willey b 3/6/1853 d 11/1/1888. They first lived in Washington Parish, LA on 149 acres adjoining his father-in-law where Robert farmed til his death. His farm was adjacent to and west of Turnpike Rd at Bennett Bridge. He is buried in Bennett Cemetery. He was the son of Louis Willey and Matilda Britt. There were 6 children:

1. Sarah Etta Willey (1879), who died young
2. Louis Daniel "Bud" Willey (10/22/1880 - 2/9/1969), (m. Martha Booth)
3. Martha Caroline "Mattie" Willey (11/12/1882- 12/15/1969) (m. Norman Emile Core)
4. Mary Willey, who died young
5. Robert Alexander "Rob" Willey (11/25/1887 - 11/30/1947) (m. Pearl Core)
6. Christine "Teeny" Willey (8/7/1888 - 4/13/1964) (m. Frank Vincent Barker of Folsom, LA, a farmer. His son, Atwood Nathan Barker, started the business enterprises at what became known as Barker's Corner.)

Her second marriage was to John Hiram (or Hardy) Stevens (7/23/1852 - 9/6/1928). Together they had 6 more children (besides her first 6 and his first 6-7).

1. Esther Marie "Elmira" Stevens (3/16/1894 - 12/18/1977) (m. Cohn Berkley Reeves of Meridian, MS, a farmer in Washington Parish.)
2. Ella Mae Stevens (10/12/1895 - 10/12/1919) (m. Hasting Ezell on 10/12/1919. Hasting worked for Gulf States Creosote Co. in Slidell beginning in 1917.)
3. John Stroble Stevens (11/19/1897 - 1/28/1964) (m. in 1928 to Cynthia Morgana Stafford b 1/28/1896. They lived mostly in Slidell until the 1940's when he took a job in Pontchatoula with Oliver Treated Creosote Works, attaining the title of Superintendent.)
4. Allen R. Stevens (12/27/1899 - 3/19/1901)
5. Luby Tolson Stevens (11/26/1903 - 6/26/1966) (m. Mamie Lorraine Crawford (9/26/1913 - 10/16/2000). He worked at the Creosote factory in Slidell, having previously been an oil company tankerman, and Mamie was a Cosmetician at Cusimano's Drug Store in Slidell.)
6. Velma Idell Stevens (10/12/1905 - 6/1979) (married on 9/4/1929 to Leroy Farrow Sr. (10/18/1884 - 10/14/1945), a railroad bridge tender.)

Virginia died in Folsom, Louisiana in 1945, and is buried in the Folsom Baptist Church Cemetery.

Research Notes

My copy of "Willey, Core, Bennett and Other Ancestors," by Leroy Ellis Willie was given by my mother Sharon Stevens to my father Jack E. Stevens at Christmas 1982. On 27 Aug 2005, my father attempted to give me the copy to which I replied, "I'll get it when you're gone." Two days later, 29 Aug 2005, hurricane Katrina wiped out everything my father, living in Slidell, LA had. It wasn't until I was living in my father's FEMA trailer in 2014 that I discovered the book, binding almost gone, pages yellowed and a mildew stain on the back cover. Inside the back cover in his beautiful handwriting, my father had written out his mother's family, including her parents and 14 siblings, and as many as he could remember of their children. I looked up as many as I could online and filled in dates and places of burial. It is a beloved tangible legacy.

--Scarlett Stevens

My copy (Scarlett Stevens) was given by my mother Sharon Stevens to my father Jack E. Stevens at Christmas 1982. On 27 Aug 2005, my father attempted to give me the copy to which I replied, "I'll get it when you're gone. " Two days later, 29 Aug 2005, hurricane Katrina wiped out everything my father, living in Slidell, LA had. It wasn't until I was living in my father's FEMA trailer in 2014 that I discovered the book, binding almost gone, pages yellowed and a mildew stain on the back cover. Inside the back cover in his beautiful handwriting, my father wrote out his mother's family including her parents and 14 siblings and as many as he could remember of their children. I looked up as many as I could online and filled in dates and places of burial. It is a beloved tangible legacy.

There is a copy of the book at The Howard Tifton Memorial Library of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118. 

Additionally, there is a copy at the Library of Congress, LCCN 85198673, Dewey class # 929/.2/0973.

The book is listed with the OCLC World Catalog for libraries OCLC # 10210236.

AbeBooks.com lists the book for $40   buried in Folsom Baptist Church Cemetery

Sources

• Willey, Core, Bennett and Other Ancestors. Book by Leroy Ellis Willie 10 August 1982.  Available at Howard Tifton Memorial Library of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118; Library of Congress, LCCN 85198673, Dewey class # 929/.2/0973; listed with the OCLC World Catalog for libraries OCLC # 10210236. AbeBooks.com lists the book for $40

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