James Madison Bennett (1821 - 1883)

Born 20 Jul 1821 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Mann) Bennett — married 1841 in Arkansas, USA

Husband of Maranda C (Dye) Bennett — married 23 Dec 1852 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1883 at age 61 in Mesquite, Dallas, Texas, United States

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Biography

James Madison Bennett was born 20 Jul 1821 in Pendleton , South Carolina to Hiram Bennett (1796-1888) and Theodosia (Dobbs) Bennett (?-?). Little is known about his early life. From his CSA enlistment papers, we learn he was 5 foot 10 1/2 inches tall with blue eyes and dark hair. He would follow his parents to Arkansas about 1837. In about 1840 he married Mary (Mann) Bennett (1822-1852). Their first two children, Calvin Lafayette Bennett (1842-1916) and Dosia M. Bennett (1844-?) were born in Arkansas. In 1845 the family loaded all their belongings into covered wagons drawn by oxen to join his parents and several of his brothers as part of the Peter's Colony in the Republic of Texas. James soon realized the wagons were overloaded. He shipped the household goods by river steamboat to Jefferson and then they were shipped as freight overland. How the family became part of the Peter,s Colony unclear.

Three of James' brothers; William Hardy Bennett (1825-1898), Elisha Bennett (?-?) and Elijah David Bennett (1835-1907) settled in the area that is now Mesquite and his father, Hiram Bennett (1796-1888) and the rest of the family settled first on land that is now the city of Irving , then sold his land moved back to Arkansas for a time before moving closer to these sons. A widowed sister, Deliah C. (Bennett) Manning, Barlough (182-31874) settled a claim near the Duck Creek Community, now Garland. James received third class land voucher for land in the Peter's Colony but settled on Mercer Colony land adjoining the land settled by A. W. Webb. It seams the Mercer Colony did not contest the claim when it was submitted.

James and Mary were the fourth family to settle in the Long Creek area. They set about building a house and planting enough crops to feed the then small family. In the 1939 Dallas Morning News obituary for his son, James Madison Bennett, Jr., the house is described as a one room log cabin with a shanty side room. On 20 Jan 1846, Hiram Columbus Bennett was born to be followed by sisters Jane (about 1848) and Frances Elizabeth Bennett (1849).

On 18 March 1849, James and Mary became charter members of Bethany Missionary Baptist Church organized at Long Creek Settlement. Church records show that James would serve as the first church clerk.

Mary (Mann) Bennett (1822-1852) died in 1852 at about 44 years of age, her burial place in unknown.

On 23 Dec 1852, James married Maranda C. (Dye) Bennett (1836-1880), daughter of Benjamin Dye and Sarah (Cozean) Dye . The two met while attending services at Bethany Missionary Baptist Church. James and Maranda would have 13 children.; Elisha Benjamin Bennett (1854-1925), James Madison Bennett, Jr. (1855-1939), Sarah A. Bennett (1857-?), Martha Josephine Bennett (1859-?), William Jackson Bennett (1860-1914), Mary Mollie Bennett Coats (1862-1941), Brazoria (Bennett) Caldwell (1864-1926), Effie Jane (Bennett) Snyder (1866-1949), Florence Vitula (Bennett) Jacobs (1869-1895), Joseph D. Bennett (1873-1909), twins Minnie (Bennett) Reedy (1877-1928) and Maggie E. (Bennett) Yates (1877-1949) and Deaner Bennett (1880-?).

His children married into the Bruton, Caldwell, Coats, Henry, Jacobs, Leach, Lumley, Parker, Reedy, Synder and Yates families. Of the eighteen children of James Madison Bennett, nine of them are known to be buried at Long Creek Cemetery along with many members of the next six generations. There are several in unmarked graves in the Bennett family plot. His daughter Brazoria Bennett Caldwell would serve as the first president of the Long Creek Cemetery Association in 1911.

Dallas County court records show that James served as a juror and bailiff in many trials. He was active in many ways in the community including helping with the erection of the two story building that was used as the Church, School and Woodmen of the World Lodge. James was a member of Woodmen of the World, Mesquite Camp No. 752, Mesquite, Texas. Family history states that he served a term as Justice of the Peace.

James served as enrolling officer for the Mesquite Light Horse Calvary (Part of the 6th Scyene, 13th Brigade of Texas State Troops, CSA) for six months. He later served as the 3rd Lieutenant, Company B. 19th Texas Cavalry, C.S.A.(Nat. M. Burford's Regiment).

Maranda C. Dye Bennett died on 21 Oct 1880 at the age of 44. James followed her in death on 15 Jan 1883 at the age of 61. Both are buried at Long Creek Cemetery with single grave markers inscribed Joined Missionary Baptist Church, at Long Creek, Tex A.D. (dates they joined).

Name

Name: James Madison /Bennett/^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 20 JUL 1821

Place: Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]}

Death

Death:

Date: 15 JAN 1883

Place: Mesquite, Dallas, Texas, USA^[20][21]

Burial

Burial: Long Creek Cemetery

Place: Sunnyvale, Dallas, Texas, USA^[22]

Residence

Residence: Precinct 3

Date: 1880

Place: Dallas, Texas, USA^[23]

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA^[24]

Residence: Precinct 6

Date: 1860

Place: Dallas, Texas, USA^[25]

Residence: Precinct 5

Date: 1870

Place: Dallas, Texas, USA^[26]

Note

Note: #N149

Marriage

Husband: James Madison Bennett

Wife: Mary Mann

Child: Hiram Columbus Bennett

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1841

Place: Arkansas, USA^[27][28]

Husband: James Madison Bennett

Wife: Maranda C. Dye

Marriage:

Date: 23 DEC 1852

Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA^[29]

Husband: Hiram William Bennett

Wife: Theodocia Dobbs

Child: James Madison Bennett

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1820

Place: South Carolina, USA^[30]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S225 FOOT Submitter: Frederick E. and Lynell B. Moss 6309 GlenHollow Dr. Plano, Tx 75093
2. ↑ Source: #S51 FOOT Book "A Stake in the Prairie". Date: 6-23-2003
3. ↑ Source: #S464 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for James Madison Bennett
4. ↑ Source: #S461 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Maranda C. Dye
5. ↑ Source: #S460 Page: Database online. , Dallas, Texas, roll M432_910, page 76, image 140. Data: Text: Record for Jas M Bennett
6. ↑ Source: #S457 Page: Database online. Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas, post office Scyene, roll M653_1292, page 358, image 191. Data: Text: Record for Jas M Bennett
7. ↑ Source: #S454 Page: Database online. Precinct 3, Dallas, Texas, ED 63, roll T9_1299, page 230.2000, image . Data: Text: Record for Jas. M. Bennett
8. ↑ Source: #S456 Page: Database online. Precinct 5, Dallas, Texas, post office Dallas, roll 1581, page 465, image 410. Data: Text: Record for J M Bennett
9. ↑ Source: #S457 Page: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas; Roll: ; Page: 358; Image: 194. Data: Text: Record for Jas M Bennett
10. ↑ Source: #S564 Page: Box: 227; Extraction: 3; Record: 1424 Data: Text: Record for James M. Bennett LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cvwrmr&h=323154&indiv=try
11. ↑ Source: #S553 Data: Text: Record for James Madison Bennett LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebSearch-4064&h=3181640&indiv=try
12. ↑ Source: #S464 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for James Madison Bennett
13. ↑ Source: #S461 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Maranda C. Dye
14. ↑ Source: #S460 Page: Database online. , Dallas, Texas, roll M432_910, page 76, image 140. Data: Text: Record for Jas M Bennett
15. ↑ Source: #S457 Page: Database online. Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas, post office Scyene, roll M653_1292, page 358, image 191. Data: Text: Record for Jas M Bennett
16. ↑ Source: #S454 Page: Database online. Precinct 3, Dallas, Texas, ED 63, roll T9_1299, page 230.2000, image . Data: Text: Record for Jas. M. Bennett
17. ↑ Source: #S456 Page: Database online. Precinct 5, Dallas, Texas, post office Dallas, roll 1581, page 465, image 410. Data: Text: Record for J M Bennett
18. ↑ Source: #S457 Page: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas; Roll: ; Page: 358; Image: 194. Data: Text: Record for Jas M Bennett
19. ↑ Source: #S553 Data: Text: Record for James Madison Bennett LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebSearch-4064&h=3181640&indiv=try
20. ↑ Source: #S464 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for James Madison Bennett
21. ↑ Source: #S553 Data: Text: Record for James Madison Bennett LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebSearch-4064&h=3181640&indiv=try
22. ↑ Source: #S553 Data: Text: Record for James Madison Bennett LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebSearch-4064&h=3181640&indiv=try
23. ↑ Source: #S454 Page: Database online. Precinct 3, Dallas, Texas, ED 63, roll T9_1299, page 230.2000, image . Data: Text: Record for Jas. M. Bennett
24. ↑ Source: #S460 Page: Database online. , Dallas, Texas, roll M432_910, page 76, image 140. Data: Text: Record for Jas M Bennett
25. ↑ Source: #S457 Page: Database online. Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas, post office Scyene, roll M653_1292, page 358, image 191. Data: Text: Record for Jas M Bennett
26. ↑ Source: #S456 Page: Database online. Precinct 5, Dallas, Texas, post office Dallas, roll 1581, page 465, image 410. Data: Text: Record for J M Bennett
27. ↑ Source: #S464 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for James Madison Bennett
28. ↑ Source: #S461 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Maranda C. Dye
29. ↑ Source: #S464 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for James Madison Bennett
30. ↑ Source: #S461 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hiram Bennett

• Source: S225 Title: LDS Online search site - www.familysearch.org
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• Repository: R3 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
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• Source: S460 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005; Repository: #R3 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850
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Notes

Note N1491850 Census - Dallas Co, TX

#47 Bennett, James M., 27, SC 0; Mary, 28 KY; Lafayette, 7, AR; Dosia

M., 6, AR; Columbus, 4, TX

Member of Woodmen of the World, Mesquite Camp No. 752

3rd Lt, Co.B, 19th Cavalry, CSA (Nat Burford's Regiment)

Enrolling Officer, Mesquite Light Horse Calvary (part of the 6th Scyene, 13th Brigade of Texas State Troops, CSA)

Dallas County Pioneers link- - - http://www.dallaspioneer.org/files/Bennett_JamesM.pdf

Dallas Co., TX - Bios: James Madison Bennett

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James Madison Bennett (20 Jul 1821-15 Jan 1883)

From the book, “The Families of Long Creek Cemetery,

Sunnyvale, Dallas County, Texas”

Compiled by Robert Neal Bennett

Written by Robert N. Bennett

James Madison Bennett was born 20 Jul 1821 in Pendleton, South Carolina to

Hiram Bennett and Theodosia Dobbs. Little is known about his early life. From

his CSA enlistment papers, we learn he was 5 foot 10 1/2 inches tall with blue

eyes and dark hair. He would follow his parents to Arkansas abt 1837. In about

1840 he married Mary Mann. Their first two children, Calvin Lafayette Bennett

(1842)and Dosia M. Bennett (1844) were born in Arkansas. In 1845 the family

loaded all their belongings into covered wagons drawn by oxen to join his

parents and several of his brothers as part of the Peter’s Colony in the

Republic of Texas. James soon realized the wagons were overloaded. He shipped

the household goods by river steamboat to Jefferson and then they were shipped

as freight overland. How the family became part of the Peter’s Colony unclear.

Three of James’ brothers; William, Elisha and Elijah Bennett settled in the

area that is now Mesquite and his father, Hiram Bennett and the rest of the

family settled first on land that is now the city of Irving before moving

closer to these sons. James received third class land voucher for land in the

Peter’s Colony but settled on Mercer Colony land adjoining the land settled by

A. W. Webb. It seams the Mercer Colony did not contest the claim when it was

submitted.

James and Mary were the fourth family to settle in the Long Creek area. They

set about building a house and planting enough crops to feed the then small

family. In the 1939 Dallas Morning News obituary for his son, James Madison

Bennett, Jr., the “house” is described as a “one room log cabin with a shanty

side room”. On 20 Jan 1846, Hiram Columbus Bennett was born to be followed by

sisters Jane (about 1848) and Frances Elizabeth Bennett (1849).

On 18 March 1849, James and Mary became charter members of Bethany Missionary

Baptist Church organized at Long Creek Settlement. Church records show that

James would serve as the first church clerk. Mary Mann Bennett died in 1852 at

about 44 years of age, her burial place in unknown.

On 23 Dec 1852, James married Maranda C. Dye, daughter of Benjamin Dye and

Sarah Cozean. The two met while attending services at Bethany Missionary

Baptist Church. James and Maranda would have 13 children.; Elisha Benjamin

(1854), James Madison, Jr. (1855), Sarah A. (1857), Martha Josephine (1859),

William Jackson (1860), Mary Mollie (1862), Brazoria (1864), Effie Jane

(1866), Florence Vitula (1869), Joseph D. (1873), twins Minnie and Maggie

(1877) and Deaner Bennett (1880).

His children married into the Bruton, Caldwell, Coats, Henry, Jacobs, Leach,

Lumley, Parker, Reedy, Synder and Yates families. Of the eighteen children of

James Madison Bennett, nine of them are known to be buried at Long Creek

Cemetery along with many members of the next six generations. There are

several in unmarked graves in the Bennett family plot. His daughter Brazoria

Bennett Caldwell would serve as the first president of the Long Creek Cemetery

Association in 1911.

Dallas County court records show that James served as a juror and bailiff in

many trials. He was active in many ways in the community including helping

with the erection of the two story building that was used as the Church,

School and Woodmen of the World Lodge. James was a member of Woodmen of the

World, Mesquite Camp No. 752, Mesquite, Texas. Family history states that he

served a term as Justice of the Peace.

James served as enrolling officer for the Mesquite Light Horse Calvary (Part

of the 6th Scyene, 13th Brigade of Texas State Troops, CSA) for six months. He

later served as the 3rd Lieutenant, Company B. 19th Texas Cavalry, C.S.A.(Nat.

M. Burford's Regiment).

Maranda C. Dye Bennett died on 21 Oct 1880 at the age of 44. James followed

her in death on 15 Jan 1883 at the age of 61. Both are buried at Long Creek

Cemetery with single grave markers inscribed “Joined Missionary Baptist

Church, at Long Creek, Tex A.D. (dates they joined).

ADDITIONAL NOTES; Addition information on this family may be found in the

book, ‘The Families of Long Creek Cemetery, Sunnyvale, Dallas County, Texas”

compiled by Robert Bennett or online at Families of Long Creek, Dallas County,

Texas. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=longcreek