I am trying to find Lucy Short's parents.

Question

Lucy Short married Wilton Bennett and had Nora Mandy Bennett who was born on November 11, 1882 in Georgia and died Novermber 17, 1932 Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina. I  need help finding Lucy Short's parents.

Answer 1

Here are some to check out on familysearch, maybe you'll find the connection.  The informant on William Earley Bennetts death record is "Lump" Bennett, and Wm and Lucy have a son named Lumpkin on the 1880 Census.

Georgia, Marriages

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWHN-D31

groom William E. Bennett

bride Lucy G. Short

marriage  20 Dec 1866  Jackson, GA

 

U S Census, 1880  District 912, Banks, GA

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8L4-JD7

self  William E. Bennet M 35 abt 1845 GA

wife  Lucy G. Bennet  F 37 abt 1843 GA

son  Carnnielaus Bennet M 9 GA

dau  Emma D. Bennet F 3 GA

son  Lumkin Bennet M 1 GA

 

Georgia Deaths

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-66-11198-185-50?cc=1385727&wc=6040318

William Earley Bennett

Residence Rt 1, Murrayville, GA

death : 24 Apr 1928  Guillians, Hall, GA

burial Bethel Berry Ch., 4/26/1928

Male  White  Widowed

death age: 81 years 11 months

birth  09 May 1846  Jackson Co., GA

father's name: Ase C Bennett birthplace Jackson Co., GA

Informant Lump Bennett

 

 

U S Census, 1860  Madison, GA  page: 142 family number: 38  Possibly Lucy?

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZMX-685

Mary A Short F 41  abt 1819 GA

George L Short M  12 abt 1848 GA

Archabald Short  M 53 abt 1807 GA

James H Short  M 21 abt 1839 GA

Lucy G Short  F 17  birth abt  1843 GA

Archabald F Short  M 16 abt 1844 GA

Nathan H Short  M 15 abt 1845 GA

Nathan H Short F 10 abt 1850 GA

Edward Y Short  M 8 abt 1852 GA

Nancy G A Short F 5 abt 1855 GA

 

 

Answer 2

This appears to be Mandy Bennett Hawkes Death certificate information from 1932:

North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FP61-CJ5 : accessed 29 Dec 2012), Lucy Short in entry for Manda H. Hawkes, 17 Nov 1932.

If you look around and search elsewhere on the FamilySearch.org website you may find much more about Mandy and Lucy and Lucy's parents.

 

Keith Baker

Comments

I went on familysearch.org and there are a lot of Lucy Short's. Nora Mandy Bennett and Warren Monroe Hawks got married in Banks County, GA in 1898 and then moved to Jackson County, GA.

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Which is why dates, locations, precise names and names of family members are so necessary when doing this research.

And a big dose of patience and discernment as well!