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Family: Joseph BENNETT/Eliza LANGFORD (F69)
m. 11 Feb 1841


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  • Father | Male
    Joseph BENNETT

    Born  9 May 1816  , Wayne, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jun 1882  Madison Station, Madison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  11 Feb 1841  [1, 2]  , Rankin County, Mississippi, USA  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Mother | Female
    Eliza LANGFORD

    Born  27 May 1824  , , Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 May 1894  Canton, Madison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Canton, Madison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  George Nicholson LANGFORD, Sr | F987 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Lucy Minerva TYUS | F987 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    > Josephine Virginia BENNETT

    Born  9 Jan 1842  , Rankin County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Dec 1866  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  John LINDSAY | F2264 
    Married  18 Feb 1864  , Rankin County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    > Lucia Ann Minerva "Nervy" BENNETT

    Born  27 Aug 1843  Steens Creek, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 Feb 1937  Canton, Madison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Charles Hamilton SAINT JOHN | F2250 
    Married  31 Jan 1866  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    George Farrar BENNETT

    Born  27 Jul 1845  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Oct 1846  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    > William Walker BENNETT

    Born  15 Sep 1847  , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Jan 1898  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mathilda W. "Mattie" LOWE | F2268 
    Married  20 Feb 1869  Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Rebecca CULBERSON | F460 
    Married     

    Child 5 | Female
    > Mary Elizabeth BENNETT

    Born  26 Dec 1849  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Feb 1926  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  John LUMBLY | F2270 
    Married    Canton, Madison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    Joseph BENNETT, Jr

    Born  7 Sep 1852  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 May 1853  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Male
    > Robert Langford BENNETT

    Born  11 Oct 1854  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Jun 1929  Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Mary Mollie MCKIE | F944 
    Married  15 Oct 1879  Canton, Madison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Female
    > Cora Malinda BENNETT

    Born  29 Nov 1856  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jul 1915  Greenville, Washington, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Samuel Moore ELLIS | F2274 
    Married  16 Feb 1876  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Male
    Charles Albert BENNETT

    Born  27 Aug 1859  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Sep 1861  Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Fannie [BENNETT] | F3503 
    Married  1850  , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • Text of marriage license/certificate:

      State of Mississippi
      Rankin County

      Know all Men by these Presents, that we, «i»Joseph Bennett and George Langford«/i» and firmly bound unto «i»Alexander G. McNutt«/i» Governor of the State of Mississippi aforesaid, and his successors in office, in the sum of two hundred dollars, to which payment well and tryly to be made to the said Governor, for the time being, or his successors in office, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, each and every one of us and them, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.

      Sealed with our seals, and dated this «i»11th«/i» day of «i»February«/i» one thousand eight hundred and «i»forty one«/i».

      The Condition of this Obligation is such, That whereas a Marriage is shortly intended to be celebrated between the above bound Joseph Bennett and Eliza Langford.

      Now, if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said Marriage, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

      (signed) «i»Joseph Bennett
      «/i»(signed) «i»George N. Langford
      «/i»
      * * * * * * * * * * * *
      The State of Mississippi
      Rankin County
      To any judge, minister, or justice, lawfully authorized to celebrate
      the rites of matrimony.

      You are hereby licensed to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between«i» Joseph Bennett and Eliza Langford
      «/i»and for so doing, this shall be your warrant.

      Given under my hand and seal of Office, this «i»11th«/i» day of «i»February «/i»in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and «i»forty one«/i».

      [unclear signature], Clerk.

      * * * * * * * * * * * *
      In virtue of a License from the Clerk of the Court of said County, I have this day celebrated the Rites of Matrimony between «i»Joseph Bennett and Eliza Langford both of the state of Mississippi and Rankin County.
      «/i»Given under my hand, this «i»11th«/i» day of «i»February «/i»18«i»41«/i».
      (signed) «i»E. N. Talley, M. G.
      «/i» [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S242] US-Mississippi State Marriages, 1776-1935 (Hunting for Bears), Hunting for Bears, comp., (Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, Utah, 2004. Original data: Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records.), BENNETT, Joseph and Eliza Langford 11 Feb 1841; Rankin County (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S354] Rankin County MS Marriages, early 1800s, Janie Weaver (transcriber) MSGenWeb/Rankin Col, MS, ((http://files.usgwarchives.org/ms/rankin/marriages/rnkgroom.txt)), accessed 4 Apr 2010). (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S227] Marriage Certificate, Bennett, Joseph and Eliza Langford; 11 February 1841. (Reliability: 4).


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