John Frank Bennett
John Frank Bennett, 10th child of Hardy Bennett and Zilpha Sanders, was born 15 Nov 1827 in Alabama. He married first Pervilla Taylor, daughter of Lee Taylor and Agnes A. Stokes. Pervilla was born 1825 in Alabama and died before 1859. John Frank Bennett died in 1893 in Montgomery Co., Mississippi. John Frank Bennett and Pervilla Taylor had the following children:

  1. Turilla Bonville Bennett born 1850 in Carroll Co, MS; married William Henry Blaylock; died 6 Dec 1897 in Montgomery Co, MS
  2. Thomas Paine Bennett born about 1854 in Carroll Co, MS; married Ellen Caroline Chambley in 1873 in Carroll Co, MS; death date unknown; Children:

    1. Leslie Leonadis Bennett born 16 Oct 1873 in Carroll Co., MS; married Mary Jane Laughter 1895 in Love, MS; died 24 July 1918 in Love, MS
    2. Charley Lee Bennett born 12 Dec 1874; no other info
    3. David Louis Bennett born 16 Oct 1875; died 1886




John Frank Bennett married second Mary Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard see HOWARD link on main page). Mary Howard was born about 1832 in Alabama and died about 1873. John Frank Bennett and Mary Howard had the following children:

  1. William Monroe Bennett born 1859 Carroll Co, MS; married Kate Miskelley; died 1880 in Carroll Co, MS
  2. Alice Bennett born 1861 Carroll Co, MS; married William M. Bennett; died 1935
  3. Amanda Bennett born abt 1864 in Carroll Co, MS; married George Washington Carpenter; died 1936 in Carroll Co, MS
  4. John Calloway Bennett born 1867 in Carroll Co, MS; married Virginia Blaylock; died 1941 in MS
  5. Elisha Bennett born 1869 in Carroll Co, MS (no other info)
  6. Abner Franklin Bennett born 1872 in Winona, Carroll Co, MS; died 1937 in Tchula, Holmes Co., MS; married first Lallie Otea Collins; one child Pearl Bennett born and died in 1897; married second Sarah Lou "Lunie" Bennett
  7. Lou Bennett born about 1874 in Montgomery Co, MS (no other info)




John Frank Bennett married third Elizabeth Keith, daughter of Rhodophus Brown Keeth and Elizer Morris. Elizabeth Keith was born 1849 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL and died in 1887 in Montgomery Co, MS. John Frank Bennett and Elizabeth Keith had the following children:

  1. Henry Lee Bennett born 1886 in Montgomery Co, MS; married Annie May Hawks; died in 1962 and is buried at Love Station, DeSoto Co, MS
  2. Molley BENNETT born about 1887 (no other info)