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Bennie Avent[1]

Female 1883 - 1971  (87 years)


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  • Name Bennie Avent 
    • d/o Benjamin Franklin Avent (1851-1896) and wife, Emily Larkin Wheat (1858-1936) SEE FAG FOR DETAILS & HEADSTONE
    Born 28 Oct 1883  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 21 Oct 1971  Dallas, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23240  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2021 

    Family James Atwell,   b. 17 Sep 1878, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1935, Dallas, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 12 Nov 1941  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Avent Atwell,   b. 21 Jun 1917, Dallas, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1994, Denver, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2021 
    Family ID F8787  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Marriage Record: James A. Atwell to Thelma Flossie Carter
    Marriage Record: James A. Atwell to Thelma Flossie Carter
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    Death Certificate
    Death Certificate
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    James Atwell-Obit
    James Atwell-Obit
    Dallas Morning News
    Jun 29, 1935
    Death Certificate
James Atwell
    Death Certificate James Atwell
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  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21286417/bennie-atwell.
      Bennie Avent Atwell
      Birth 28 Oct 1883, Texas
      Death 21 Oct 1971 (aged 87)
      Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
      Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

    2. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, https://www.reynoldspatova.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=12714.
      James Avent Atwell & Thelma Flossie Carter
      Parents named for each

    3. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/M53M-WY1/bennie-avent-1883-1971.
      Bennie Avent, 28 October 1883?21 October 1971 (Age 87) Atascosa, Texas
      Children:
      Benjamin Floyd Atwell, 1901?1968
      Henry Meredith Atwell, 1904?1982
      Eloize Atwell, 1909?1991
      James Avent Atwell, 1917?1994
      James A Atwell, 1918?Deceased
      James O. Atwell, 1919?1919
      Georgia Catherine Atwell, 1923?Deceas
      The Life Summary of Bennie

      When Bennie Avent was born on 28 October 1883, in Atascosa, Texas, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Avent, was 32 and her mother, Emily Larkin WHEAT, was 25. She married James Atwell on 27 April 1901, in Bexar, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Bexar, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 7, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 21 October 1971, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas

    4. [S61] United States Census, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/100179381:6061.
      Name: James Atwell
      Age: 41
      Birth Year: abt 1879
      Birthplace: Texas
      Home in 1920: Dallas Precinct 33, Dallas, Texas
      Street: Clarance St
      House Number: 2757
      Residence Date: 1920
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Bennie Atwell (neeAvent)
      Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
      Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
      Able to Speak English: Yes
      Occupation: Employe
      Industry: Street Railway
      Employment Field: Wage or Salary
      Home Owned or Rented: Owned
      Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
      Able to read: Yes
      Able to Write: Yes
      Neighbors:
      Household Members Age Relationship
      James Atwell 41 Head
      Bennie Atwell
      36 Wife
      Binn F Atwell
      18 Son
      Meredith H Atwell
      15 Son
      Eloise E Atwell
      10 Daughter
      James A Atwell
      2 Son
      Ira M Avent
      31 Brother-in-law