Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Bennett, Green 214608

Birth: 00/00/1844 Death: 08/25/1911 Marriage: 12/25/1873

Cemetery: Greenwood B (NOT PLOTTED)

Record Source: Texas Death Certificate, Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co.

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/17/2025)

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From Rodgers & Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #7; p. 252: Service #209; (col); charged to deceased; order given by Jack Bennett; secured by same; date of funeral 27 Aug; place of death N. Birmingham St.; services at St. Paul's; time 230 pm; Clergyman Hampton; Physician J. M. Hooks; cause of death strangulated hernia; date of death 25 Aug 1911 at 1130 am; occupation of deceased wagon builder; married; aged 65 years; casket manufactured by Cincinnati 6/3; interment at Greenwood Cemetery; casket price $75.00; burial robe $12.50; embalming $25.00; hearse $10.00; total $122.50.

Information from Thelma Dangerfield, msty@att.net, 2/2/2015: Green was married to Mattie Cuington; one son Jackson Bennett. Other sources of information: Texas Death Certificate, Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co., Federal Census & Lamar County Marriage Records.

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Green Bennett
Event Date: 25 Aug 1911
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas
Gender: Male
Race (Original): Negro
Age (Formatted): 60 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1851
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jackson Taylor
Father's Birthplace: Miss.
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Blacksmith Shop
Residence Place:
Cemetery (Original):
Burial Place: Oakwood
Burial Date: 27 Aug 1911
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 2050512
Digital Folder Number: 4165861
Image Number: 1514
Reference ID: 18225
Collection: Green Bennett, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976" https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDGQ-FHH

Tombstone is inscribed, "Age 67 years." Birth year is calculated.

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