Agnes
Elizabeth “Bettie” Bennett was born in September 1865 in Mississippi. She was the daughter of John Cooper Bennett
and Sarah Ann Crow.
Bettie married Garland Adison Walker on October 30, 1887 in Conway
County, Arkansas. She was 21 years old
and he was 31 years. Garland was born on
November 14, 1855 in Arkansas.
After their marriage, Garland and Bettie settled in Ada Valley,
Conway County, Arkansas.
Bettie and Garland had at least three children:
Earnest Walker born
November 15, 1888
Zula Zanzibar Walker born
March 13, 1891
Maude Walker born
January 12, 1893
Garland Adison Walker died on May 22, 1893 in Conway County,
Arkansas. He was buried in the Ada Valley
Cemetery in Ada, Conway County, Arkansas.
He was 37 years old at his death.
Five months after the death of her husband, Bettie lost her eldest
son. Earnest died on October 22, 1893 in
Conway County, Arkansas. He was buried
next to his father in the Ada Valley Cemetery in Ada, Conway County,
Arkansas. He was just a few weeks shy of
his 5th birthday at his death.
Bettie remarried the following year. She married Samuel M. Howell, a widower, on
November 1, 1894 in Conway County, Arkansas.
Samuel was born on December 27, 1853 in Arkansas.
Samuel brought one child to the marriage:
Thomas W. Howell born
May 10, 1887
Samuel and Bettie were the parents of four children:
James Bryan Howell born
July 15, 1896
Wilma Clyde Howell born
1898
Johnnie A. Howell born October 10, 1899
Van Howell born
July 29, 1901
By 1900, Samuel and Bettie settled their large family on a farm on
Ada and Perry Road, in Higgins, Conway County, Arkansas.
Samuel and Bettie lost their youngest child, Van, on July 26,
1907. He was laid to rest near Bettie’s
first husband, Garland, and her firstborn child, Earnest, who both died in
1893. Earnest was buried in Ada Valley
Cemetery in Ada, Conway County, Arkansas.
He was just 6 years old at his death.
Samuel and Bettie were living on a farm in Lake, Perry County,
Arkansas in 1920. Also listed in their
household were two of their children, Bryan and Johnnie, and three boarders.
Samuel M. Howell died on August 12, 1937 in Perry County,
Arkansas. He was buried in the Liberty
Cemetery in Adona, Perry County, Arkansas. He was 83 years old at his death.
Agnes Elizabeth Bennett Walker Howell died on February 5, 1946 in
Pulaski County, Arkansas. She was laid
to rest beside her husband in the Liberty Cemetery in Adona, Perry County,
Arkansas. She was 80 years old at her
death.
Notes for Agnes Elizabeth Bennett
Birth & Death: “Agnes Elizabeth Howell,” Ancestry.com. U.S.,
Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Find A Grave. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 10 April 2015
Marriage to Garland: “Elizabeth
Bennett,” Ancestry.com. Arkansas,
County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
1900 US Census: “S
M Howell,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Higgins, Conway,
Arkansas; Roll: 55; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0002;
FHL microfilm: 1240055. Ancestry.com. 1900
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US Census: “Samuel
M Howell,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Higgins, Conway,
Arkansas; Roll: T624_47; Page: 7B; Enumeration
District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1374060. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006.
1920 US Census: “Samuel
M Howell,” Year: 1920; Census Place: Lake, Perry, Arkansas;
Roll: T625_76; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 82;
Image: 211. Ancestry.com. 1920
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Notes for Garland Adison Walker
Birth & Death: “G A Walker,” Ancestry.com. U.S.,
Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Find A Grave. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 10 April 2015
Notes for Earnest Walker
Birth & Death: “Earnest Walker,” Ancestry.com. U.S.,
Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Find A Grave. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 10 April 2015
Notes for Van Howell
Birth & Death: “Van Howell,” Ancestry.com. U.S.,
Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Find A Grave. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 10 April 2015
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