BENNETT CEMETERY
Sabine County, Texas

Indexed 24 February 2001 by Kay Parker McCary and Billy Neal Fussell

DIRECTIONS

Bennett Cemetery, North of Milam, Sabine County, Texas –  From the courthouse in Hemphill take Hwy 83 East 1 block to Hwy 87. - Go North or Left 7 miles to Milam.  Continue North on Hwy 87 for ??? miles. - Turn East or Right on Reeves Road.  - Continue 3.5 miles until the road “T’s” and take a Right.  
At 0.6 mile take the right fork and continue 1.0 mile you will see the Bennett Cemetery Sign on the right.   Take the road to the right and when you get to a fork, go left to the cemetery.   Additional information added in parenthesis. -- Last Burial - 1942
# Name

Birth

Death

 Inscription Comments
1   CLIPPA, Daniel no date no date    
2   BENNETT, A. J., Sr. (Adam Jackson)  29 Jany 1815 28 March 1886 “Born in West Feliciana Parish, LA, 
Removed to Texas Dec 1842”		  
3   BENNETT, Phoebe Paul 2 Feb 1863 10 Feb 1908   dbl/w Robert Emmett Bennet
4   BENNETT, Robert Emmett 6 May 1855 21 Nov 1924 “Each Duty done, They Rest in Peace” dbl/w Phoebe Paul Bennett
5   BENNETT, M. J. E.
(Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey)		 17 Dec 1821 8 March 1901 “Born in Pitt Co., North Carolina,
Moved to Texas Dec 1842”		 (Married 1 Aug 1839) (Dau of Seth Harvey)
6   BRAGG, Henry C. 1910 1919 “Gone to be an angel”  
7   CHAMBERS, Allen Demont

27 Jun 1878

 12 Jul 1885   s/o Nathaniel B. & Margaret L. Chambers 
8   CHAMBERS, Henry Seth 7 Oct 1932 12 Feb 1997 “Texas – PVT 165 Depot Brig. – Gone but not forgotten”  
9   CHAMBERS, Ina May 21 Jul 1910 20 Dec 1912 “Of such is the kingdom of heaven”  
10   CHAMBERS, Mrs. M. L. (Margaret Louisa Bennett) 5 May 1857 4 Dec 1923 “She was the sunshine of our home” w/o Nathaniel Berrian Chambers 
11   CHAMBERS, N. B. (Nathaniel Berrian) 24 Dec 1853 6 Apr 1897 “At Rest” h/o Margaret Louisa Bennett Chambers 
12   CHAMBERS, Nannie L. 11 Aug 1889 5 Feb 1919 “In My Father’s House are many mansions –
She was a loving wife, a fond mother and a friend to all”		  
13   CHAMBERS, Nelson B. 21 Nov 1923 8 Apr 1925    
14   CHAMBERS, Verda 23 Jan 1909 31 March 1909 “Of such is the kingdom of heaven”  
15   CHAMBERS, Verna Ethel 19 Oct 1905 18 Dec 1906 “Of such is the kingdom of heaven”  
16   F. V. S. no date no date   (probably additional stone for Florence V. Sanders) 
17   HARRISON, Sarah J. 16 Oct 1847 10 Feb 1928? “Wife of W. H. Harrison –  Life’s work well done She rests in peace”  
18   HARRISON, W. H.  16 Mar 1850 5 Dec 1900 “Born in Jones Co, Ga – Moved to Texas 1869”  
19   REEVES, Joseph 24 Jan 1832 5 Jan 1910 “AT REST - Happy is he whose hope is in the Lord”  
20   REEVES, Mary A. (Can’t Read)
1839		 23 Feb 1880 “To see all of life’s ???osy ????? 
Blushed  D????Dawn and passed away “		 (Broken and repaired)
21   RUSSELL, Clement Perkins 16 Feb 1911 18 Jun 1913 “Gone to be a angel”  
22   RUSSELL, Mary E. 14 Oct 1881 9 Jun 1918 “Wife of E. H. Russell –  In after time we’ll meet her”  
23   SANDERS, Ada Lovella 18 Sep 1886 6 Feb 1942 “Gone But Not Forgotten”  
24   SANDERS, B. F. 21 Sep 1878 8 Nov 1903 “At Rest - Asleep in Jesus”  
25   SANDERS, Florence V. 5 Sep 1874 20 Aug 1905 “At Rest – wife of B. F. Sanders – Asleep in Jesus”  
26   WRIGHT, Thomas Marrice 18 Nov 1919 17 Jan 1920 “The Lovely Flower has Faded”  
27   ?__________ ,Aunt Jane
(Scratched into Funeral Home Marker)		        
28   One grave marked with a concrete block.        

Sabine County Cemeteries

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