A Guide to the Bennett Family Papers, 1822-1909 Bennett Family Papers, 1822-1909 24158d

A Guide to the Bennett Family Papers, 1822-1909

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 24158d

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Repository

The Library of Virginia

Accession Number

24158d

Title

Bennett Family Papers, 1822-1909

Physical Description

14 leaves, negative photostats

Creator

Bennett Family

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Bennett Family Papers, 1822-1909. Accession 24158d. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying, 13 May 1854, by Floyd S. Bennett of Richmond, Virginia.

Biographical Information

William Shannon (d. ca. 1834) was a physician in Greene County, Tennessee. John Easterly (b. 1785) of Grainger County, Tennessee was his brother-in-law. Shannon married Margaret Shannon (b. 1791). After his death, she married Gross Scruggs, and they moved to Hamilton County, Tennessee. William and Margaret Shannon's daughter Mary Shannon (b. 1817) married George Washington Bennett (b. 1813) and they had twelve children. Their second child, John Easterly Bennett (1838-1864) went to medical school in Savannah, Georgia, and began practicing in Gordon County, Georgia. A captain in the Confederate army, he died 5 December 1864. James McKendree Bennett, (1857-1922), the eleventh child, attended Red Clay Academy in Bradley County, Tennessee, and later opened a hardware store in Bradley County. Mary Alice Bennett (1860-1888), the twelth child, was an invalid. Floyd S. Bennett (1890-1969), son of James M. Bennett, attended Trinity College (now Duke University) in Durham, North Carolina, and later lived in Richmond, Virginia.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1822-1909, of the Bennett family of Tennessee and Georgia, consisting of letters, 1822-1838, of John Easterly (b. ca. 1785) of Grainger County, Tennessee, concerning the medical practice of his brother-in-law William Shannon (d. 1834) of Greene County, Tennessee and news of the Easterly, Shannon, Scruggs, and Thompson families; letters, 1881, 1909, between members of the Bennett family containing family and personal news; receipt, certificate, and account, 1860-1861, regarding the medical practice of John Easterly Bennett (1838-1864) of Savannah and Gordon County, Georgia; Report card, 17 November 1876, of James McKendree Bennett (1857-1922) at Red Clay Academy, Bradley County, Tennessee; contract, 10 March 1877, for the rental of a horse by James M. Bennett.

Contents List

Letter, 6 August 1822, from William Shannon of Greene County, Tennessee, to John Easterly of Grainger County, Tennessee, commenting on his poor health, his medical practice, and preachers.

Letter, 9 February 1838, from John Easterly to his sister Margaret Easterly Shannon Scruggs of Hamilton County, Tennessee, containing news of their Easterly, Shannon, Scruggs, and Thompson family relations.

Receipt, 28 November 1860, and certificate, 23 January 1861, concerning John Easterly Bennett's medical education in Savannah, Georgia.

Account, April-May 1861, taken from the account book of Dr. John Easterly Bennett's practice in Gordon County, Georgia.

Report card, 17 November 1876, of James McKendree Bennett attending Red Clay Academy in Bradley County, Tennessee.

Contract, 10 March 1877, between James M. Bennett and T. J. Bagbey for the rental of a horse.

Letter, 29 October 1881, from Mary Alice Bennett of James County, Tennessee, to her brother James M. Bennett, sending personal news

Letter, 6 November 1909, from James M. Bennett to Floyd S. Bennett attending Trinity College (now Duke University) in Durham, North Carolina, containing personal and family news.