Biographical Sketch of Marion Francis Bennett, Dallas County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Marion Francis Bennett was born in Clark County, Ill., September 10,
1844, and is a son of Philip and Ann (Marrs) Bennett, natives of
Nelson and Monroe Counties, KY., respectively.  The former's birth
occurred on December 31, 1810, and his death in Dallas County, MO.,
on April 5, 1886.  His wife was born September 22, 1813, and their
marriage was consummated in Illinois, and they continued to make
that State their home until 1855, when they took up their abode in
Dallas County, MO.  Their union was blessed in the birth of eight
children who lived to be grown, seven of whom are now living: 
William M., John C., Marion Francis, Lafayette, Philip A., Paulina
J., wife of William Joyner, and Margaret, wife of Monroe Cofer.
Those deceased are Emerson, who was twenty-six years of age at the
time of his death, and two infants.  Marion Francis Bennett resided
with his parents until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted
in the State Militia, and served until 1863, when he became a member
of Company I, Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry, and was in the service the
remainder of the war, then turning his attention to the peaceful pur-
suits of farming and stock raising, which occupations have proved 
tolerably successful under his skillful management.  He is a stanch
Republican in politics, and served as postmaster of Spring Grove for
five years.  February 3, 1867, he espoused Miss Mary O'Bannon, a
daughter of John O'Bannon, one of the first settlers of Dallas County.
She was born in Dallas County, MO., May 17, 1848, and has borne a
family of ten children:  William S., George W., Edith, John O., Lizzie,
Ann, Philip, Maude, James L. and Arthur.

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