Brief Life History of Bennie
When Bennie Avent was born on 28 October 1883, in Atascosa, Texas, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Avent, was 32 and her mother, Emily Larkin WHEAT, was 25. She married James Atwell on 27 April 1901, in Bexar, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 7, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 21 October 1971, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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- Bennie A Atwell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Bennie Avant, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Bennie Avent Atwell, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from a shortened form of the Anglo-Norman French personal name or nickname Avenant, Avaunt agreeable, handsome’.
History: Isham Avent is recorded in the Carolinas in the 1760s. His father was Colonel Thomas Avent from England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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