Bennie Avent

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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Family Time Line

James Atwell
1878–1935
Bennie Avent
1883–1971
Marriage: 27 April 1901
Benjamin Floyd Atwell
1901–1968
Henry Meredith Atwell
1904–1982
Eloize Atwell
1909–1991
James Avent Atwell
1917–1994
James Of Atwell
1919–1919
Georgia Catherine Atwell
1923–

Sources (17)

  • Bennie A Atwell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Bennie Avant, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Bennie Avent Atwell, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

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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