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Bennie Hall was born in April 1865 in Cass County, Texas.  The Hall family had settled into the Northeast Texas area approximately 15 years earlier as verified by 1850 Census records for Bennie's father, Benjamin Franklin Hall.  Prior to the move, the Hall family had resided in Georgia.   Bennie married Daniel Hardy Holt in 1883 in Cass County, Texas.  The couple had 10 children:  6 girls and 4 boys.  Bennie and Daniel slowly moved eastward before finally settling in Hazen, Arkansas.  The first 4 children were born in Cass County, Texas while the remaining 6 were born in Arkansas.  This movement to Arkansas is consistent with the Holt family migration patterns.  Most of Bennie's siblings remained in Cass County and are buried there.  Bennie died in 1926 in Hazen, Arkansas.  Within three months, her husband died.  In the next year, her son Seth and daughter Erma also died.  The reasons for families to move into Texa...

The previous three 2nd great grandmothers were all women who lived long and full lives. Mary Jane Williams - Slayton 60 yrs Rebeca Lavinia Evans - Mitchell 81 yrs Josephine Carter - Hayes 61 yrs As this project has continued to document my 2nd great grandmothers, I realized I wanted to make a comparison chart to see them all side by side.  So much commonality.  I guess I think that by studying them, I will understand more about myself, or at least about where I came from.  It's not an easy task - delving into the past.  Romanticizing the information makes it interesting, and the reality is that I will never truly know these woman, their hopes and dreams.  All I can do is find facts.  This is the reality of being a historian. Arthasusan Ruth (1867 - 1896).  She was born November 14, 1867 in Cass County, Missouri.  This is 100 years and 1 day before me, my birthday is November 15.  She is the daughter of Mary Frances Teasley....