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From: "Bernie Moore-Knowles" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Ev
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:10:29 -0700
References: <20011029170309.1176.qmail@web20509.mail.yahoo.com>


Ev

Are you serious? You girls met for lunch? What fun. There hopefully will
come a time when we can all have an Izard reunion. And that my dear, would
be TOO MUCH for the soul.


Bernie Moore-Knowles
Phoenix, Arizona

"I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you to
question my honesty." ........Will Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "E. Champion" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Benbrook Arkansas/Texas - Bernie


>
> Well, Bernie, when I started on the list, I kept seeing the name and
> just got curious! Of course, YOU, of all people, understand the
> curious mind! LOL Also....found a Waggoner connection too! The
> WinScott road referenced on the Benbrook, Texas page, was named for
> Winfield Scott who was the second owner of "Thistle Hill"....a
> beautiful mansion that W.T. Waggoner built for his daughter Electra
> in Ft. Worth! So.....the connections just keep coming, don't they!
> And aren't WE glad! Ironically, Janet Rabin, Brenda Hagar and I met
> in Benbrook for lunch at the Cracker Barrell at I-20 and Winscott
> Road! LOL
>
> Evalyn
>
>
> --- Bernie Moore-Knowles <> wrote:
> > Good morning, Ev
> >
> > My, but don't we have an eagle eye! LOL Benbrook, Texas? What
> > were the
> > odds of there being a connection to the Izard Co. Benbrooks?
> >
> > Thanks for the interesting information.......going to read it all
> > now.
> >
> > Bernie Moore-Knowles
> > Phoenix, Arizona
> >
> > "I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you
> > to
> > question my honesty." ........Will Rogers
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "E. Champion" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 6:20 PM
> > Subject: [ARIZARD-L] Benbrook Arkansas/Texas
> >
> >
> > > Hi List,
> > >
> > > I've been watching all the Benbrook postings and I have always
> > > wondered whether the Elbert Benbrook who lived in Izard County
> > and
> > > the Benbrook who had a city in the Ft. Worth area named after him
> > > were kin.
> > >
> > > I did a little searching and found the information re: Ezekiel
> > Gould
> > > Benbrook (Jr.) that Bernie posted.
> > >
> > > The FIRST Elbert was born in 1807 and the second Elbert Benbrook
> > was
> > > born in circa 1837-1839 and is listed as the son of Henry. That
> > would
> > > make Henry and the FIRST Elbert brothers. Now comes the
> > connection to
> > > the Texas Benbrook.
> > >
> > > Ezekiel Gould Benbrook; father of Elbert (1807), and Henry;
> > father of
> > > Elbert (1839) had a brother named James. James Benbrook was the
> > > father of James Monroe Benbrook, for whom the town of Benbrook,
> > Texas
> > > was named. James Monroe married the widow of Peter Boaz
> > (pronounced
> > > "bows...as in ribbons and bows.....")
> > >
> > > Now my question!!! Which Elbert Benbrook lived in Izard county.
> > The
> > > Elbert Benbook listed in the 1880 census would be my guess. He
> > was 41
> > > at the time of the census....that would make his birth year 1839.
> > >
> > > Bernie....did your post say that the FIRST Elbert Benbrook was
> > > married to Sarah Langston.....can't remember...see how short my
> > > memory is!! LOL
> > >
> > > History of Benbrook Texas is located at the following URL. Scroll
> > > down to the History section and click on "history page".
> > >
> > > Sorry....just tried the first URL and couldn't get to the history
> > > page..so try this one.
> > >
> > > http://www.ci.benbrook.tx.us/
> > >
> > > This one has James Monroe Benbrook's picture!
> > >
> > > Evalyn...
> > > no relation YET to the Benbrooks!!!! Just interested...
> > >
> > >
> > > ==== ARIZARD Mailing List ====
> > > "To each is given a bag of tools, a shapeless mass, and a Book of
> > Rules,
> > and each has made, ere life has flown, a stumbling block or a
> > stepping
> > stone."
> > > Author Unknown
> > >
> >
> >
> > ==== ARIZARD Mailing List ====
> > 1880 Izard County Census On-line at:
> > http://geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9271/census.html
> >
>
>
> ==== ARIZARD Mailing List ====
> Jeri Helms Fultz's new Izard County website can be found at :
> http://www.CouchGenWeb.com/arkansas/izard/
>

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