Alvina Maria (Rodriguez) Bennett |
| Posted 2018-05-07 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Newspaper Unknown Tuesday, July 3, 1923 Mother Of One Of County's Largest Families Dies In A California Town Mrs. Alvina Bennett, an old pioneer resident of the Groom Creek section and mother of one of the largest families of Yavapai county, died at 8 o'clock Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Whiteside, in Pomona, Calif. She was 70 years old the third of last February. Mrs. Bennett, whose children and grandchildren are well known residents of Groom Greek and other sections of the county, is survived by seven children, 30 grandchildren and four great- grandchildren. Her husband, Chas. Henry Bennett, with whom she came to Prescott and settled in the Groom Creek district in 1878, died 11 years ago. Mrs. Bennett was born in Half-Moon Bay, Calif. in 1853. She married in California and came to Prescott with her husband and four children in 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett went back to California after a short time, but returned here to make their home permanently in 1878. Their first home was on the site of the new Banning Creek dam now being erected by the city. They later moved to the present site of the old Bennett homestead, about a mile above the Banning Creek damsite, where they engaged in ranching and homesteading. Mrs. Bennett is survived by the following children: Mrs. C. W. Bennett of Clarkdale, Mrs. Minnie Whiteside of Pomona, Lorenzo Bennett, of Hillside, Mrs. Alina Mackin of Groom Creek, Grant Bennett of Groom Creek, Birdie Maxwell of Clarkdale and Mrs. Allie Johnson of Prescott. Thirty grandchildren are also living. Preparations for the funeral services at the Catholic church in Prescott are being made. The services will probably be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. See Also: Arizona Gravestone Photo Project |
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