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Name: Judith T Bennett

Born:  19 Jan 1839 in Barren County, KY. She was the daughter of James Bennett and Judith Ann Key.

Died: 11 Jan 1908 in California, MO

Buried: California City cemetery, California, MO

Married:    26 Dec 1854 to Fidelio G Williams in Moniteau County, MO
                3 Sep 1877 to Henry G Cornell in Moniteau County, MO

Children:  William E, Marquis de Lafayette, Zeluma (all by Fidelio)

Census:  1840  1850  1860  1870  1880  1900

    Judith was born in Barren County, Kentucky on 19 Jan 1839. She was the daughter of James Bennett and Judith Ann Key. Her maternal grandparent, Price Key, fought in the Revolutionary War. Her father died in 1850 and the family moved to the Cole County, Missouri area. On 26 Dec 1854 she married Fidelio Williams. They farmed (raised horses) 110 acres on the SW corner of Hwy C and CR 120 in Moniteau County, MO. They had 6 children and three of them lived to be adults. On 23 Aug 1877 she divorced Fidelio and married Henry G. Cornell on 3 Sep 1877. Henry lived due north of the farm she shared with Fidelio. The Cornells moved to California, MO. She lived there until she died on 11 Jan 1908. She is buried in California City Cemetery in California, MO.