Page 122 - Jefferson County AR 1889 History (Goodspeed)

JEFFERSON COUNTY.

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repregentative and successM physician, and after death as her husband. The pareots were member.

removing to Arkansas, opened an office in Pine of the Preebyhrisn Church, although the mother

Bluff, becoming one of the leading men in his pm- had been reared a Catholic and always adhered to

fession in this county, and a t various times hold- that faith. The male members of the Sennett

ing oilices of trust. He died December 23, 1854, family were all soldiers of France, at one time or

having been a strong dvoaate of temperance. His another of their lives, and Edward P., the father

wife was born June 18, 1811, and died August 5, of Penrose, was a colonel in Napoleon's army and

1865. Hartwell and Joseph are theonly snrvivors a resident of Lorraine Province. He was a plitioal

of a hmily of eleven children. They were reared and religious refugee from his native oountry, who

on the p l m where they now live, and in youth settled in the State of Pelmsylvania. The Greeu-

took great delight in hunting and fishing. Hart- wood family were prominent manutaoturers of

well served a short time in the Confederate army, France and also in the United Stat-. The father

but being wounded at Point Pleasant, returned of Mrs. Sennett died on the Soioto River in Ohio,

home. He married Miss Mary R. Toney, a native where the family had settled on coming to this

of Arkansas, who was born in Dallas County. She country. The elder Sennett and his wife were the

died May 24. 1883, leaving a large family: John parents of four children, of whom M. G. was the

W.,Epps Virginia, Maggie, Lucins, Hartwell, third and the only one now living. Those dead

Talbot, Breckenridge, and Joseph (deceased). Jo- are William W. (who was a Confederate soldier,

seph Wright was first lieutenant of Company D, and killed a t the battle of Elkhorn), Elizabeth

Eighteenth Arkansas Regiment, and sewed until (who was the wife of Edward 0. Hawkins of Tip-

the close of the war, taking part in the battle of ton County, Tennessee, and died shortly after her

I Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., and d s o a t Fort Pillow, marriage), and Annie C. (who died in her twelfth
Tenn. Returning home he has since lived with year.) M. G. Yennett was educated in the schools

his brother. He has held the office of deputy Mo., and at the Batavia College,

sheriff. These brothers are too well known to I n the early part of 1801 he left

need any introduction to the residents of this seo- in the Confederate army, and be-

tion. Earnest, active and progressive in the de- of Company K, Col. Staple's regi-

velopment of a11 worthy enterprises, they have ment, in which body he remained for about ten

aided materially in advancing and furthering . months, and was then transferred east of the Missis-

needed improvement. sippi River, where he was assigned to Company B,

Cr.pt. M. G. Sennett, recognized as one of the Third Missouri Infantry, nuder Col. Cockrell. He

mort. extensive cotton planters in Jeffel,son County, first entered as a private, and remained in that

was born in Kentucky, Madison County, October capacity until after the battle of Inka, where he
26, 1830, and is a son of Penrose and Elieabeth was severely wounded, but after his recovery he

1(Grwnwmd) Rennett. natives of F r a ~ ~ cteh,e father was prnmohd t o the rank of third lientenant, and

first settling in Pennsylvania and then moving to as his merits were recognized again the rank of

IMadison County, Kentucky. The mother's par- a p t a i n w u conferred on h i m He then went to

Iants located in Ohio on their amval from France, , Missouri on recruiting service, and soon afterward

I1 and later moved to Kentucky, where she met and Was captain of Company I. Ninth Confederate
was married to Penrose Bennett. The father was Cavalry. taking part in the battles of Inka, Corinth,

a noted physician during his life, and a graduate Franklin Mills, Oxford, and a number of others.

/of Wood's Medical College a t Philadelphia, Penn., His Inter battles were a t Grand Gulf, Brnensbnrg,

practicing his profession up to the time of his Fort Gibson, Biayeer, Raymond, Jackson, Edwards I
Depot, Champion's Hill, Black River Bridge and
1death in 1861 a t the age of fifty-two or fifty-three Vicksburg, where he was paroled. At that time
1years. His wife died in 1864 in the State of
he wlra unable to secure any conveyance to return
/Texas, and was about the same age at the time of