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 Bennett Family Gardens Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 32° 44.484 W 096° 36.576
14S E 723977 N 3625146
This post-mounted subject marker stands within Laurel Oaks Memorial Park in Balch Springs. It's centered in a round concrete pad surrounded by four curved benches.
Waymark Code: WM16ZDP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2022
Views: 4
Marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data (at the time of this posting):
Index Entry Bennett Family Gardens
Address 12649 Lake June Road
City Mesquite
County Dallas
Subject Codes cemetery; pioneers
Marker Year 2020
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Private Property No
Marker Location I-635 & Lake June Road. Marker pending.
Marker Size 27" x 42" with post
Marker Number: 22820
Marker Text:
Located within the Laurel Oaks Memorial Park cemetery, Bennett Family Gardens is the final resting place for many of eastern Dallas County's early settlers. Hiram Bennett (1796-1888) moved to Texas in 1845 with his family after receiving a land grant as part of the Peters Colony. Arriving with him were two adult sons, William Hardy Bennett (1825-1898) and James Madison Bennett (1821-1883), and their families.
Hardy Bennett, along with his wife, Sidney (Manning) Bennett (1827-1910), and their children, settled in what is now Mesquite. Bennett Family Cemetery was established when Hardy and Sidney lost their infant daughter, Terniece C. Bennett, in 1847. She was buried atop a small tree-covered knoll on the family farm, and the grounds were set aside for all of Hardy's descendants.
What started as a family burial ground soon extended to other Bennett family lines and neighbors. Among the burials are Citizens of the Republic of Texas, Civil War veterans and members of fraternal organizations, including Woodmen of the World. There are a number of primitive markers that are no longer legible and a few hand-carved stones.
In the early 1950s, Laurel Oaks Cemetery purchased the site and additional surrounding land and renamed the historic portion, Bennett Family Gardens. Laurel Oaks Cemetery continues to expand as a perpetual care cemetery in a beautiful park setting, serving families in Balch Springs, Mesquite, Dallas and communities in the surrounding area.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2020
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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