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Frio county, Texas; Rena, deceased, married
Andrew Johnson; Thomas, deceased; Margaret,
who married Daniel Williams and is
now deceased; Mary Emily, deceased, married
Rafo Turner; Parolce, deceased, was the
wife of William Williams; Henry B., our
subject; Matthew, a resident of Montague
county, this State; Carroll who resides in
Frio county; Lucinda, the wife of John Porter,
of Frio county; Laura, deceased, was the
wife of Dock Hopkins, of Frio county.
The subject of this sketch came to Texas,
and resided successively in Titus, Davis,
Cherokee and Tarrant counties. He removed
to the latter county in the fall of
1872, where he was engaged in milling at
Grapevine. In 1878 he came to Dallas
county, and bought the place of 150 acres
where he now resides, sixty acres of which is
under cultivation. Mr. Bennett was married
in December, 1866, to Susan, a daughter of
J. M. Stringfellow, of Frio county. She
died April 26, 1885, leaving eight children:
Mollie Lee, the wife of Cal Prewett, of Choctaw
Nation, Indian Territory; Docia Ann,
now Mrs. John Galbert, of this county; William
Madison, John Henry, Rufus Edward,
Jesse Carroll, Jennetta and Susan at home.
Mr. Bennett was again married in November,
1885, to Mrs. Mary Walls, the widow of
Berry Walls, of Tarrant county. Mr. and
Mrs. Bennett and five children are members
of the Freewill Baptist Church.
OHN LOUPOT has been a resident of
Dallas county, Texas, since February,
1856, but was born in Ardennes, France,
in the Inonth of February, 1836, to Nicholas
and Adaline Gilet, also natives of France.
The elder Lojupot wvs a pason by trade and

accumulated a fair competency. John Lonpot
obtained his knowledge of masonry under
his father, prior to the sixteenth year, at
which time he went to work at Sedan as a
grocery-keeper, and until his removal to
America in his twentieth year, he was engaged
in various occupations. During this
time his education was not neglected and besides
attending the common scllools he ]las
also attended, for some tine, a coinmercial
college. November 11, 1855, he sailed for
America from Anvers, Belgium, to Liverpool,
England, and there took passage in a sailing
vessel bound for New Orleans, the distance
being covered in thirty-one days. He came
to Galveston, Texas, by steamer, thence to
Houston, but not being able to find a conveyance
to Dallas he returned to Galveston
and came up the Trinity river, which occupied
three weeks. He was accompanied by
his uncle, Francis Loupot, who returned to
France in 1869. At Newport he could not
come further and the rest of the journey
was made on foot, a distance of 150 miles.
He and his companion, being unable to speak
English, were unable to obtain food, sometimes
two days elapsing before their fast was
broken. The settlers' houses were few and
far between, there were no bridges across
streams, and at last Mr. Loupot's companion
broke down and he was compelled to leave
him at Palestine. With $1.50 in his pocket
made the remaining 100 miles alone, swimming
the swollen streams with his clothes
tied to his back with a grapevine. H e reached
his destination February 24, 1856, his sole
capital being 15 cents. The first week he
secured employment at herding sheep and
for one year he farmed with the French
colony. He then went to Kautman county
and worked on a farm four months, then returned
to Dallas and began improving the