John Bennette—Emeline Vaughan
Abe, John, Doc, Claude, Nowlin brothers
Hatti
Before the year 1923,
there was four brothers born somewhere
in Virginia, their names were,
John, Claude, Doc and Abe.
At some point in time,
one of them apparently shot a man
and was put in prison.
The other three brothers pulled an escape
for him and they all headed for SD on horseback!
When they got there they decided to change
their name to "Bennett".
They decided that SD was not safe
enough so they all headed for Canada.
In Canada, Claude and Doc kept their
name of Nowlin.
John Bennett / Nowlin, married,
had one child, which was "George".
John's wife died of the flu after WW1.
Now, we do not know exactly how
John Bennett became acquainted
with a family in South Dakota by the
name of Philip and Mille Vaughn,
but he did, and somehow,
he pursuaded their oldest daughter called,
"Emiline" to run away with him to
Canada and elope. Emiline was only
15 years old! John Bennett / Nowlin,
was 25 years older than Emiline!
John and Emiline had six or seven
children together! This event happened
before my Mother was born in 1923.
So when the Vaughn's found out that
Emiline was in Canada, they moved to
Canada too! Then, their other two
daughters met and married into the
Bennett / Nowlin Clan! Mary Vaughn
married Abe Bennett / Nowlin and
her sister Beatrice Vaughn, married
Abe's Son, Art who kept the name of Nowlin!
My Mother, was born as the first child
of Art and Beatrice Nowlin, they named
her Hazel! Seven more children followed,
Gordon, Loretta, Neil, Glen, Gwen,
Shirely and Virginia!
John's Son, "George", your Great Grandpa,
was then the "Step Son" of Emiline, and was
as old or older than she! George married,
had a Son named, "Kent", his wife died
and as far as we know George never
married again.
George would show up from time to time
in Bellsite, where his dad and Emiline lived
and all his step brothers and sisters!
Now a point of interest: Abe Bennett / Nowlin,
was married to Mary Vaughn and Abe's Son,
Art Nowlin, was married to Mary's Sister,
Beatrice, so then, Abe was My Mothers
Grandpa, but, he was also her Uncle!
Another point of interest: "Doc Nowlin",
the brother of Abe, John and Claude,
must have been the one who escaped the
prison in Virginia for My Mother said he
always had a loaded shot gun in his hands
when he came to the door of his cabin!
My Mother, Hazel Nowlin, married,
Philip Weber in 1941 at Bellsite,
Manitoba and I am their "First Born Son",
whom they named; Richard Weber.
I have two bothers and
two sisters who are very dear to my heart!
After me was born My Sister Marjorie,
then My Brother Ken, then Sister Francis
and the youngest, My Brother Gordon!
And so the Family Tree continues to grow
around the world, one at a time!
So we hope this was helpful to
your search and please keep in touch
with any info you should discover!
Love,
Rich & Joyce Weber
North Bend, B.C. Canada