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Belva Ann Bennet McNall Lockwood
Geo Belva
The relationship of My Great grandfather, Tompkins Daniel Green and Belva Ann Bennet.
When my Great Grandfather Tompkins Green's mother, Minerva McCumber Green, passed away, Tompkins was 3 years old. Tompkins lived for a time with the parents of Belva Ann Bennett. Tompkins was only 14 months older than Belva and was more like an older brother than 1st cousins.
[Source: a second cousin of mine, Harley T. Green, who has also done extensive Green(e) family research.]
Belva Lockwood and Emily Arivilla Green are my first cousins three times removed. The same relationship exists for Katherine Miller, who was kind enough to share the family portrait seen below and also the letter that Belva wrote [letter dated Aug. 27, 1899] to her [Belva's] first cousin, Emily Arivilla Green. She wrote on the stationary from her office at 619 F Street, N. W. in Washington DC of the "League of Women For International Disarmament, Central Bureau, Paris, France. Belva was the Corresponding Secretary and a Vice President for the US for this Organization.
A brief glimpse of Belva's United States ancestry.
The Immigrant Ancestor my Greene line is "John Greene Of Quidnessett", he is also referred to as JOHN GREENE of NORTH KINGSTON and there is much to support that he was also referred to as JOHN GREENE of NEWPORT (the first one), (see Louise Prosser Bates research). He was born in 1606 in England and resided near London. Leaving England on 21 May, 1635, on the ship, MATTHEW, he sailed first to St. Christopher island in the British West Indies. Soon after to MA and then to RI. About 1642 he married Joan ___?___
John and Joan are the Great Great Grandparents of Revolutionary War soldier, Private Peleg Green III. Peleg III enlisted and served with the RI Troops until the winter of 1779, in Captain Gibbs Company, Col. Richmond's Regiment. Tradition has it that he was at Valley Forge and that he was blinded by concussion for which he received a pension. He married his cousin, Lucy Green. Peleg and Lucy are the Great Grandparents of Belva Ann Bennet [McNall Lockwood].
The following is a very brief biography of Belva; much more is available at the reference section of almost any library.
Belva was a noted teacher, even to founding her own school in Washington DC. She was a lecturer, lawyer and suffragist. Belva was the first woman to run for President of the United States. She twice received, in 1884 and again in 1888, the nomination of the Nation Equal Rights party of the Pacific Coast. In 1886, she contested the election of Grover Cleveland in the Electoral College. She was delagate of the State Department to the International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthropy in Geneva in 1886, also a delagate of the Universal Peace Conference in Paris in 1889. In 1892 she was made a member of the International Peace Bureau in Berne. She was also one of the nominating committee for the Nobel Peace Prize. At age 43 she graduated from the National University Law School and admitted to the Washington Bar. She was the first woman to be admitted to practice law before the US Supreme Court. Of her many accomplishments are included: helping secure for women, equal property rights and equal guardianship of children in the District of Columbia. She prepared an amendment to the statehood bill granting suffrage to women in Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico. She was a friend and collaborator of Susan B. Anthony. A life sized oil portrait of her is in the gallery of the National Museum. She was know as the "Bicycle Lady of Washington" as this was her means of transportation about the capitol.
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- Hannah Green, b: February 23, 1812 in Royalton, New York. In 1827 Hannah married Lewis Johnson Bennet, b: Abt. 1810
Their family is listed here.
- RACHEL BENNET, b: Abt. 1829
- BELVA ANN BENNET, b: October 24, 1830 in Royalton, Niagara Co., New York. Belva married first URIA H. McNALL [Uriah was a farmer who also ran a sawmill] on November 08, 1848. Belva and Uriah had issue of LURA McNALL, b: 1849. Lura married and they had a young son when she died in 1894, her husband died shortly after her leaving a young son. Belva married second, EZEKIEL LOCKWOOD, b: Abt. 1803. [Ezekiel was a Baptist Minister, Dentist & called "Dr. Ezekiel Lockwood" and a Claim agent; He ran the school Belva started until 1877]. Belva and Ezekiel had issue of JESSIE LOCKWOOD, b: Abt. 1869
- WARREN BENNET, b: June 22, 1835 in Orleans County, [probably NY]
- CYRENE BENNET, b: Abt. 1836 in Orleans County, [probably NY]
- INVERNO BENNET, b: 1840. About 1860, he married ??? GARDNER, b: Abt. 1838. They had issue of FRANK GARDNER, b: Abt. 1861. Frank married LELLA CRUM, b. abt 1862.
Enclosed in the above envelope was a family letter. The following is a small portion of that letter of 1899, from Belva to her first cousin, Emily Arivilla Green.
Letterhead with date, 50 K
"Dear Emily, ... Mother fell over a chair & broke her left hip. It is now between 6 & 7 weeks and she sits up some but cannot step on her feet...She is getting better and I think will walk again sometime. Perhaps it will be better when she gets stronger. The rest of us are well. The City [Wash. DC] is beautiful in one bright dress of green, _dull and cool. Little [Jinese?] is at play by me making an electric automobile. These horseless carriages by the way, are getting to be abundant in the City. I hope Dona is better. I send love and best wishes to you all.""Yours Truly Belva A. Lockwood."
Thank you for reading, I hope you have enjoyed and perhaps found a relative.
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1887 letter from Belva to Julia Ward Howe
In Belva's handwriting.
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Same 1887 Letter from Belva to Julia Ward Howe, in type text.
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