Son of John T. Monnett and Minerva Harvey Monnett, he used the spelling "Monnett" during most of his lifetime. The addition of the final "e" was an attempt to end mispronunciation of the surname. Born in Illinois. Married January 5, 1887 to Harriet (Hattie) Belle Jones. Two children: Irvine and Hazel. Died from Tuberculosis. A farmer, he was well-regarded by his neighbors, and remembered by those who knew him. Mildred Hill Kennedy, a cousin of Byron's wife, fondly remembered his thick black hair and how his eyes would squint up when he laughed. "His nickname was Al, as a child it was Alf because he was small until he was about ten when he started to grow like alfalfa." Locally, newspapers referred to him as "B.E. Monnett(e)" He died without a debt owed in his name.
NOTE: He is mistakenly enumerated on the 1880 census as "Alfred".
A word on the middle name Elsworth (Ellsworth). Col. Elmer Ellsworth, a Union solider and former Law Clerk for Abraham Lincoln, was one of the first high-profile deaths once the Civil War began. Col. Ellsworth was taking down a Confederate flag when he was mortally wounded. The loss was keenly felt by Lincoln, and newspaper accounts broadly reported on Ellsworth's death. Union families began naming their sons in Elsworth's honor.
Son of John T. Monnett and Minerva Harvey Monnett, he used the spelling "Monnett" during most of his lifetime. The addition of the final "e" was an attempt to end mispronunciation of the surname. Born in Illinois. Married January 5, 1887 to Harriet (Hattie) Belle Jones. Two children: Irvine and Hazel. Died from Tuberculosis. A farmer, he was well-regarded by his neighbors, and remembered by those who knew him. Mildred Hill Kennedy, a cousin of Byron's wife, fondly remembered his thick black hair and how his eyes would squint up when he laughed. "His nickname was Al, as a child it was Alf because he was small until he was about ten when he started to grow like alfalfa." Locally, newspapers referred to him as "B.E. Monnett(e)" He died without a debt owed in his name.
NOTE: He is mistakenly enumerated on the 1880 census as "Alfred".
A word on the middle name Elsworth (Ellsworth). Col. Elmer Ellsworth, a Union solider and former Law Clerk for Abraham Lincoln, was one of the first high-profile deaths once the Civil War began. Col. Ellsworth was taking down a Confederate flag when he was mortally wounded. The loss was keenly felt by Lincoln, and newspaper accounts broadly reported on Ellsworth's death. Union families began naming their sons in Elsworth's honor.
Inscription
BYRON E MONNETTE
DEC 10 1864
JULY 20, 1915
Gravesite Details
Hand-carved rough granite marker with scroll. Marker is without a base. Marker matches his daughter Hazel Monnette's - they died months apart from TB - hers caught while she was caring for her father.
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