Quite contrary : the litigious life of Mary Bennett Love

Quite contrary : the litigious life of Mary Bennett Love /

"Mary Bennett Love had a physicality exceeded only by her personality. Six feet tall and over 300 pounds, Love was anything but shackled by the mores of her day. In the 1840s, she moved west from Arkansas via the Oregon Trail. A few years later, she separated from her husband and took her six m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Langum, David J., 1940- (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, 2014.
Series:American liberty & justice.
Subjects:
Love, Mary Bennett, > 1803-1868.
Love, Mary Bennett, > 1803-1868 > Trials, litigation, etc.
1800-1899
Women pioneers > California > Biography.
Pioneers > California > Biography.
Women farmers > California > History > 19th century.
Squatters > California > Biography.
Land grants > California > History > 19th century.
Public lands > California > History > 19th century.
Pioneers.
Women farmers.
Squatters.
Land grants.
Public lands.
Women pioneers.
Santa Clara (Calif.) > Biography.
California > History > 19th century > Biography.
California > Santa Clara.
California.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Bennett Family Background
  • Overland to Oregon in 1842
  • From Oregon to California
  • The Bennetts Live in Yerba Buena
  • Mary Bennett Separates from Vardamon and Moves to Santa Clara
  • Catherine Bennett Marries Isaac Graham
  • Mary Operates Her Grant and Becomes More Acquisitive, 1846-1852
  • Santa Cruz County Land Speculations
  • Catherine Leaves Isaac amid Massive Litigation
  • Mary Bennett Marries Harry Love
  • Land Claims Litigation and Other Lawsuits, 1851-1864
  • The Final Years
  • Epilogue and Conclusion.

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