Silas Wellington Bennett

Silas Wellington Bennett
(1848-1922)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Geneva Maud Peddigrew

Nina Bennett+

2. Mary J.

Silas Wellington Bennett ¹

Born: 10 Jun 1848, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio ²
Marriage (1): Geneva Maud Peddigrew about 1879 in Of, Leadville, Lake, Colorado
Marriage (2): Mary J.
Died: 10 Feb 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah at age 73 ²
Buried: 16 Feb 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah ²

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1850, Turtle Creek, Warren, Ohio. ³
Abraham Bennett, 31, farmer, real estate $3600, born in Ohio. Rachael Bennett, 27, born in Ohio. George W. Bennett, 16, born in Ohio. Celinda C. Bennett, 6, born in Ohio. Thomas Bennett, 4, born in Ohio. Silas Bennett, 2, born in Ohio. Wm. Willis, 27, laborer, born in Ohio. Mulford Bennett, 4, born in Ohio. Jackson, Branion, 22, laborer, born in Ohio.

• Census, 1859, Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas. ⁴
Abram Bennett, settled Mar 1857, 8 minors, 10 total.

• Census, 1860, Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas. ⁵
Abram Bennett, 40, methodist minister, real estate $3000, property $1000, born in Ohio. Rachael Bennett, 38, born in Ohio. Geo. Bennett, 20, born in Ohio. Celinda Bennett, 16, born in Ohio. Chas. Bennett, 14, born in Ohio. Silas Bennett, 12, born in Ohio. Chas. Bennett, 9, born in Ohio. Mary Bennett, 7, born in Ohio. Robert N. Bennett, 4, born in Ohio. Welington Bennett, 2, born in Kansas.

• Census, 1865, Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas. ⁶
Abram Bennett, 46, farmer, real estate $4000, property $1300, born in Ohio. Rachel Bennett, 45, born in Ohio. George W. Bennett, 25, farmer, real estate $1500, property $600, born in Ohio. Thomas I. Bennett, 19, farmer, property $400, born in Ohio. Silas W. Bennett, 17, farmer, born in Ohio. Chas. W. Bennett, 14, born in Ohio. Mary A. Bennett, 12, born in Ohio. Robert N. Bennett, 11, born in Ohio. David W. Bennett, 6, born in Kansas. Addie A. Bennett, 4, born in Kansas. Abram E. Bennett, 2, born in Kansas.

• Census, 1870, Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas. ⁷
Abram Bennett, 51, farmer, real estate $9160, property $2240, born in Ohio. Rachael Bennett, 47, keeping house, born in Ohio. Charles W. Bennett, 19, works on farm, born in Ohio. Robert N. Bennett, 15, works on farm, born in Ohio. David W. Bennett, 13, works on farm, born in Ohio. Mary A. Bennett, 11, born in Kansas. Abram E. Bennett, 8, born in Kansas. Silas Bennett, 23, works on farm, born in Ohio.

• Census, 1880, Leadville, Lake, Colorado. ⁸
S. W. Bennett, 32, smelter worker, born in Ohio. Mary J. Bennett, 22, keeping house, born in Mississippi. B. Pease, male, 7, born in Mississippi. Anna B. Pease, 9, born in Mississippi. Addie Pease, 12, born in Mississippi.

• Census, 1910, Ninevah, Adair, Missouri. ⁹
Silas Bennett, 51, coal miner, born in Ohio, married at age 25. Edith Bennett, 54, born in Missouri, married at age 20. Frederica Truber, 44, servant, born in Germany.

• Census, 1920, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. ¹⁰
Silas W. Bennett, 71, watchman in brewery, born in Ohio.

Silas married Geneva Maud Peddigrew about 1879 in Of, Leadville, Lake, Colorado. (Geneva Maud Peddigrew was born on 8 Oct 1857 in , Cass, Missouri and died before Feb 1922.)

Silas next married Mary J. (Mary J. was born in 1858 in , , Mississippi.)

1 Elsie Bennett Essex, History and record of Nicholas Bennett : son of William Bennett and his descendants (Lebanon, Ind. : Pioneer Press, 1912. FHL Film # 874372 Item 3), 15.

2 State of Utah. Department of Health, Silas Wright Bennett death certificate, state file no. 273, local registered no. S-260 (1922, certificate in possession of Lee R. Drew).
Silas Wright Bennett, white, male, barber, died aged 73 years, 8 mos, 12 days on 12 Feb 1922 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah of mitrol insuffiency with arterialsclerosis. Retired 20 years, Salt Lake resident for 10 years. Jeneava Bennett, spouse. Born 10 Jun 1848 in Ohio to Abraham Bennett who was born in Ohio and Rachel Anderson who was born in Ohio. Buried 16 Feb 1922 in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. Informant: R. N. Bennett of Alpine, Utah. D. L. Barnard M. D. of 1109 Boston Building, Salt Lake City. S. D. Evans, undertaker of Salt Lake, Utah.

3 Ohio, Warren, Turtlecreek Township, 1850 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com), Silas Bennett, 2, born in Ohio.

5 Kansas, Doniphan, Wolf River Township, 1860 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com), Silas Bennett, 12, born in Ohio.

7 Kansas, Doniphan, Wolf River, 1870 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com), Silas Bennett, 23, works on farm, born in Ohio.

10 Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, 1920 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com), Silas W. Bennett, 71, born in Ohio, watchman at brewery.

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