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Hiram Anderson
(1788-1853)
Mary Mulford
(1792-1859)
Abram Bennett
(1819-1906)
Rachel Anderson
(1822-1893)
Abram Elbert Bennett
(1863-1898)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Leona Myers

Abram Elbert Bennett

  • Born: 3 Jan 1863, Basehor, Leavenworth, Kansas
  • Marriage: Leona Myers on 17 Oct 1893 in , , Nebraska
  • Died: 26 Mar 1898 at age 35 1
  • Buried: Morton, York, Nebraska
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1865, Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas. 2
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. 3
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, Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas. 4
Abram Bennett, 62, laborer, born in Ohio. Racheal Bennett, 57, born in Ohio. Elbert Bennett, 17, born in Kansas.

• Census, 1885, Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas. 5
Abram Bennett, 66, farmer, born in Ohio. Rachel Bennett, 62, born in Ohio. A. E. Bennett, 22, telegraph operator, born in Kansas.


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Abram married Leona Myers on 17 Oct 1893 in , , Nebraska. (Leona Myers was born on 1 Jan 1872 in , , Missouri,6 died on 12 Jan 1895 and was buried in Morton, York, Nebraska.)
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Sources

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).

2 Kansas, Doniphan, Wolf River, 1865 Kansas State Census (www.ancestry.com).

3 Kansas, Doniphan, Wolf River, 1870 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com), Abram E. Bennett, 8, born in Kansas.

4 United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880, 1880 federal population census (Washington : National Archives and Records Service, [19--]), Elbert Bennett, 17, KS, National Archives Film T9-0379, Page 518A.

5 Kansas, Doniphan, Wolf River, 1885 Kansas State Census (State of Kansas.)

6 Nebraska, York, Town 12, 1880 Federal Census (www.familysearch.org).

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