Nicholas Emerson Bennett

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1860, Clinton, Boone, Indiana. ²
Henry I. Bennett, 37, real estate $4000, property $735, farmer, born in Indiana. Sarah Bennett, 36, born in Ohio. Robert Bennett, 15, born in Indiana. Martha Bennett, 14, born in Indiana. Mary Bennett, 12, born in Indiana. Rachel Bennett, 10, born in Indiana. Nicholas Bennett, 9, born in Indiana. John Bennett, 7, born in Indiana. Silas Bennett, 5, born in Indiana. Rosella Bennett, 2, born in Indiana.

• Census, 1870, Clinton, Boone, Indiana. ³
Henry I. Bennett, 47, farmer, real estate $5000, property $1200, born in Ohio. Sarah Bennett, 46, keeping house, born in Ohio. Nicholas Bennett, 19, farm laborer, born in Indiana. John Bennett, 17, farm laborer, born in Indiana. Silas Bennett, 15, farm laborer, born in Indiana. Rosella Bennett, 11, born in Indiana. Adra A. Bennett, 9, born in Indiana.

• Census, 1880, German, Smith, Kansas. ⁴
N. E. Bennett, 29, farmer, born in Indiana. Ida Bennett, 28, keeping house, born in Iowa. Herman Bennett, 4, born in Indiana. Guy Bennett, 1, born in Indiana.

• Census, 1900, Harrison, Boone, Indiana. ⁵
Nicholas Bennett, 43, farmer, born in Jan 1851 in Indiana, married at age 24. Ida M. Bennett, 40, born in July 1854 in Iowa, married at age 24. Guy Bennett, 20, born Nov 1879 in Indiana, farmer. Innes Bennett, 18, born Aug 1881 in Kansas.

• Census, 1910, Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas. ⁶
Nicholas E. 59 yrs old Ida M. 50 yrs old

Nicholas married Ida M. Anderson, daughter of Hiram Benton Anderson and Martha Lyle Rogers, on 18 Aug 1875 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas.¹ (Ida M. Anderson was born in Jul 1854 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa.)