Herman Bennett

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1880, German, Smith, Kansas. ²
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, Altoona, Beadle, South Dakota. ³
Herman Bennett, 23, laborer, born Jul 1876 in Indiana, married 5 years at age 23. Della Bennett, 24, born Dec 1875 in Iowa, married 5 years at age 24, 3 children, 3 living. Clara Bennett, 4, born Jul 1895 in Kansas. James Bennett, 2, born Nov 1897 in Kansas. Claude Bennett, born Aug 1899 in South Dakota.

• Census, 1910, Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas. ⁴
Herman Bennett, 33, house painter, born in Indiana, married at age 15. Della F. Bennett, 34, born in Iowa, married at age 15. Clara J. Bennett, 13, born in Kansas. James O. Bennett, 12, born in Kansas. Claude O. Bennett, 10, born in South Dakota. Ellen R. Bennett, 8, born in South Dakota. Nicholas R. Bennett, 5, born in Kansas. Donald L. Bennett, 2, born in Iowa. Mildred F. Bennett, 9 mos, born in Kanas.

• World War 1 Draft Registration, 12 Sep 1918, Nevada, Story, Iowa. ¹
Herman Bennett of 227 East Ave, Ames, Story, Iowa, 47, born Jul 23, 1876. Occupation: painter for J. S. Doggett of Ames, Story, Iowa. Relative: Della Bennettof 227 East Ave, Ames, Story, Iowa. Tall, slender, brown eyes, gray hair.

• Census, 1920, Ames, Story, Iowa. ⁵
Herman Bennett, 43, painter, born in Indiana. Della Bennett, 44, cook, born in Iowa. Claude, 20, painter, born in South Dakota. Nicholas Bennett, 15, born in Kansas. Donald Bennett, 12, born in Iowa. Dorothy Bennett, 12, born in Iowa. Mildred Bennett, 10, born in Kansas. Everett Bennett, 8, born in Kansas.

• Census, 1930, Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas. ⁶
Ida M. Bennett, 71, real estate $2500, widow, born in Indiana. Herman Bennett, 53, painter, widower, born in Indiana

Herman married Della Phillips about 1880 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas. (Della Phillips was born in 1877 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa ⁷ and died before 1930.)