Della Phillips

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1880, Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa. ¹
George Phillips, 45, post master, born in New York. Nancy E. Phillips, 34, born in Iowa. Lela Phillips, 12, born in Iowa. Albert Phillips, 10, born in Iowa. Effa Phillips, 8, born in Iowa. Dilla Phillips, 3, born in Iowa.

• Census, 1900, Altoona, Beadle, South Dakota. ²
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. ³
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.

• Census, 1920, Ames, Story, Iowa. ⁴
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.

Della married Herman Bennett, son of Nicholas Emerson Bennett and Ida M. Anderson, about 1880 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas. (Herman Bennett was born on 23 Jul 1876 in , , Indiana ⁵.)