NORTHERN NEW YORK
Genealogical and family history of northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people and the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation.
New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. 1910.



BENNETT




Jonathan Bennett was born, lived and died in Windfarthing, England. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had ten children, of whom Jonathan is mentioned below.

(II) Jonathan (2) son of Jonathan (1) Bennett, was born in Windfarthing, England, 1825, died in Potsdam, New York, 1905. He came to this country in 1855 and located on a farm in DeKalb Junction, N.Y., where he lived for the next seventeen years. He then removed to the town of Russell and conducted a farm for seventeen years more. His last years were spent in the town of Potsdam.
In politics he was a Republican; in religion a Methodist.
He married, in England, Mary Gannett, born there in 1825, died at Russell, in 1892, daughter of John Gannett.
Children:
1. James Winslow, mentioned below.
2. Mary, lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
3. Elizabeth, lives in La Fontaine, Kansas.
4. Rebecca, lives in Cornwall, Canada.

(III) James Winslow, son of Jonathan (2) Bennett, was born at Windfarthing, England, Sept. 29, 1844. He came to this country when a boy of nine years of age with his parents. He attended school in his native town and at DeKalb Junction, where the family settled. He followed farming for the greater part of his life. For five years he was engaged in the lumber business in Wisconsin. He returned east and resumed farming in DeKalb and afterward, for sixteen years, followed farming in Russell. He had a large diary, keeping a herd of thirty or more cows. In 1894 he came to Potsdam and was for ten years a teamster and contractor. Since 1904 he has been in the employ of H. J. Sanford, dealer in grain, flour and feed., Potsdam. He still owns his farm at Russell, comprising some two hundred acres of land. In politics he is a Republican, and at one time was an excise commissioner. he is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters. He is a Methodist in religion and while a member of the church at Russell served on the board of stewards.
He married, in 1874, Maria Sinotte, of Wisconsin.
Children:
1. Jessie, married Renwick Common, of Brooklyn, N.Y., now with the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company.
2. Emma, a teacher in Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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