Moses Bennett
NEW! Nov 2014 - Moses Bennett's origins identified! additional data from the early Bennett research
Family outline provided by Bertha Page and Brenda Hare - Thank you both!
1. Moses D. Bennett was born on 7 Sep 1815 in Oneida County, NY. He died on 30 Apr 1898 in Afton, Frontier County, NE. He was buried in Cambridge Cemetery (This hyperlink states Fairview Cemetery), Cambridge, Furnas County, NE. From Cambridge Kaleidoscope dated Friday, May 6, 1898:"Mr. M.D. Bennett died Saturday, April 30, 1898 at the residence of his son, W.P. Bennett, after an illness of about 2 weeks. The deceased was born in Oneida County, NY, Sept 7, 1815 and was a ship carpenter by trade. He was married at Detroit, Michigan, Sept 18, 1842 to Miss Mary Ann Palmer, who passed away July 2, 1886 at their home in Frontier County. He came out from Iowa in 1879 and took claims up in Frontier County and in 1881 he moved his family out. The fruits of his marriage were 3 boys and 4 girls, three of the latter being dead. The funeral was held in the Congregational Church by Rev. Foster on Monday, after which the remains were laid away to await the Great Judgment day. The family have the profound sympathy of the entire community in their sad affliction." obituary
Moses Bennett land in Michigan in 1839
Michigan counties - another map - Dearborn is West of Detroit in this 1902 map*
He was married to Mary Ann Palmer (one source said CONWAY) on 18 Sep 1842 in Detroit, MI. Mary Ann Palmer was born on 19 Apr 1820 in Detroit, MI. Immediately after their marriage, Moses and Mary Ann moved to Cincinnati. Four daughters were born to them while living there. In 1850, the family moved to Medina County Ohio. Three sons were born here. In 1865, the entire family moved to Iowa in a covered wagon, herding a large flock of sheep. They settled in Geneva, Benton County, south of Vinton, Iowa. The journey took 3 months, according to this article (on page 270, column 2) written by Elmer and Berniece Lassen - Note, this is NOT from 1878 Benton County Iowa history which is available via Googlebooks, it was written sometime after 1954. Brenda doesn't know source, but an email assist probably points out true source. A trip to the Library of Congress in December, 2012 confirmed the source with another version of page 270.
While living here, Moses continued to raise Spanish Merino sheep another picture
In the1820 federal census of Detroit (possibly taken in August), only two Palmer families are enumerated, John and Thomas (no images as of Oct 2012). These men appear in tax lists (no additional details available) through 1834. It is probable that one of these men are Mary Ann's father, though neither appear with a wife or a daughter of the right age. It is possible that Mary Ann's mother died in childbirth and Mary Ann, only a few months old, is living with someone else.
James Palmer, Mary Ann's probable brother in 1830 Wayne County, Michigan territory federal census, 1840 Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan federal census, and 1850 Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan federal census. Benjamin and John Palmer in these records are probably Mary Ann's bothers or uncles. James and his wife Ann are probably the witnesses at Mary Ann's 1842 marriage, and it appears as if Mary Ann moved in with James (as did some other siblings, perhaps) between the 1830 census (where James and Ann have only their own children, the numbers seem to indicate) and the 1840 census where older girls (and an older male) are living with James's family.
Eureka! The brick wall of who Mary Ann's parents were has been broken! The first clue came from Newspapers.com, a little Detroit Free Press article (from June 26, 1838 and reprinted on 17 July 1838) announcing her brother James' intention to sell Mary Ann and her sister Ruthy Ann's property. The mandatory announcement motivated another search. Ancestry revealed this 1944 James Palmer California Pioneer and Immigrant File submission by James' grandaughter (by his eldest son William): 1 2 3. This gave clues to find James Palmer's Probate file up at Familysearch.org - and, referring back to these later explains who co-signed for surety when James applied for guardianship - it was his brother-in-law! In addition to the reference to Redford (also mentioned in the 1838 announcement) on page 11, pages 14 15 16 17 mention Moses D Bennett and two bonds he'd received for money lent to James, one for $50.00 and one for $100.00, of which only $15.00 had been repaid to date. These pages confirmed this James M. Palmer really was the brother of Mary Ann and her one-time guardian! From an index to Wayne county probate files, these three cards (1 2 3) identified packet #424 as one worth looking at. And was it ever! It turned out this was the probate file for John Palmer, father of Mary Ann, Ruthy Ann, Thomas, and Oliver Perry Palmer. His widow Archange had remarried to William H Simmons after his November 1826 death (after her 5 Feb 1827 petition as Palmer, but before her 28 Feb 1831 petitioning as Simmons - pg 14 of 41) and asked for guardianship of her children. After adding Archange to the index card sweep (1 2). an additional probate file was found, #350, that provided a better timeline for Archange's own death between 3 Feb 1832 petition paper (pg 3 of 41) and 5 Sept 1836, when James was petitioning for guardianship of his two sisters who had lived with him since his mother's death. To make the breakthrough even more interesting, if somewhat sad, we get an idea of the family dynamic when a simple Google search for Archange Simmons hit on a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States of America! It seems Thomas, next eldest son, disputed that he was over the age of 14 when his mother petitioned for his guardianship and he disputed her sale of the family home. The long-winded court case (starting on page 443 of the document) seems to imply that most of the case was invalid but he deserved another trial. The probate court had jurisdiction but should have asked for proof (said in hindsight) that all children were, indeed, minors. This might explain Thomas' mid 1850's papers in the probate documents. We don't yet know when John Palmer and Archange married or where (eldest son James seemingly born c. 1808 probably drove a guess of 1805 for their marriage). It is also interesting that Mary Anne's birthdate - on both her tombstone and MJ's family register (below) - does not match her mother's "record" of her age. One suspects that these birthdates were created when the real birthdates weren't actually known by the children. The legal documents for the court cases are all exceedingly vague. It may well be that this was all the information at hand. Unfortunately, there is no documentation to resolve whether Moses had a valid claim or not. Certainly no $35.00 sum matching what his agent Solomon Wightman (it looks like) said he believed due was recorded, nor are we able to say whether or not Moses ever got his day to even explain why the debt was a valid one.
This Palmer family had never felt especially close (Moses and Mary Anne had soon moved away, no family lore really mentioned them, there was even another name associated for Mary Anne's mother, and no children were named after any Palmer kin.) While the discovery of at least a little money-lending back to Mary's brother James M. Palmer complicates this a bit, it may well be that embarassment of Thomas' contestment so many years later - all the way through the U.S. legal system - shook family ties further.
It would seem that Archange may have been a Trombley/Trembley, but this source on early Detroit hasn't provided enough data yet to connect back to the likely French ancestry on this line. Mary may have even been unaware of this family history as she married Moses and they began their life together.
While Mary Ann's obituary states they immediately moved to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio after their marriage, the extant city directories do not support this move prior to approximately 1848 or 1849. Moses and his family do not appear in 1843, 1844, or 1846 directories. They do, however, show Moses D as a ship carpenter just a block or so north of the Ohio River both in this 1849-50 (src) and this 1850-51 (src) (likely he had moved by the time this actually came out in print as he appears in Medina county in late August 1850 - far to the Northeast of Hamilton county. This doesn't seem to have been intended to be just a temporary move.)
A little research uncovers that Cincinnati was gripped with a severe case of Cholera (again) in 1849-50 and many people near Moses were sick or dying from the poor sanitation in the city. Panic was rife and newspapers of the area covered it extensively (Jan 1849, May 1849, July 1849, and Sept 1849). Close examination of these articles reveals the cluelessness about the disease. Humors and imaginary blood conditions are discussed, clean and/or boiled water is not. One Ohio Cholera site2 stated Cincinnati deaths numbered 8000 before it had run its course! Cincinnati, though large, was still primitive 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (combined panorama) and drainage was still poorly understood as the problem. It's probable that Cholera is the cause of the "one little grave" that Mary Ann left behind when they moved to Medina county. It is likely this reason for the sudden departure from Cincinnati. Hundreds of others were also fleeing the city and one can feel the terror as early predictions of a swift end proved groundless and more and more fell mysteriously and randomly. It must have seemed a modern Black Death in America.
Though there are some Bennett families in Medina county in 1840, none are familiar names and none are in Westfield township in 1840.
Moses D Bennett family in Westfield township, Medina, Ohio 1850 federal census - probable brother Sam'l next door to Moses! Searchable text copy showing many neighbors (use browser find to find Bennet family 3 pages from bottom)
Samuel Bennett in 1850 Westfield Township Medina County Ohio Agricultural census pt2 - Jan '10!
1857 plat map of Medina county Ohio Samuel and Moses Bennett - just below dark blotch, west of Chippewa lake, sections 1 & 12 respectively (1 2 3) - SLC Jan 2015 trip!
Moses D Bennett family in Westfield township, Medina, Ohio 1860 federal census
Moses D Bennett and brother Samuel Bennett in 1860 Westfield Township Medina County Ohio Agricultural census pt2
Samuel Bennett in 1860 Westfield Township, Medina County Ohio federal census
1861 Keokuk county, Iowa map (1 2 3) - no Moses Bennett yet - SLC Jan 2015 trip!
Moses D Bennett 15 Nov 1865 sheep sale Vinton Eagle newspaper advertisement Wed, 8 Nov 1865 - 1 - Thank you to both Bertha Page and her daughter Brenda Hare!! (another copy for page and column) from Vinton Public Library website
Moses D Bennett 15 Nov 1865 sheep sale Vinton Eagle newspaper advertisement Wed, 8 Nov 1865 - 2 - Thank you to both Bertha Page and her daughter Brenda Hare!! (another copy for page and column) from Vinton Public Library website
Thomas C Harris & Louisa Bennett 24 Dec 1867 Marriage certificate - larger
Samuel Bennett,
probable brother of Moses Bennett in 1870 Westfield tnsp Medina Co Ohio
where they've lived for over 20 years (and his wife Louisa, our Louisa's
probable namesake) - NEW, added October 2000
Samuel Bennett in 1880 Westfield Township, Medina County Ohio federal census - Better (readable) copy
Is this our Moses Bennett in this History of Medina county Ohio? Certainly he was not there long, and the wording might imply a later residence than ours, but the lack of other Moses' makes one believe it is a poor choice of dating on the author's part and it WAS our Moses Bennett.
Email revealing tombstone location for Samuel and Louisa M Bennett - despite the fact that there were at least two Bennet(t) families in Brunswick township in 1840, I believe this Moses is "ours". I don't know the relationship to the others yet. There were no Moses Bennet(t)s in Medina in 1820, 1830, or 1840 federal census returns according to , and the only Moses in 1850 is our located ancestor. 26 March '09 request for Samuel and Louisa Obituaries.
Samuel Bennett obituary * Louisa Bennett tombstone and obituary: 1 2 3 - April 2009
Moses, Mary Ann, and their 3 sons moved to Keokuk, Prairie township, P.O. Coal Creek Iowa in the year 1868.
1868 Moses bought land (1 2 3 4) source: A B - SLC Jan 2015 trip!
Moses D Bennett in 1870 Prairie Township, Keokuk County, Iowa federal census census heading
Moses D Bennett in 1870 Prairie Township, Keokuk County, Iowa agricultural census (slightly different column headings from 1860 ag. census) - pt2 - line 19 - Moses has no sheep at this time
Moses D Bennett still living in Prairie township in this 1874 Keokuk county Iowa Atlas with 160 acres. It is noteworthy that his post office Coal Creek is in the far lower right (Southwest) corner of the county!
Samuel Bennett still back in Westfield Township, Medina Co Ohio in this 1874 Atlas - This would seem to make it likely that Louisa Bennett was raised for her earliest years - from mere months old - (her mother's obituary says she was born in Cincinnati, yet they lived in Medina only four months later) in the very Northwest corner of Westfield township since her father and her uncle lived so close together in 1860.
1878 Moses sold land (1 2 3) source: A B - SLC Jan 2015 trip!
In 1879, Moses went to Nebraska where he took claims of land for homesteading. The federal "Homestead Act" was in operation. The land-boom was on and many people from all over the country were there in order to file on a claim for land. The land was free provided you made certain improvements such as: erect a home, build necessary fences, put in a crop and provide for some livestock. In return for remaining on the claim for one year and fulfilling all the requirements, one was eligible to go back to the land office and receive the deed to your property. Moses then returned for his family and they then settled in Afton, Frontier County, Nebraska. They arrived there on 2 July 1881.
Moses and Mary Ann Bennett Family Register from Mary Jane Bennett (Left, Right)- Thanks Mary Jane!
Moses Bennett 1880 Frontier County
Nebraska federal census - NEW, added June 2000, had images avail
for free!
Moses D Bennett in 1880 Town 6 Range 25 Frontier County, Nebraska agricultural census (Bigger for column headings)
William and Walter in same 1880 Town 6 Range 25 Frontier County, Nebraska agricultural census (scroll to right of image)
A bit of history on early Frontier county Nebraska pt2
Moses and Walter Bennett had some difficulties with drought in 1879 as revealed by this Homestead package from in Nov 2014!: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 This also gives the size of the sod house that Moses built and the additions. Several friends or neighbors are also listed, a couple of them as witnesses to Moses' carrying out his responsibilities for the homestead grant.
Making a Sod House and a simple one from just northeast of Frontier county. It seems likely that Moses' looked similar.
Moses D Bennett in Lower Medicine Precinct Frontier Co Nebraska 1885 state agricultural census1
Moses D Bennett in Lower Medicine Precinct Frontier Co Nebraska 1885 state agricultural census2
Moses D Bennett in 1885 Nebraska state census - (actual) shows parental birth locations as well as naming a probable George Orley Harris, brother of Elmer. It is also possible that this is a brother of Thomas C Harris, since "Orley" Harris was apparently listed in 1885 Iowa state census with mother and stepfather, but age of "boarder" makes this unlikely.
1885 precinct map of Frontier county Nebraska
Moses was buried in Fairview cemetery at Cambridge, Nebraska, lot 1, Block 46 S. This lot was purchased by Wm P. Bennett on July 19th, 1886 for the cost of $6.00 at the time of his mother's death. Moses D Bennett Tombstone - (better of tombstone and cemetery from Find A Grave) - Moses D Bennett's obituary
Mary Ann died on 2 Jul 1886 in Afton, Frontier County, NE.
obituary She was buried in Cambridge Cemetery,
Cambridge,
Furnas County, NE. Moses D. BENNETT and Mary Ann Palmer had the following
children:
+2 i. Henrietta
BENNETT.
3 ii. Lucy BENNETT was born in 1846 in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio. She died before 1898.
+4 iii. Louisa M. BENNETT.
+5 iv. William Perry BENNETT.
+6 v. Walter
E. BENNETT.
7 vi. Delbert A. BENNETT was born in 1860 in Medina, Medina
County, OH.
8 vii. Female BENNETT died before 1898. Daughter died in
Cincinnati, OH before they moved to Medina County, OH.
Some
new information on Moses D Bennett’s earlier life?
SECOND GENERATION
2. Henrietta BENNETT was born in 1844 in
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. She died on 21 Oct 1868. She was buried in
Big Grove Cemetery, Vinton, Benton County, IA.
She was married to George LAPHAM in Medina,
Medina County, OH. Henrietta BENNETT and George LAPHAM had the following
children:
9 i. LAPHAM was born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County,
Ohio. She died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
4. Louisa M. BENNETT was born in 1849 in
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. She died on 12 May 1925 in Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, CA. She was buried in Westwood Mem Cem, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, CA. She lived in Vermillion, Clay County in 1900. Enumerated
with George O. Harris. Myrl Page and George were half brothers. She was born in
April 1851 (source: 1900 SD census records.) Sidney and Louisa were married by
the pastor of the Methodist Church of Clear Lake, Iowa.
She was married to Sidney E. PAGE (son of
Simon Virgil PAGE and Roxeney WRIGHT ) on 18 Oct 1881 in Clear Lake, Cerro
Gordo County, IA. Sidney E. PAGE was born about 1828 in Vermont. He died in
Prob Cambridge, Furnas County, NE. Marriage information recorded in Book 1 - Page
99 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. In 1885 Iowa census for Mason City, 2nd Ward,
Sidney E. Page is 53 years old living on Jefferson Street, a carpenter by
trade, and was born in Vermont. He is living with his wife, Louisa, who is 40
years old and born in Ohio. Living with them are her two children by a previous
marriage: Morgan Harris, 16 years born in Ohio, and Orley Harris, 13 years old,
also born in Ohio. Next door to the Page's is Richard Bagley, who might have
been Sidney's brother-in-law. Richard Bagley is 34 years and also a carpenter
and born in Vermont. From marriage certificate to Louisa M. Bennett Harris,
Clear Lake, dated Oct 18, 1881, Sidney E. Page states that he will be 53 on his
next birthday. Louisa will be 33. Sidney is living in Clear Lake, Iowa.
In 1885 census, Curtis Precinct, Frontier
County, Nebraska is J.A. Bagley, 51 years old, a farmer, born in Ohio, father b
NH, mother b Vermont. Living with J.A. Bagley is wife M.E, 57 years old, born
Ohio, father b Md, mother b Pa; and H.W. Bagley, 27 years old, a farmer, born
in Iowa, both parents born in Ohio. Louisa M. BENNETT and Sidney E. PAGE had
the following children:
10 i. Pearl
PAGE was born on 10 Sep 1882 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IA. She died in
1884. She was buried in Clear Lake Cem, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo Co, IA. Fourth
child of mother; buried block 3, lot 57, from cemetery records in Clear Lake,
Iowa.
+11 ii. Myrl
Ellsworth PAGE.
She was married to George CHAMBERS on 18 Apr
1901 in Vermillion, Clay County, SD. George CHAMBERS was born in 1856.
She was married to Thomas Calvin HARRIS on 26
Dec 1867 in Parental Home, Vinton, Benton Co, IA. Thomas Calvin HARRIS was born
in Ohio. Louisa M. BENNETT and Thomas Calvin HARRIS had the following children:
+12 i.
Elmer
MORGAN HARRIS.
+13 ii. George
Orley HARRIS.
5. William Perry BENNETT was born on 4 Sep
1854 in Medina, Medina County, OH. He died on 2 Jul 1942 in Brookland Nursing
Home, Folsom, CA. He was buried in Sacramento, CA. Ethel was second marriage
for William Perry Bennett. From the Cambridge Clarion dated 30 July 1942:
"William Perry Bennett was born in Medina County, near Medina, Ohio Sept
4, 1854. he died July 2, 1942 at Folsom, California. When quite young he moved
with his parents to Page County, Iowa where he grew to young manhood. He left
Iowa and went to Power River, Wyoming where he rode the range for a few years.
Tiring of this kind of life, he came to Frontier County where he located.
Shortly after coming to Frontier County, he met and married Miss Minnie E.
Owen, a teacher in public schools in Furnas County. They made their home in
Cambridge for many years where he was engaged in the hardware business. During
this time he accumulated extensive land holdings in Frontier County. He sold
his hardware store and devoted all his time to his farming interests. They
moved into their farm 17 miles north of Cambridge where they lived a few years,
then moved back to Cambridge and took a trip to the west coast and spent one
year in Seattle, Washington. They came back to their home in Cambridge and
lived several years. In 1920 he decided he wanted a home on the coast, so he
selected Folsum, California where he resided until his death. members of the
Congregational Church while here, later transferring to Presbyterian Church in
Folsum. Mrs. Bennett died July 21, 1931.He leaves a foster daughter, Mrs. Alta
E. Carter and her family of Folsum; one brother, D.A. Bennett of Denver;7 nieces
and nephews. 4 sisters & 1 brother proceeded him in death. He was a member
of Masonic Lodge in Cambridge and The Grange in Orangeville, California.
Services are at the Miller Funeral Home in Folsom on July 7, 1942. Rev. Gordon
McGrain of Sacramento officiated. Interment was made at the mausoleum at East
Lawn in Sacramento, California.
He was
married to Minnie OWEN (daughter of
Samuel OWEN and F. E. GATIS ) on 4 Sep 1882 in Cambridge, Furnas County, NE.
Minnie OWEN died on 21 Jul 1931 in Folsom, CA. She was born. She was
christened. William Perry BENNETT and Minnie OWEN had the following children:
14 i. Alta
E. CARTER was born in Fulsom, CA. Alta E. Carter was their foster daughter, who
came from Folsom, CA.
He was married to Ethel.
6. Walter E. BENNETT was born in Jul 1857 in
Medina, Medina County, OH. He died in 1905 and is Buried in Stowe cemetery in
Frontier co Nebraska. He was married to Anna J. CLARK (daughter of William J.
CLARK and Adeline WEBSTER) on 7 Aug 1884 in Bever City, Furnas County, NE.
Walter Bennett in the: Nebraska STATE GAZETTEER Business Directory and Farmer list for 1890-1891 Omaha: J.M. Wolfe & Co., Publishers, 509-510 Paxton Block 1890 Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1890, by J.M. Wolfe & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
Walter Bennett in the
1897 NE school census
Walter Bennett in the
1898 NE school census
Walter Bennett in the 1899 NE school census
Walter Bennett in the 1900 NE school census
Walter Bennett in the
1901 NE school census
Walter Bennett in the 1902 NE school census
Walter Bennett burial 1905 listing
THIRD GENERATION
11. Myrl Ellsworth PAGE was born on 30 Dec
1888 in Cambridge, Furnas County, NE. He died on 11 Dec 1926 in Westwood, Los
Angeles County, CA. He was buried in Westwood Mem Cem, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, CA. Married Lillian Jane Collar at Vermillion, S. Dakota, Clay County.
Remarried Jessie Myers at Elkader, Iowa, Clayton County. Bpl: Cambridge, Ne,
Furnas County. Dpl: L.A. General Hospital, L.A. CA, L.A. County. Burial:
Beverly Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Sawtelle, CA. Now named The Westwood Memorial
Park Cemetery, Westwood, L.A., California
He was married to Jessie MYERS (daughter of
John Cornelius MYERS and Ruth KEWLEY ) on 22 May 1915 in Elkader, Clayton
County, IA. Jessie MYERS was born on 24 Aug 1888 in Volga City, Clayton County,
IA. She died on 9 Aug 1970 in Delaware Co. Hos, Manchester, Delaware County,
IA. She was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Volga, Clayton County, IA. Dpl:
Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Manchester, Iowa. Burial: Hill Crest Cemetery,
Volga City, Iowa. Married: Elkader, Iowa. Myrl was a Plumber by trade; at the
time of his death, he was a Jeweler. Myrl Ellsworth PAGE and Jessie MYERS had
the following children:
+15 i. LeRoy
Ellsworth PAGE.
+16 ii. Ruth
Louise PAGE.
+17 iii. Sidney
Morgan PAGE.
+18 iv. Warren
Perry PAGE.
He was married to Lillian Jane COLLAR
(daughter of Egbert L. COLLAR and Hattie E. COLLAR) on 1 Mar 1906 in
Vermillion, Clay County, SD. He was divorced from Lillian Jane COLLAR. Lillian
Jane COLLAR was born in 1887 in Vermillion, Clay County, SD. Myrl Ellsworth
PAGE and Lillian Jane COLLAR had the following children:
+19 i. Harold
Egbert PAGE.
12. Elmer MORGAN HARRIS was born on 24 Sep
1867 in Dresden, IA. He died on 15 Apr 1939 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,
CA. He was buried in Westwood Mem Cem, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
He was married to Elfrida GREENFIELD on 25
Aug 1903 in Pueblo, CO. Elfrida GREENFIELD was born on 26 Aug 1875. She died on
11 Aug 1969. She was buried in Westwood Mem Cem, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, CA. Elfrida GREENFIELD was from Whitby, England. Elmer MORGAN HARRIS
and Elfrida GREENFIELD had the following children:
+20 i. Herbert
MORGAN HARRIS.
+21 ii. Elizabeth
Louise HARRIS.
+22 iii. Linden
Lester HARRIS.
13. George Orley HARRIS was born on 5 Mar
1871 in Dresden, IA. He died on 30 Sep 1946 in Vermillion, Clay County, SD. In
1900, George O. Harris was living in
Vermilion, Clay County, South Dakota.
He was married to Margaret SIPE (daughter of
SIPE and SIPE ) on 25 Dec 1895 in Cambridge, Furnas County, NE. Margaret SIPE
was born on 24 Jul 1873 in Mount Pleasant, PA. She died on 10 Mar 1956. George
Orley HARRIS and Margaret SIPE had the following children:
+23 i. Carl
MORGAN HARRIS.
+24 ii. Lester
O. HARRIS.
+25 iii. Clifford
Hess HARRIS.
Eula Brown letter detailing Sidney Page research undertaken1
Eula Brown letter detailing Sidney Page research undertaken2
George Chambers & Louisa (Bennett) Page marriage application
George Chambers & Louisa (Bennett) Page marriage certificate
Henrietta (Bennett) Lapham short family history
Children of Louisa who died at 2 years of age (Tombstone picture)
Children of Louisa tombstone inscriptions
Louisa's Land in Cambridge, Furnas County Nebraska (deed)
Louisa's Land in Cambridge, Furnas County Nebraska (map)
Louisa's Land in Cambridge, Furnas County Nebraska (picture)
Moses Bennett land in Michigan in 1839
While there are some Bennett families in Medina county in 1840, none are familiar names and none are in Westfield township in 1840.
Moses D Bennett family in Westfield township, Medina, Ohio 1850 federal census - probable brother Sam'l next door to Moses! Easier to read text copy showing many neighbors (use browser find to find Bennet family on page 187B)
Samuel Bennett in 1850 Westfield Township Medina County Ohio Agricultural census pt2
Moses D Bennett family in Westfield township, Medina, Ohio 1860 federal censusA
Moses D Bennett family in Westfield township, Medina, Ohio 1860 federal censusB
Moses D Bennett and brother Samuel Bennett in 1860 Westfield Township Medina County Ohio Agricultural census pt2
Samuel Bennett in 1860 Westfield Township, Medina
County Ohio federal census
Samuel Bennett,
probable brother of Moses Bennett in 1870 Westfield tnsp Medina Co Ohio
where they've lived for over 20 years (and his wife Louisa, our Louisa's
probable namesake) - NEW, added October 2000
Moses D Bennett in 1870 Prairie Township, Keokuk County, Iowa federal census census heading
Moses D Bennett in 1870 Prairie Township, Keokuk County, Iowa agricultural census pt2
Moses Bennett 1880 Frontier County
Nebraska federal census - NEW, added June 2000, Rootsweb had images avail
for free!
Samuel Bennett in 1880 Westfield Township, Medina County Ohio federal census - Better (readable) copy
Email revealing tombstone location for Samuel and Louisa M Bennett - despite the fact that there were at least two Bennet(t) families in Brunswick township in 1840, I believe this Moses is "ours". I don't know the relationship to the others yet. There were no Moses Bennet(t)s in Medina in 1820, 1830, or 1840 federal census returns according to ancestry.com, and the only Moses in 1850 is our located ancestor. 26 March '09 request for Samuel and Louisa Obituaries.
Samuel Bennett obituary * Louisa Bennett obituary: 1 2 3
A
bit of history on early Frontier county Nebraska
Moses D Bennett in Lower Medicine Precinct Frontier Co Nebraska 1885 state agricultural census1
Moses D Bennett in Lower Medicine Precinct Frontier Co Nebraska 1885 state agricultural census2
Moses D Bennett in 1885 Nebraska state census - shows parental birth locations as well as naming a probable George Orley Harris, brother of Elmer. It is also possible that this is a brother of Thomas C Harris, since "Orley" Harris was apparently listed in 1885 Iowa state census with mother and stepfather, but age of "boarder" makes this unlikely.
Son Walter Bennett in 1885 Nebraska state census
1885 precinct map of Frontier county Nebraska
Moses D Bennett sheep sale newspaper advertisement1
Moses D Bennett sheep sale newspaper advertisement2
Sidney E Page & Louisa (Bennett) Harris marriage certificate
Sidney E Page & Louisa (Bennett) Harris marriage certificate2
Sidney E Page & Louisa (Bennett) Harris marriage register1
Sidney E Page & Louisa (Bennett) Harris marriage register2
Thomas C Harris & Louisa Bennett Marriage certificate
Thomas Harris 1870 Deep River Township, Poweshiek County Iowa Federal Census - page 258b, bottom of page, this image is combined with top portion of census and is misleading as to Tom's location on page.
Iowa counties map - to show possible travel patterns
Elmer Morgan Harris ("Martin" in census) with mother Eliza (Louisa Bennett) Harris and brother [George] Orley in 1880 Cerro Gordo County Iowa federal census pt1 pt2 heading It appears as if she is living with the family of her employer.
Sydney E Page (future father-in-law to Elmer Morgan Harris) in 1880 Cerro Gordo co Iowa federal census pt1 pt2 heading
Sydney E Page (father-in-law with Elmer Morgan Harris) in 1885 Cerro Gordo Co Iowa state federal census
Louisa (Bennett) Page with son George Orley Harris family in 1900 Vermillion city, Clay County, South Dakota federal census pt1 pt2
Walter Bennett Frontier Co NE 1885A
Walter Bennett Frontier Co NE 1885B
William P Bennett newspaper advertisement from Cambridge Nebraska1
William P Bennett newspaper advertisement from Cambridge Nebraska2
William P Bennett's views from Seattle Washington in 1900
Carl Harris ltr 1 Carl Harris ltr 2 Carl Harris ltr 3 Carl Harris ltr 4 Pictures of Carl and Kathleen Harris - taken 11/29/61 in Vermillion South Dakota.
Sources:
1) Nearly everything above was provided by Brenda Hare and her mother. They have tirelessly researched for their Page ancestors and shared their work. From the difficulty of this line to work, without Brenda and mom, zero progress would have ever happened. Cannot thank them each enough!
