Kelley Kalar Bennett
born 30 October 1897, Bloomington, Monroe County, IN
died 25 August 1973, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
Father is Franklin Evan "Frank" Bennett,  Mother is Maud Lenore Williams

married
22 Nov 1920, Bloomington, Monroe, IN

Clara Helen Duncan
born 31 May 1900, Bloomington, Monroe Co, IN
died 29 Dec 1988, Brownsburg, Hendricks, IN
Father is Joseph Asbury Duncan, Mother is Alice Susan Eades

Children include: 
Carl Edmund Bennett; Lyda Jean Bennett, Dorothy Catherine Bennett; James Hamilton Bennett, Sr.

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Kelley Kalar Bennett, born 30 October 1897, Bloomington, Monroe County, IN; died 25 August 1973, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN; buried:  Father is Franklin Evan "Frank" Bennett,  Mother is Maud Lenore Williams
        married  Clara Helen Duncan, 22 Nov 1920 in Bloomington, Monroe Co., IN

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                                                    Kelley Kalar Bennett                                               Kelley Kalar Bennett
                                                    about 1945                                                                Clara Helen Duncan
                                                                                                                                        about 1970

Clara Helen Duncan, born 31 May 1900, Bloomington, Monroe Co, IN; died 29 Dec, 1988, Brownsburg, Hendricks, IN.  Father is Joseph Asbury Duncan, Mother is Alice Susan Eades. Clara was raised on a farm. Her parents were Pentecostal religion. Her siblings were 1. Nora Duncan Eads Cain, now deceased, had 3 sons Clarence, George, Harold Cain. One of them had to be an Eads because Clara told us of a cousin of hers, Lee Eads was sheriff of Marion Co several years; 2. John Henry Duncan deceased had 4 children; 3. Cora Pearl Duncan Burke deceased had no children; 4. Gilbert Franklin Duncan deceased no children; 5. Myrtle Duncan never married deceased; 6. Clara Helen Bennett deceased; 7. Leonard Duncan, married Ethel both deceased; 8 Sara Lou Duncan deceased. Her house caught fire & she died as a result of the fire, she had burns over 60% of her body. She had at least two children will have to try & find out where there names are. 

                    married Kelley Kalar Bennett, 22 Nov 1920 in Bloomington, Monroe Co., IN

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                            Clara Helen Duncan        Clara Helen Duncan     Dorothy Catherine Bennett  
                            about 1940                        with ?? abt 1978              Clara Helen Duncan
                                                                                                                 James Hamilton Bennett, Sr.
                                                                                                                 about 1982              

see Kelley Kalar Bennett photos for a photo of Kelley and Clara Helen Duncan together

Carl Edmund Bennett
        born May 30, 1921, died 24 Feb 1990 at his home in Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
                    mother of child: unk. Nichols.
                            children include:
                            Kathy Nichols. The year after Carl died a woman named Kathy Nichols called us and told us she was hunting for her dad, her mother told her his name was Carl Edmund Bennett. She had been raised in the Children's Home in Indianapolis on Irvington Boulevard within two blocks of where Dorothy & Red lived for all of their married lives. She had also married and lived on N. Hamilton Street where she still lives. I believe she said she has 3 sons. No one ever knew about her till then.
                                    married:
                                            children include:
                                                    1. son
                                                    2. son
                                                    3. son

                   married Opal Bernice Cobb on February 21, 1969.  Opal Bernice Cobb, b. June 17, 1920.  Opal is also deceased (as of 2000). She died of cancer several years after Carl died. At the time of her marriage to Carl she had five grown children. Her first husband died of cancer. 
            Carl died at home of a heart attack.  Carl lived in Indianapolis, all of his life. His was in the Seabees as a young man and joined the U. S. Navy at the beginning of World War II. He served on the flatbed U S.S. Roosevelt. He worked on transports and saw many horrific sights during his time in service. He did not come home till the War was over. (Source 1)

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                                                    Carl Edmund Bennett                                       Carl Edmund Bennett

Lyda Jean Bennett, born November 30, 1922

Back: Daniel Paul Shepard, Leah Jean Ritter, Donna Sue Shepard
Front: Howard Roy Shepard, Lyda Jean Bennett

              married Howard Roy Shepard ("Shep") on 1-03-1942.  Shep was born 11-24-1921.   Howard joined the U. S. Marine Corps, at the beginning of World War II, & served in the Pacific during his
time of service, he too never came home until the war was over. He got malaria while he was there & suffered with it most of the rest of his life.
        Several years after the birth of their three children, Shep's work transferred him to Tupelo, Mississippi where they lived until his death. Since that time Jean lives with her daughter, Donna,  and son-in-law in Portsmouth, Va. with her daughter.
              
        Children Include:
                1.) Nancy Jean Shepard, born 10-03-1944, died 6-17-1992  
                        Nancy was a nurse, she worked & took care of Bobby & her daughters for several years as he had lymphoma cancer. He was not able to work for at least 5 years.
                                married Bobby Ritter
                                        children include
                                                 a.) Leah Jean Ritter, born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi.
                                                        married Kenneth Graham on 24 Nov 1990
                                                 b.) Amy Jo Ritter, born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi.
                                                         married Jody Ballard
                                                                 children include:
                                                                         i) Alexandra
                                                                         ii) a son due to be born anytime (2001)
                                                 c.) Renita Ritter, born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi.
                                                         married Tim Ryan
                                                                 children include:
                                                                         i) Robert Austin Ryan, born in 1992
                                                                         ii) Nancy Nicole Ryan
                2.) Donna Sue Shepard, born 5-21-1951. 
                        Donna is president of the Ladies Pentecostal Auxiliary of Portsmouth Va. & has been for several years. They send her all over the U. S. including Hawaii, Canada, England, Singapore, Australia & just returned from a trip to Ireland (2001).
                                married Gary Linville. He is a Pentecostal preacher in Portsmouth Va.
              3.) Daniel Paul "Danny" Shepard, born May 13th, 1958.
                         Danny owns a restaurant in Portsmouth called "Mama Jean's Cafe", it is doing booming business. 
                                married Edwina, born abt. 1938. They met in California when Danny was in the Marine Corp. They since have moved to Texas, California,  Mississippi & now live in Portsmouth, Va. One of Edwina's daughters had a child. Danny adopted the child and her name is Dana pronounced Dan a.

Dorothy Catherine Bennett, born, September 29,1924; died: 15 July 1997; Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN
        married George "Red" Jenkins on October 24, 1973. George "Red" Jenkins, b. 15 Jan 1927
        

James Hamilton Bennett, Sr.   <---- Click Here to go to James Bennett's Page

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