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Governor Thomas Warren Bennett
Feb 16, 1831 - Feb 2, 1893
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BENNETT, Thomas Warren, a Delegate
from the Territory of Idaho; born in Union County, Ind.,
February 16, 1831; attended the common schools and was graduated
from the law department of the Indiana Asbury (now DePaul)
University in July 1854; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and
commenced practice in Liberty, Union County, Ind.; elected a
member of the State senate in 1858 and resigned in 1861, upon
the outbreak of the Civil War, to enter the Union Army; was
commissioned a captain in the Fifteenth Regiment, Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, in April 1861; became major of the
Thirty-sixth Regiment in September 1861; colonel of the
Sixty-ninth Regiment in August 1862 and was appointed brigadier
general in March 1865; returned to Richmond, Ind.; again elected
a member of the State senate, in October 1864, and served until
March 1867; mayor of the city of Richmond, Ind., in 1869 and
1870; in September 1871 was appointed Governor of the Territory
of Idaho by President Grant and served until December 4, 1875,
when he resigned, having been elected to Congress; presented
credentials as an Independent Member-elect to the Forty-fourth
Congress and served from March 4, 1875, to June 23, 1876, when
he was succeeded by Stephen S. Fenn, who contested his election;
was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed the
practice of law in Richmond, Ind.; again served as city mayor
1877-1883 and 1885-1887; died in Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.,
February 2, 1893; interment in Earlham Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United
States Congress, 1771-Present |
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http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/bennett-thomas-warren.html
http://www.union-county.lib.in.us/Web%20pages/thomas_warren_bennett.htm
http://civilwarindiana.com/biographies/bennett_thomas_warren.html
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1482.html
Beryle BENNETT
born 29 Dec 1898
d. Feb 1981, OK
married on 14 Mar 1925.
Brooks SPENCE
b. 25 Jun 1895, Clifton, MO
d. 3 Apr 1974, OK
children include:
(son) BENNETT
Beryle BENNETT,
born 29 Dec 1898, d. Feb 1981, OK; buried Texhoma, OK, both Beryle and Brooks. Married on 14 Mar 1925.
Brooks SPENCE, b. 25 Jun 1895, Clifton, MO; d. 3 Apr 1974, OK. Buried
Texhoma, OK., SSN 445-36-7199
(Son) BENNETT, b. 7 Jul 1926; d. as infant; buried Clearlake Cemetery, OK
Leonard
"Lennie" Green BENNETT
born 15 Dec 1887
d. 4 Sep 1964, OK
married on 15 Mar 1916
Elsie Mabel
DeWALD
children include:
Gerald Dean Bennett; Irven
Leslie Bennett; Shila Kathryn Bennett;
Iris Evelyn Bennett; and Gary
Denzel Bennett
Leonard
" Lennie" Green Bennett, born 15 Dec 1887; d. 4 Sep 1964,
OK. SSN 447-05-0766
Elsie Mabel DeWald
Gerald Dean Bennett, born
married Mary Lou Brown
children include:
a. Phillip Edward Bennett
b. James Rodney Bennett
Irven Leslie Bennett, born 22
Jun 1919; d. 2 Aug 1945 in WWII
Shila Kathryn Bennett,
PRIVATE
married Arvel Atwell, b. 6 Dec 1918; d. Jun 1977, Boise City, OK. SS#
441-12-0286
children include:
a. Dale Lynn Atwell
b. Carolyn Kay Atwell
Iris Evelyn Bennett, PRIVATE
married Errol Smith
children include:
a. Shirley Lyn Smith
b. Donna Lea Smith
Gary Denzel Bennett, PRIVATE
married Rita Richetts
children include:
a. Monica Lyn
b. Marcia
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