Thomas Howard Bennett ^{1 9 10 12}

Parents: Josiah Bennett & Sarah Howard
AKA: Thomas H. Benett 6, Thomas H. Bennet 5
Born: 8 Aug 1808, North Carolina 1 3 13 14
   or 8 Aug 1803, Illinois 12
   or 8 Aug 1803, North Carolina 10
   or about 1808, North Carolina 5 6 7 8
   or 8 Aug 1808, Clark County, Illinois 11
May have grown up in Beaufort, North Carolina, into the 1820s [a Josiah Bennett lived there]
Occupation: farmer 6 7 8
Died: 31 Oct 1877, Adams County, Illinois 1
   or 3 Oct 1877 12
   or 31 Oct 1877, Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois 3
   or 31 Dec 1877 4 10 13 14
   or 31 Dec 1877, Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois 2
Buried: Row 9-S, Ebenezer Methodist Cemetery, near Golden, Adams County, Illinois 1 2 9

Wife: Rachel Gaither Prather (10 Jun 1811 - 16 Mar 1899)
Married: 17 Jan 1833, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 10
      or 17 Jan 1833, Clark County, Indiana 1 2 3 4 13
1840 Census: in Clark County, Indiana 5  Details
1850 Census: in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana 6  Details
       1856: moved to Adams County, Illinois 1
1860 Census: in Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois 7  Details
1870 Census: in Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois 8  Details
   Oct 1877: Thomas dies

 1. Alvin Howard Bennett (1833-1913)
    Wife 1: Susan Melviana Barnaby (1835-1874)
    Wife 2: Tobitha Lowry (1841-1898)
    Wife 3: Margaret Dawson (about 1850-1933)

 2. Elizabeth Emily Bennett (1835-1920)
    Husband: John William Jacobs (1835-1894)

 3. Chloe M. Bennett (1837-1871)
    Husband: John F. Barnaby (about 1837-after 1880)

 4. Nancy A. Bennett (1841-1911)
    Husband: Joseph Woodward Strickler (1837-1903)

 5. Aza Benton Bennett (1843-1911)
    Wife: Catherine [maiden name unknown] (1843-1926)

 6. Sarah M. Bennett (1845-1914)
    Husband: Robert Playford Strickler (1839-1893)

 7. Thomas Jefferson Bennett (1847-1931)
    Wife: Sarah Parmelia Randolph (1853-1922)

 8. Minerva Bennett (about 1848-before 1860)

 9. Zerelda Catherine Bennett (1849-1931)
    Husband: John T. Lyle (1853-1939)

10. Emeretta Missouri Bennett (1851-1911)
    Husband: John Quincy Smith (1857-1929)

11. Marion Bennett (1852-before 1860)

12. Ezra Douglas Bennett (1854-1936)
    Wife: Harriett Robertson (about 1855-after 1930)

  1.  Ancestry World Tree, Thomas Howard Bennett, ID I1438 in "The Prather Family" compiled by Randy Jones, last update 29 Jun 2005.
  2.  Ancestry World Tree, Thomas Howard Bennett, ID I1108 in "Reed's of Southern Indiana" compiled by John D. Reed, last update 8 Sep 2001.
  3.  Ancestry World Tree, Thomas Howard Bennett, ID I1557 in "Scott Tappen's Ancestors" compiled by Scott Tappen, last update 28 Apr 2002.
  4.  Ancestry World Tree, Thomas Howard Bennett, ID I6788 in "Strickler, Gall, Pine & Sheetz v.5.05" compiled by Richard Strickler, last update 1 Jul 2005.
  5.  Census 1840, Roll 75, p. 286.
  6.  Census 1850, Roll 138, p. 194.
  7.  Census 1860, Roll 155, p. 1000.
  8.  Census 1870, Roll 186, p. 204, Image 416.
  9.  Ebenezer Chapel & Cemetery Records.
10.  Fayette Genealogy Page.
11.  International Genealogical Index, v.5.0, Thomas Howard Bennett.
12.  McCombs, J. (1974- ), p. 42.
13.  Pedigree Resource File, Thomas Howard Bennett, CD #1, Submission Search 98334-052799214501, submitter James Fayette of Mobile AL.
14.  Pedigree Resource File, Thomas Howard Bennett, CD #4, PIN #333811.

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