Alvin Howard Bennett 2 15 

AKA: Alvin Benett 6
Parents: Thomas Howard Bennett (1808-1877) & Rachel Gaither Prather (1811-1899)
Born: 20 Oct 1833, Utica, Clark County, Indiana 1 2 3 4
   or 1834, Indiana 15
1840 Census: in Clark County, Indiana, living with parents 5  Details
1850 Census: in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana, living with parents 6  Details
Occupation: farmer 6 8 9 10
Religion: Methodist 13
Died: 30 Aug 1913, Camp Point, Adams County, Illinois 2 3 4
   or 3 Aug 1913, Camp Point, Adams County, Illinois 1
Buried: Row 15-N, Ebenezer Methodist Cemetery, near Golden, Clark County, Illinois 1 3 4 12
Marriage 1: 
Wife: Susan Melviana Barnaby (26 Apr 1835 - 11 Jul 1874)
Married: 17 Feb 1856, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 13
      or 17 Feb 1856, Clark County, Indiana 3 4
1860 Census: in Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois 7  Details
1870 Census: in Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois 8  Details
   Jul 1874: Susan died in childbirth

Note: Alvin's sister Chloe married Susan's brother John.

Children:
 1. Arvilla Bennett (1856-1927)
    Husband: William Davenport Camp (1858-1932)

 2. Leuma Bennett (1858-1863)

 3. Adda Bennett (1862-after 1930)
    Husband: Rankin Smith (1862-after 1930)

 4. Olive Bennett (1865-1943)

 5. Laura Bennett (1868-1938)
    Husband: Lewis W. Pearce (1868-after 1930)

 6. Emery E. Bennett (1870-1949)
    Wife: Stella E. Johnson (about 1875-1964)
    
 7. Mary Bennett (1874-1874)
Marriage 2: 
Wife: Tobitha Lowry (16 Apr  1841 - 15 Aug 1898)
Married: 27 Jun 1876, Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois 3 4
      or 27 Jun 1876, Adams County, Illinois 1 14
      or 27 Jun 1876 2
1880 Census: in Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois 9  Details
1890 Census: most census records lost in fire
   Aug 1898: Tobitha died
1900 Census: Alvin a widower in Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois 10  Details
Children:
 
 1. Daisy May Bennett (1877-1975)
    Husband: Earl Parke Horney (1876-1958)

 2. Thomas D. Bennett (1878-1952)
    Wife: Anna Mae Miller (1882-1959)

 3. Fred Noakes Bennett (1880-1955)
    Wife: Osa Ann Suter (1884-1965)
Marriage 3: 
Wife: Margaret Dawson (about 1850 - 18 Jul 1933)
Married: 17 Jul 1902, Occidental Hotel, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois 3 4
1910 Census: in Camp Point, Adams County, Illinois 11  Details
   Aug 1913: Alvin died
Children:
 
 No children from this marriage

Notes:

  1.  Ancestry World Tree, Alvin Howard Bennett, ID I556 in "The LowAry Family" compiled by James L. Lowary, last update 15 Nov 2003.
  2.  Ancestry World Tree, Alvin Howard Bennett, ID I7297 in "The Prather Family" compiled by Randy Jones, last update 29 Jun 2005.
  3.  Ancestry World Tree, Alvin Howard Bennett, ID I1109 in "Reed's of Southern Indiana" compiled by John D. Reed, last update 8 Sep 2001.
  4.  Ancestry World Tree, Alvin Howard Bennett, ID I7724 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. 1001.
  8.  Census 1870, Roll 186, p. 204, Image 416.
  9.  Census 1880, Roll 174, Family History Film 1254174, p. 166D, Enumeration District 11, Image 0335.
10.  Census 1900, Roll 235, p. 5A, Enumeration District 110.
11.  Census 1910, Roll 229, Part 1, p. 23B.
12.  Ebenezer Chapel & Cemetery Records. [The dates given in Alvin's listing here are obviously a typographical error.]
13.  Fayette Genealogy Page.
14.  Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900, Alvin Bennett & Mrs. Tabitha Swim.
15.  McCombs, J. (1974- ), p. 42.

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