Donald Burwin Bennett
AKA: Don Bennett, Donald Bennett 5, Donald B. Bennett 1 2 4 6, Donald Berwyn Bennett 7, Donald Burwin Bennett 8, Donald D. Bennett 3 Parents: Thomas Jefferson Bennett (1847-1931) & Sarah Parmelia Randolph (1853-1922) Born: 27 Jun 1895, Adair, McDonough County, Illinois 7 8 or about 1895, Illinois 4 6 or Jun 1895, Illinois 3 or 27 Jun 1895, Illinois 2 or about 1896, Illinois 5 or in Adair, McDonough County, Illinois 1 1900 Census: in New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois, living with parents 3 Details 1906: moved with parents to Gardena, Los Angeles County, California 1 Sep 1907: arrived with parents in Wasco, Kern County, California 1 1910 Census: in Township 5, Kern County, California, living with parents 4 Details 5 Jun 1917: registered for the draft in Wasco, Kern County, California 8 Details 1917-1918: served in the Army in England during World War I 1 1920 Census: in Township 5, Kern County, California, living with parents 5 Details 1930 Census: in Wasco, Kern County, California, living with widowed father 6 Details 1947-1958: judge of Wasco Judicial District 1 Occupation: truck driver 1 8, handyman 1, butcher 5, hardware salesman 6, deputy constable 1, judge 1 Died: 25 Jan 1964, Veterans Hospital, Sawtelle, Los Angeles County, California 1 or 25 Jan 1964, Los Angeles County, California 2 Buried: Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern County, California 1
Note: All family records show Don's middle name as Berwyn, but he himself signed it as Burwin on his 1917 draft registration. He never married.
Notes:
1. Anonymous. "Pioneer Passes; Funeral Held Wednesday", Wasco News, Wasco, Kern County, California, 30 Jan 1964. Text
2. California Death Records, Donald
B. Bennett.
3. Census 1900, Roll 320, p. 2A, Enumeration District 64.
4. Census 1910, Roll 78, Part 3, p. 76A,
Enumeration District 270.
5. Census 1920, Roll 100, p. 1A, Enumeration District 97, Image 606.
6. Census 1930, Roll 122, p. 3A, Enumeration District 49, Image 241.0.
7. McCombs, J. (1974- ), p. 13.
8. World War I Draft Cards, Roll 1530794, Donald
Burwin Bennett.