BENNETT, Charles J. (1846-1896)

BENNETT

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Date: 5/31/2021 at 20:36:01

Charles Jasper Bennett
(March 20, 1846 – August 10, 1896)

C. J. Bennett, a farmer of section 39, Blaine Township, Ida County, was born in McHenry County, Illinois, in 1846, a son of Croydon and Evaline (Earl) Bennett, the former a native of New York and the latter of Ohio. When a young man the father moved to the latter State, was there married, and in 1840 went to Chicago; later improved a farm in McHenry County, Illinois; in 1850 located twelve miles from Davenport, Scott county, Iowa; next improved a farm in Mahaska County, this State, and both he and his wife now reside in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett reared a family of five children, viz.: E. W., engaged in the real-estate business at Wakefield, Nebraska; E. T., an early pioneer of Ida county, is now a farmer of Silver Creek township; C. J., our subject; D. D., who located in this county in 1879, and is now engaged in farming in Silver Creek township; and Sarah A., wife of J. H. King, of Sumner county, Kansas.
C. J. Bennett, our subject, was reared and educated in Scott County, Iowa, and he resided in that and Benton county until coming to Ida County, in 1885. After locating here he purchased a farm on section 35, but two years later moved to section 34, and in 1892 bought eighty acres of land on section 33, which is now under a fine state of cultivation. He sold his land in the two former sections for $35 per acre. Politically, Mr. Bennett takes an active interest in the Republican Party, and religiously, both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church.
In 1869, in Scott County, Iowa, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Jane Caswell, a native of Pennsylvania. Her parents, James and Ann Caswell, were born in that State, but in an early day came to Scott County, Iowa, where the father died. The mother died in Illinois. Mrs. Bennett was formerly one of Scott County’s successful teachers. Our subject and wife have the following-named children: Clinton M., of Silver Creek Township; Halroyd, Carrie J., Azalia and Lucille. Mr. Bennett has witnessed many changes in Ida County since his residence here, has always taken an active part in its upbuilding, and is now one of the progressive farmers of Blaine Township.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.613