Pressley Toler Bennett

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Pressley Toler Bennett Veteran

Birth
Mason County, Kentucky, USA
Death
9 Jul 1885 (aged 58)
Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial
West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Addition: 1, Tract-Sublot: 56, Block/Lot: X, Plot: 7
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Sister: Sarah Nellie Bennett Nevins
Daughter
Musetta A. Bennett Fuller


d/o William Bennett & Martha Murphy;
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marriage record:
Name: Presley Bennett
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1865
Marriage Place: Polk Co., Iowa
Spouse: Susan Rollins
FHL Film Number: 1749716
Reference ID: 2:3PRQ04R
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WALNUT TOWNSHIP
BENNETT, PRESLEY ---Farmer, section 11, P.O. Des Moines. Was born in Mason county, Kentucky, May 30, 1827, and when only an infant was taken by his parents to PARKE county, Indiana. From there he came to this county in the spring of 1848, and has made it his home since. He owns 500 acres of land, the most of which is improved, but he has some timber. He is a self-made man, starting in life without money, and alone he has built him a home and gained for himself a place that any one might well be proud of: He was married January 22, 1865, to Miss Louisa C. Rollins; a native of Maine; born March 22, 1847. The have five children: WILLIAM P., GEORGE O., and Musette, living, and two deceased. BENJAMIN E. and Bessie E.
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880.
Sister: Sarah Nellie Bennett Nevins
Daughter
Musetta A. Bennett Fuller


d/o William Bennett & Martha Murphy;
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marriage record:
Name: Presley Bennett
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1865
Marriage Place: Polk Co., Iowa
Spouse: Susan Rollins
FHL Film Number: 1749716
Reference ID: 2:3PRQ04R
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WALNUT TOWNSHIP
BENNETT, PRESLEY ---Farmer, section 11, P.O. Des Moines. Was born in Mason county, Kentucky, May 30, 1827, and when only an infant was taken by his parents to PARKE county, Indiana. From there he came to this county in the spring of 1848, and has made it his home since. He owns 500 acres of land, the most of which is improved, but he has some timber. He is a self-made man, starting in life without money, and alone he has built him a home and gained for himself a place that any one might well be proud of: He was married January 22, 1865, to Miss Louisa C. Rollins; a native of Maine; born March 22, 1847. The have five children: WILLIAM P., GEORGE O., and Musette, living, and two deceased. BENJAMIN E. and Bessie E.
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880.

Inscription


OUR FATHER
PRESSLEY T. BENNETT
DIED JUNE 9, 1885
AGED 58 YRS. 10 DAYS.
"Dear father with a reverent hand
this to thy memory given
while one by one they household band
God reunites us in Heaven"