Albert Bement was the oldest of the eight children of Anson Bement and his wife, Hannah Hollenbeck Bement. Albert married Charity Anne Kent on June 9, 1833 at Brutus, Cayuga Co., New York. Ten children were born to this couple, as follows:

Ann Isabelle Bement (1856-1902)
Sylvester Bement (1859-1931)
Emma Louisa Bement (1862-1949)
Lester Ellsworth Bement (1866-1950)
Adelaide "Ada" Marie Bement (1868-1949)
McCarty "Mack" Bement (1871-1917)
Charity Bement (1874-1894)
Alzina Bement (1876-1969)
Edith Bement (1879-1906)
Lilla Dora Bement (1884-1910)
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Albert Bement served in Company D, 143rd Regiment, New York Volunteers during the Civil War. (Source: National Archives pension files by his great-great granddaughter, Jeanie (Folks) Robertson of Birmingham, Alabama, March 2000)

A pension request was signed by Albert with the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, on 4 July 1898. Albert's death certificate, from the Iowa State Board of Health, Chickasaw Co., Town of Nashua, indicates the died at age 74, on his birth date 20 Jul 1906, listing his father as Anson Bement. Albert died from Chronic diarrhea. An affidavit sworn by a Sarah A. Hicok says she was Albert's sister, age 65, dated 27 Jul 1906 and a resident of Nashua, Iowa. Pension files listed all of his living children (the following three had dates different than those provided by other sources: Addie Maria, 8 Sep 1868; Edith, 26 Sep 1880; Lila Dora, 22 Aug 1883. Charity Kent Bement received her last widow's pension check on 4 Aug 1925 and was dropped from the roll because of her death on 16 Aug 1925. Her parents were Harrison/Hanson and Mary Kent from New York. (Source: Jeanie (Folks) Robertson, March 2000)
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Name: Albert Bement
Death Date: 20 Jul 1906
Page #:9
Birth Date: 1832
Cemetery: Oak Hill
Town: Nashua
Comment: wif: C.
Level Info: Gravestone Records of Chickasaw County, Ia.