His father, Nicholas Bennett, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1793, and died in Warren County, Ohio, August 17, 1854.
His mother, Catherine Innes, was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1797 and died in Warren County, Ohio, June 15, 1825.
He was educated in Warren County, Ohio and began life as a farmer. Abram married Rachel Anderson in Warren County, Ohio on June 30, 1839. Rachel was born in Clinton County, Ohio on December 6, 1823. She was the daughter of Hiram and Mary Mulford Anderson.
When the Civil War began, Abram headed west with C. H. Phillips to Kansas. He joined Gen. Lane's men in Iowa and continued with them through Nebraska leaving them in Kansas. He served as a military chaplain for a time, and was then appointed as the Indian agent of the Kickapoos by the President of the U.S.
Abram was with Grant at Vicksburg and carried dispatch through Rebel Troops the night before the Battle of Corinth, Miss.
He was a Methodist minister at Doniphan Co, Kansas, performing many marriages. He lived Wolf River area, and resided East Norway after coming to Troy County in 1856. He later served as a Major in the First Battalion at Troy, Kansas.
Kansas State Senator and Representative.
Name: Abram Bennett
Occupation: Minister
County: Doniphan
Town: Troy, East Norway 1871
Party: Republican
District: 1
Chamber: Senate 1863, 1864
District: 2
Chamber: House 1871
His father, Nicholas Bennett, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1793, and died in Warren County, Ohio, August 17, 1854.
His mother, Catherine Innes, was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1797 and died in Warren County, Ohio, June 15, 1825.
He was educated in Warren County, Ohio and began life as a farmer. Abram married Rachel Anderson in Warren County, Ohio on June 30, 1839. Rachel was born in Clinton County, Ohio on December 6, 1823. She was the daughter of Hiram and Mary Mulford Anderson.
When the Civil War began, Abram headed west with C. H. Phillips to Kansas. He joined Gen. Lane's men in Iowa and continued with them through Nebraska leaving them in Kansas. He served as a military chaplain for a time, and was then appointed as the Indian agent of the Kickapoos by the President of the U.S.
Abram was with Grant at Vicksburg and carried dispatch through Rebel Troops the night before the Battle of Corinth, Miss.
He was a Methodist minister at Doniphan Co, Kansas, performing many marriages. He lived Wolf River area, and resided East Norway after coming to Troy County in 1856. He later served as a Major in the First Battalion at Troy, Kansas.
Kansas State Senator and Representative.
Name: Abram Bennett
Occupation: Minister
County: Doniphan
Town: Troy, East Norway 1871
Party: Republican
District: 1
Chamber: Senate 1863, 1864
District: 2
Chamber: House 1871
Family Members
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Sgt George Washington Bennett
1840–1931
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John Wellington Bennett
1842–1843
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Celinda C. Bennett
1843–1865
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Mulford Bennett
1845–1845
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Thomas I. Bennett
1846–1869
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Silas Wright Bennett
1848–1922
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Charles Wellington Bennett
1849–1931
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Mary Alice Bennett Camp
1853–1931
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Robert Nicholas Bennett
1855–1924
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David Wellington Bennett
1858–1944
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Ada Ann Adelaid Bennett Downing
1860–1943
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