John W. D. Fletcher Bennett was born about 1811 in Steuben Co., NY. His parents are living in Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY in 1810, and the town of Howard was formed from part of Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY in 1812. There is a male the right age group to be John, age 9, in the household of Jacob Bennett on the 1820 census of Howard, Steuben Co., NY. His mother died sometime between 1820-1824, and his father remarried Thankful Baker about 1824 when John was age 13. His father was captured by the Indians about 1828 when John was about age 17, and while captured he remarried an Indian woman named Charlotte Gitchell. Jacob returned with Charlotte to Steuben Co., NY, and there is a male the right age group to be John, age 19, in the household of Jacob Bennett on the 1830 census of Howard, Steuben Co., NY. John married Prudence Baker on August 24, 1831 in Steuben Co., NY. John married Anna Rose about 1843, and they had at least one daughter.I don't know if Rose is her middle or maiden name; she is listed on census records as Anna P. (1850 & 1860), Annie (1870) & Rose (1880). John W. D. F. Bennet is listed as a son & heir in Jacob Bennett's will (written on January 25, 1851 & probated December 1, 1851). John is listed on the 1860, 1870 & 1880 censuses of Hiram, Portage Co., OH. In 1880 he is living near the household of Maroa Bennett Sperry, widow of his half-brother Daniel Bennett. I have not found John on the 1900 census at this time. John W. D. Fletcher Bennett died sometime after 1880, & probably before 1900 in Hiram, Portage Co., OH. Child of John Fletcher Bennett & Anna Rose is Rosetta (1844). Rosetta married John Simon Rose, who is probably a relation (younger brother?) of Maroa Rose Bennett Sperry.

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