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Frank A Bennett

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Frank A Bennett

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
14 Dec 1906 (aged 54–55)
Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA
Burial
Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA GPS-Latitude: 46.8913822, Longitude: -114.0187661
Plot
Grave 5, Lot 6, Block 004, Inter # 00651
Memorial ID
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Frank Bennett's father was a sea captain, and Frank went to sea with him at the age of 14. In 1868 he quit sailing the deep ocean and stayed in San Francisco as a master of coast steamers and river boats.

He came to western Montana in the 1880s and for a time worked on the Flathead reservation breaking horses. He spent the last decade or so of his life working off an on as a bartender at the Louvre saloon.

Frank passed away in the old Rankin hotel from pneumonia before he could be taken to the hospital. His father was alive at the time of his death.
Frank Bennett's father was a sea captain, and Frank went to sea with him at the age of 14. In 1868 he quit sailing the deep ocean and stayed in San Francisco as a master of coast steamers and river boats.

He came to western Montana in the 1880s and for a time worked on the Flathead reservation breaking horses. He spent the last decade or so of his life working off an on as a bartender at the Louvre saloon.

Frank passed away in the old Rankin hotel from pneumonia before he could be taken to the hospital. His father was alive at the time of his death.

Gravesite Details

Age 55


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  • Maintained by: R.
  • Originally Created by: Graves
  • Added: Feb 5, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84531110/frank_a-bennett: accessed ), memorial page for Frank A Bennett (1851–14 Dec 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84531110, citing Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA; Maintained by R. (contributor 447047).