Wallace Weston Bennett (1856 - abt. 1931)

Born 9 Feb 1856 in Sharon Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nellie Rose (Montgomery) Bennett — married 16 Jul 1881 in Crawford County, Wisconsin

Descendants

Died about 1931 at about age 74 in Prairie du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Article: The Crawford County Advance - May 20, 1897 New Postmaster W.W. Bennett received word the other day from the post office department, that he had been appointed postmaster at Soldiers Grove. Mr. Bennett will probably take charge of the office as soon as his bond is approved and his commission arrives. Mr. Smith the retiring postmaster, has made a good officer and no one had any fault to find with him as an officer, but to the "victors belongs the spoils" and this time it goes to a republican, and his friends are extending congratulations.

Article: The Kickapoo Valley Journal - March 29, 1906 W.W. Bennett, a former Soldiers Grove resident, now of Muskogee, Indian Territory, has been promoted from Squaw Warden to Judge. It being one of the most unique courts in the world, having been created to look after the Indian who complain of being imposed upon by white men, and is generally known as the "intruders" court.

Wallace was mentioned on a memorial in Gays Mills Cemetery, Gays Mills, Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States with a death date of 2 September 1931.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #84643164 (accessed 13 October 2023)
   Memorial page for Wallace Weston Bennett (9 Feb 1856-2 Sep 1931), citing Gays Mills Cemetery, Gays Mills, Crawford County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Margaret (contributor 47434896).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4C-N7R : 15 July 2017), Wallace W Bennett in household of C P Bennett, Wooster Mills, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 42, sheet 18C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1420; FHL microfilm 1,255,420.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMKW-2QG : accessed 29 July 2018), Wallace W Bennett, Clayton town, north side Soldiers Grove village, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 2A, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,782.