Richard Henry Bennett (1829 - 1902)

Born 8 Mar 1829 in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

Husband of Savilla (Miller) Bennett — married 20 Apr 1850 in Montgomery, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 14 May 1902 at age 73 in Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

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Biography

Richard Bennett was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, 8 March 1829 ^[1].

Richard married first, 20 April 1850 in Montgomery County, Maryland, Savilla (Miller) Bennett (1827-1877). Several children are listed in their online memorial sites:

• William H. Bennett, 1851–1906
• Sarah Frances Bennett, 1853–1928
• George Wilbur Bennett, 1855–1937
• Horace Wilson Bennett, 1868–1936

This family was charted consistently in census records of Montgomery County, Maryland ^[2],^[3],^[4],^[5].

Richard's first wife died in 1877, hence he married second, 4 March 1881, Martha (Trail; 1860-). They were enumerated in the 1900 census ^[6]. In this record the following two additional children are found:

• Reginald H Bennett, 1882–1973
• Wootie Carman Bennett, 1884–1965

Richard passed away in Germantown, Maryland, 14 May 1902. His grave is in Neelsville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA.

NOTE per FamilySearch profile: According to the Bennett family history, "Richard had been sick for awhile and there was not a lot of money for a grave stone. They were offered one that someone else had turned down and it already had a date on it. This is why the date on the stone is wrong." Personal communication from Marjorie Cornelia Horn Satterlee.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #24174389
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4J-PKM : Fri Oct 06 23:43:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry Bennet and Sevilla Bennet, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M69H-W54 : Fri Oct 06 23:40:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Rich H Bennett and Savilla Bennett, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN3J-FL3 : Thu Oct 05 07:24:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Rich H Bennet and Survilla Bennet, 1870
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQR-869 : Tue Oct 03 08:36:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Bennett and Willa Bennett, 1880.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M32C-2NQ : Tue Oct 03 14:11:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard H Bennett and Martha A Bennett, 1900.