On October 14, 1909, Clarence was sent to prison for conviction on breaking and entering charges.[2] In 1910, he was a laborer at the Iowa State Penitentiary, in Fort Madison, Iowa.[3]
On January 28, 1914, in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, Clarence married Evelyn Hope Jones.[4] They had 1 child, born 10 month's after the marriage and nearly 8 months after Clarence's presumed death in March.[citation needed]
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3BF-S5L : accessed 17 March 2016), Clarence N Bennett in household of Samuel D Bennett, Hardy Precinct Hardy village, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,935.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGSM-T98 : accessed 25 March 2021), Clarence Bennett, Fort Madison Ward 1, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 5B, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 410; FHL microfilm 1,374,423.
"North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR2-G6ZJ : 26 September 2018), Clarence Nels Bennett and Evelyn Jones, 28 Jan 1914; citing Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck; FHL microfilm . (record no longer available at FamilySearch.org)
Ancestry.com (record behind paywall):
Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., Consecutive Registers of Convicts, 1867-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Iowa, Governor. Consecutive Registers of Convicts, 1867-1960 [Books 1 through 7]. Digitized images. Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa, Board of Control. Consecutive Registers of Convicts, 1872-1970 [Books 8 through 12]. Digitized images. Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa. Name: Clarence Bennett; Birth Year: 1890; Age: 19; Nationality: American; Birth Place: Nebraska; Residence Place: Carroll, Iowa, USA; Admission Date: 14 Oct 1909; Admission Place: Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, USA; Crime: B And E Ry Car
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