Biography of W. A. Bennett Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

W. A. Bennett, son of William and Rebecca (Riggs) Bennett, was born in
Jackson County, Ala., in 1833, and is now residing on Section 15,
where he has a farm of eighty acres. The father died in 1885. He was a
native of North Carolina, was of Scotch-Irish descent, and followed
the occupation of a tiller of the soil. He was a man universally
respected, and had many friends in the county. The mother died in
1882. They came to Arkansas in 1843, and here their children grew to
manhood. W. A. Bennett remained with his parents until grown, and in
1857 he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Gaither, who was born
in Carroll County, Ark., in 1840. Six children were the result of this
marriage, four now living: Alice, Ella (wife of W. H. Hyams), Hattie
L. (now wife of James Henson), W. S. and George G. Mr. Bennett started
life at the age of twenty-one with a limited education and $10 in
money. He now has a comfortable and happy home, is succeeding well,
and is an honest, respected citizen. He was twice elected as tax
assessor of Franklin County, and three times as a justice of the peace
of that county. He was crippled in 1860, and has been obliged to use
crutches to the present time.