Decatur County IA Archives Biographies.....Bennett, Jason 1811 - 
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Author: Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa,
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887),pp. 676-77: 
"JASON BENNETT, farmer and stock-raiser, resides on section 26, High Point
Township, where he owns 200 acres of land. He was born in South Carolina, April
21, 1811, son of Roland and Elizabeth Bennett. He was reared a farmer, and came
to Decatur County in 1853, first entering eighty acres, then adding forties from
time to time, until he has his present large farm. He was married in Indiana, in
1832, to Lizzie A. Abbott, born in Pennsylvania, in 1815. Their children are
-–Roland, of New Brunswick; Hiram, of Decatur County; Samantha A., wife of John
Baker of Smith County, Kansas, and John K. When Mr. Bennett first commenced life
for himself he worked out by day’s work, then rented ground. When he was married
he was poor - packed all he had under his arm. Both were in quite poor health.
He lived ten years on White River, Indiana, and also in Schuyler County, near
Springfield, for a while. He lost one entire year from sickness. He not
unfrequently chopped wood in order to earn a little money. At one time he
obtained a job in the First National Bank, for which he received $1 a day, then
obtained employment in a saw-mill. He lived ten or twelve years in Schuyler
County, where he met with financial success, although he lost three years from
sickness. He removed to Sangamon County, where he managed a large farm for John
Gillette. He at one time owned 400 acres of land. Mr. Bennett has held the
office of school director and supervisor, and is one of the County Board to
organize schools. He is a member of the Christian faith."


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