Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Bennett, Abraham 1823 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Abraham Bennett, farmer, Newtown, was born in Warren county, Ohio, April 26,
1823. He is the son of William and Mary (Good) Bennett, and was the tenth child
in a family of twelve children, nine of whom are at present living. When he was
five weeks old his parents moved to Montgomery county, Ohio, and his father died
there July 6, 1836, aged fifty-six years. Early in 1842 Mr. Bennett removed with
his mother to Boone county, Indiana. A few months elapsed and he returned to
Ohio on an affectionate errand, bringing back Miss Deborah Braddock, with whom
he was united in marriage in October 1844. About 1850 he settled in Tippecanoe
county, and in 1861 came to his present home in Fountain. During all these years
he had had the advantage of but slight means. His beginning had been made
without the aid of material resources of any kind, but now his efforts began to
yield a steadily augmenting success, and the property which he possesses has
been accumulated principally since that time. He has 200 acres in his homestead,
145 acres of which he cultivates. Since he has been on the place he has cleared
seventy acres of heavily timbered around, and done nearly all of the work
himself. He had previously cleared twenty or more. In point of labor this is
good enough showing for one man. On May 1, 1859, Mrs. Bennett went to her rest.
She left six daughters, who are now all living within ten miles of their
father's home. Their names and dates of birth are as follows: Julia Ann,
September 5, 1845, wife of Henry Crumley; Amanda Ellen, June 6, 1847, wife of
Henry H. Huff; Sarah Margaret, May 2, 1849, wife of David W. Dove; Martha Jane,
October 7, 1851, wife of Tillson Wheeler; Eliza Maria, November 24, 1853; and
Hannah Emeline, February 26, 1857. Mr. Bennett's second marriage was with Mahala
Yeazel, widow of Leroy Foxworthy, on March 6, 1861. They have one child, Ira
Alvin, born November 25, 1868.

Mrs. Bennett's children by her first marriage were Charles W., George, Arthur
{deceased), Freeman and Emma (deceased). Mr. Bennett and his first wife joined
the United Brethren church forty-nine years ago. He is still a member, and his
present wife also belongs to the same church. He has been class-leader seven
years, and is now steward. His politics are republican. A word about his
ancestors. His grandfather Bennett was a soldier of the revolution, and received
a wound in his ankle. His father was drafted in the war of 1812, and was on his
way to the army when peace was proclaimed. He was born in New Jersey, and Mr.
Bennett's mother in Pennsylvania, in which last state his parents were married,
and lived some years near Greensburg, in Westmoreland county. His father worked
a number of years building flat-boats and boating iron ore down the Monongahela
and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati. Mr. Bennett's mother died in 1876, aged
ninety-four years.


Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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