Bio of Bennett, Benjamin Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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Bennett, Benjamin (page 262), now living retired in the village of Weaver,
has been a resident of Wabasha county for nearly 54 years, and during his
active career contributed his share toward the development of its
agricultural resources. He was born in Kentucky, and came to this county
in 1866. He married Mary E. Peterson, who had arrived here ten years
before him, their wedding, however, taking place in Minnesota. About the
time of his marriage, or soon after, Mr. Bennett took a homestead of 80
acres in section 31, Watopa Township, and began the arduous task of
developing a farm from wild and heavily timbered land. The labor involved
in cutting down the trees, grubbing and breaking the land, and erecting
necessary buildings, is but little appreciated by the present generation,
but was all too familiar to the early settlers of the county who laid the
foundations of its present prosperity. In this work Mr. Bennett had his
share, but he also reaped his reward in a fine farm of 440 acres, with
good buildings, he having purchased more land from time to time, as he
made progress with the development of that previously purchased. There he
farmed until 1892, when he went to Nelson, Wis., where he remained four
years. Returning subsequently to Wabasha County, he took up his residence
in a neat little cottage on the outskirts of the village of Weaver, where
ne is now living at the advanced age of 83 years. His wife died on the
farm in Watopa Township in 1892. They had a family of ten children,
namely: James, of Highland Township, this county; Frank L., a real estate
dealer of Plainview; Charles, residing in Winona; Cyrus, who died in 1900;
Byron, now on the home farm in Watopa Township; Guy, who died at the age
of eight years; Herbert, who is farming in Montana; Florence, deceased;
and Harry, who is engaged in the business of well digging. [The biography
only lists these nine children ~ webmaster]