Biographical Sketch of Charles Bennett, Greene County, Missouri,
Campbell Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Bennett was born in Chemung county, New York, July 31st, 1847.  His
parents were Charles and Louisa (Canfield) Bennett.  His father was 
born May 11th, 1807, and his mother was born May 18th, 1810.  When our
subject was about two years of age his parents removed to Kendall coun-
ty, Illinois, where they lived until 1870, and then removed to Greene
county, Missouri.  Chas. Bennett, Sr., lived here until May, 1882, and
then returned to his county where he died July 26, 1882.  Charles 
Bennett was educated in the common schools, and has followed farming as
an occupation.  He owns a fine farm of four hundred and thirty-two acre
in Campbell township, well improved and in a high state of cultivation.
He was married October 20th, 1881, to Miss Sarah Smith, who is a native
of Kendall county, Illinois, born August 13th, 1850.  Their union has 
been blest with one child, Charles, Jr., born September 11, 1882.  Mr.
Bennett is a member of the Masonic fraternity, with membership at Raven
Lodge, No. 303, Oswego, Illinois.  He has been very successful in farm-
ing and stock raising, and is one of the substantial citizens of Greene
county.  In politics he is a Republican.

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