Union County OhArchives Obituaries.....Harriett Bennett 1921 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Katzenbach jnkatz@midohio.net June 9, 2003, 7:10 am Newspaper clipping from Gr.Mothers collection Mrs. Harriett Bennett, age 83 years 9 months and 2 days, widow of the late Foster Bennett, a well known farmer of Union Township died Wednesday evening about eight o'clock at her home east of Irwin in Union Township, after a long illness of cancer of the breast. She was born in 1837 in Lancaster county, Pa., her maiden name being Miss Harriett McBride. She had been a resident of Union township for 49 years, moving to the Bennett farm in 1872. In 1857, she was married to J. Foster Bennett and his death occurred in November 1906. Mr and Mrs. Bennett were parents fo two children one of whom a daughter, Mrs. Grant Gault of near Irwin, Survives. A daughter died in infancy. About ten people, most of whom were relatives, resided with Mr. and Mrs. Bennett at different times since they were married. A sister Miss Ella McBride was with Mrs. Bennett when she died. She had made her home with her for several years. Another sister Mrs. Margaret Doty, lives in Mechanicsburg. There are two brothers living, Andrew McBride of Springfield and D.C.McBride of Columbus, Mrs. Bennett was a member of the Methodist church at Milford Center. Funeral services Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Bennett residence conducted by Rev. Hugh Evans of Marysville, assisted by Rev. Mr. Schaffer of Milford Center and interment in the cemetery at the latter place in charge of Morey & Creviston Additional Comments: Married John Foster Bennett 12/09/1857 Union Co. marriages Milford Center Cemetery, Union Twp. Union Co. Oh. Bennett, Ella M. 1860-1861 Harriet 1837-1921 Foster 1834-1906 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb