He came to the United States with his parents when he was only 2 or so. His wife Mary died 1913 and is buried beside him.
Obit from local paper:
John Bennett, Sr. The funeral of John Bennett, Sr. 89 years old, who died Wednesday at his home, 707 Concord Ave. will be held from there tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery. Mr. Bennett had been a machinist for the Pusey and Jones Corp for 50 years and retired about 20 years ago. He was an active worker in the Christian Scientist Church. Surviving him are four children; Mrs. Molly E. Webster, of Penn's Grove; Mrs. Robert Williams and John Bennett, Jr. of this: city and Mrs. Eva B Miles, of Baltimore; 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
He came to the United States with his parents when he was only 2 or so. His wife Mary died 1913 and is buried beside him.
Obit from local paper:
John Bennett, Sr. The funeral of John Bennett, Sr. 89 years old, who died Wednesday at his home, 707 Concord Ave. will be held from there tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery. Mr. Bennett had been a machinist for the Pusey and Jones Corp for 50 years and retired about 20 years ago. He was an active worker in the Christian Scientist Church. Surviving him are four children; Mrs. Molly E. Webster, of Penn's Grove; Mrs. Robert Williams and John Bennett, Jr. of this: city and Mrs. Eva B Miles, of Baltimore; 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
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