Cutler's History of the State of Kansas:
SAMUEL T. BENNETT, stock farmer, Section 17, Township 19, Range 9, P. O. Safford, was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, November 27, 1841. His father died when he was about three years old, and he shortly after removed with his mother to Pike County, Ohio, where he was brought up on a farm and resided until July, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Company G, Thirty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers. He was afterward promoted to Sergeant, was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps, army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, and the siege of Atlanta. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, after the Atlanta campaign, but was soon after mustered out of service on account of sickness. He then returned to Ohio and attended school for two years, then engaged in farming, in which he continued until the spring of 1869, when he came to Kansas, located in Toledo Township, and engaged in stock business, in which he has since continued, in partnership with J F. Prather, who resides at Williamsville, Illinois, under the firm name of S. T. Bennett & Co. He operates a stock farm of 3,500 acres and has, on an average, a herd of 800 head of cattle. They have a fine herd of imported and thoroughbred short-horn cattle, numbering nearly 100 head, representing the Booth, Bates and Rose, of Sharon families. They have a specialty of breeding pure-blooded and high grade animals for sale. Mr. Bennett married Miss Mary McGinnis, of Toledo Township, March 13, 1873, by whom he has three children, Henry W., Samuel H. and Rose, all living.
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Chase County Historical Sketches
Samuel T. Bennett
by R L. Bennett
Samuel T. Bennett was born in Indiana in 1839. He grew to manhood in that state and when the Civil War started, enlisted in the Union Army, serving in Company G, 33d Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He received an honorable discharge in the fall of 1864.
Mr. Bennett came to Chase County, Kansas, in 1870 and settled on land which is now the William ImMasche place just north of Elinor station. He engaged in farming and stock raising.
On March 13, 1873, Samuel T. Bennett was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth McGinnis of the Peyton Creek vicinity. Mr. Bennett was one of the better known farmers and stock raisers of the county. In addition to his farming interests he was interested in all public affairs. He was one of the organizers and a Director in the Chase County National Bank when it was organized in 1882. Mr. Bennett died at his home June 27, 1914.
Mary Elizabeth McGinnis was born January 5, 1850, in Patoka, Indiana. She was of Scotch-Irish descent. She came with her parents to Chase County in 1870 and was married to Sam T. Bennett in 1873 as related above.
After her husband's death Mrs. Bennett continued to reside on the farm until her death on June 23, 1934. She was a devout member of the Methodist Church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are interred in the Toledo Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were the parents of three sons. The eldest, Walter Bennett, died unmarried at the age of twenty-seven. The second son, Samuel H. Bennett, married Nellie Jackson, daughter of Hugh Jackson and his wife, Annie Wilson, stepdaughter of Asa Gillett, a Chase County pioneer. Sam H. Bennett and wife live in Peabody.
The third son, L. Ross Bennett, married Miss Jennie McCollum of Emporia. They live in Cottonwood Falls at this writing [1939].
By Becky Doan
SAMUEL T. BENNETT, stock farmer, Section 17, Township 19, Range 9, P. O. Safford, was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, November 27, 1841. His father died when he was about three years old, and he shortly after removed with his mother to Pike County, Ohio, where he was brought up on a farm and resided until July, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Company G, Thirty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers. He was afterward promoted to Sergeant, was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps, army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, and the siege of Atlanta. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, after the Atlanta campaign, but was soon after mustered out of service on account of sickness. He then returned to Ohio and attended school for two years, then engaged in farming, in which he continued until the spring of 1869, when he came to Kansas, located in Toledo Township, and engaged in stock business, in which he has since continued, in partnership with J F. Prather, who resides at Williamsville, Illinois, under the firm name of S. T. Bennett & Co. He operates a stock farm of 3,500 acres and has, on an average, a herd of 800 head of cattle. They have a fine herd of imported and thoroughbred short-horn cattle, numbering nearly 100 head, representing the Booth, Bates and Rose, of Sharon families. They have a specialty of breeding pure-blooded and high grade animals for sale. Mr. Bennett married Miss Mary McGinnis, of Toledo Township, March 13, 1873, by whom he has three children, Henry W., Samuel H. and Rose, all living.
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Chase County Historical Sketches
Samuel T. Bennett
by R L. Bennett
Samuel T. Bennett was born in Indiana in 1839. He grew to manhood in that state and when the Civil War started, enlisted in the Union Army, serving in Company G, 33d Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He received an honorable discharge in the fall of 1864.
Mr. Bennett came to Chase County, Kansas, in 1870 and settled on land which is now the William ImMasche place just north of Elinor station. He engaged in farming and stock raising.
On March 13, 1873, Samuel T. Bennett was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth McGinnis of the Peyton Creek vicinity. Mr. Bennett was one of the better known farmers and stock raisers of the county. In addition to his farming interests he was interested in all public affairs. He was one of the organizers and a Director in the Chase County National Bank when it was organized in 1882. Mr. Bennett died at his home June 27, 1914.
Mary Elizabeth McGinnis was born January 5, 1850, in Patoka, Indiana. She was of Scotch-Irish descent. She came with her parents to Chase County in 1870 and was married to Sam T. Bennett in 1873 as related above.
After her husband's death Mrs. Bennett continued to reside on the farm until her death on June 23, 1934. She was a devout member of the Methodist Church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are interred in the Toledo Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were the parents of three sons. The eldest, Walter Bennett, died unmarried at the age of twenty-seven. The second son, Samuel H. Bennett, married Nellie Jackson, daughter of Hugh Jackson and his wife, Annie Wilson, stepdaughter of Asa Gillett, a Chase County pioneer. Sam H. Bennett and wife live in Peabody.
The third son, L. Ross Bennett, married Miss Jennie McCollum of Emporia. They live in Cottonwood Falls at this writing [1939].
By Becky Doan
Cutler's History of the State of Kansas:
SAMUEL T. BENNETT, stock farmer, Section 17, Township 19, Range 9, P. O. Safford, was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, November 27, 1841. His father died when he was about three years old, and he shortly after removed with his mother to Pike County, Ohio, where he was brought up on a farm and resided until July, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Company G, Thirty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers. He was afterward promoted to Sergeant, was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps, army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, and the siege of Atlanta. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, after the Atlanta campaign, but was soon after mustered out of service on account of sickness. He then returned to Ohio and attended school for two years, then engaged in farming, in which he continued until the spring of 1869, when he came to Kansas, located in Toledo Township, and engaged in stock business, in which he has since continued, in partnership with J F. Prather, who resides at Williamsville, Illinois, under the firm name of S. T. Bennett & Co. He operates a stock farm of 3,500 acres and has, on an average, a herd of 800 head of cattle. They have a fine herd of imported and thoroughbred short-horn cattle, numbering nearly 100 head, representing the Booth, Bates and Rose, of Sharon families. They have a specialty of breeding pure-blooded and high grade animals for sale. Mr. Bennett married Miss Mary McGinnis, of Toledo Township, March 13, 1873, by whom he has three children, Henry W., Samuel H. and Rose, all living.
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Chase County Historical Sketches
Samuel T. Bennett
by R L. Bennett
Samuel T. Bennett was born in Indiana in 1839. He grew to manhood in that state and when the Civil War started, enlisted in the Union Army, serving in Company G, 33d Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He received an honorable discharge in the fall of 1864.
Mr. Bennett came to Chase County, Kansas, in 1870 and settled on land which is now the William ImMasche place just north of Elinor station. He engaged in farming and stock raising.
On March 13, 1873, Samuel T. Bennett was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth McGinnis of the Peyton Creek vicinity. Mr. Bennett was one of the better known farmers and stock raisers of the county. In addition to his farming interests he was interested in all public affairs. He was one of the organizers and a Director in the Chase County National Bank when it was organized in 1882. Mr. Bennett died at his home June 27, 1914.
Mary Elizabeth McGinnis was born January 5, 1850, in Patoka, Indiana. She was of Scotch-Irish descent. She came with her parents to Chase County in 1870 and was married to Sam T. Bennett in 1873 as related above.
After her husband's death Mrs. Bennett continued to reside on the farm until her death on June 23, 1934. She was a devout member of the Methodist Church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are interred in the Toledo Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were the parents of three sons. The eldest, Walter Bennett, died unmarried at the age of twenty-seven. The second son, Samuel H. Bennett, married Nellie Jackson, daughter of Hugh Jackson and his wife, Annie Wilson, stepdaughter of Asa Gillett, a Chase County pioneer. Sam H. Bennett and wife live in Peabody.
The third son, L. Ross Bennett, married Miss Jennie McCollum of Emporia. They live in Cottonwood Falls at this writing [1939].
By Becky Doan
SAMUEL T. BENNETT, stock farmer, Section 17, Township 19, Range 9, P. O. Safford, was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, November 27, 1841. His father died when he was about three years old, and he shortly after removed with his mother to Pike County, Ohio, where he was brought up on a farm and resided until July, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Company G, Thirty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers. He was afterward promoted to Sergeant, was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps, army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, and the siege of Atlanta. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, after the Atlanta campaign, but was soon after mustered out of service on account of sickness. He then returned to Ohio and attended school for two years, then engaged in farming, in which he continued until the spring of 1869, when he came to Kansas, located in Toledo Township, and engaged in stock business, in which he has since continued, in partnership with J F. Prather, who resides at Williamsville, Illinois, under the firm name of S. T. Bennett & Co. He operates a stock farm of 3,500 acres and has, on an average, a herd of 800 head of cattle. They have a fine herd of imported and thoroughbred short-horn cattle, numbering nearly 100 head, representing the Booth, Bates and Rose, of Sharon families. They have a specialty of breeding pure-blooded and high grade animals for sale. Mr. Bennett married Miss Mary McGinnis, of Toledo Township, March 13, 1873, by whom he has three children, Henry W., Samuel H. and Rose, all living.
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Chase County Historical Sketches
Samuel T. Bennett
by R L. Bennett
Samuel T. Bennett was born in Indiana in 1839. He grew to manhood in that state and when the Civil War started, enlisted in the Union Army, serving in Company G, 33d Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He received an honorable discharge in the fall of 1864.
Mr. Bennett came to Chase County, Kansas, in 1870 and settled on land which is now the William ImMasche place just north of Elinor station. He engaged in farming and stock raising.
On March 13, 1873, Samuel T. Bennett was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth McGinnis of the Peyton Creek vicinity. Mr. Bennett was one of the better known farmers and stock raisers of the county. In addition to his farming interests he was interested in all public affairs. He was one of the organizers and a Director in the Chase County National Bank when it was organized in 1882. Mr. Bennett died at his home June 27, 1914.
Mary Elizabeth McGinnis was born January 5, 1850, in Patoka, Indiana. She was of Scotch-Irish descent. She came with her parents to Chase County in 1870 and was married to Sam T. Bennett in 1873 as related above.
After her husband's death Mrs. Bennett continued to reside on the farm until her death on June 23, 1934. She was a devout member of the Methodist Church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are interred in the Toledo Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were the parents of three sons. The eldest, Walter Bennett, died unmarried at the age of twenty-seven. The second son, Samuel H. Bennett, married Nellie Jackson, daughter of Hugh Jackson and his wife, Annie Wilson, stepdaughter of Asa Gillett, a Chase County pioneer. Sam H. Bennett and wife live in Peabody.
The third son, L. Ross Bennett, married Miss Jennie McCollum of Emporia. They live in Cottonwood Falls at this writing [1939].
By Becky Doan
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