Civil War Veteran
In Winamac, Ind., Tuesday morning, May 8, 1883, of internal abcess, Nelson B. Benett, aged 42 years, 4 months and 22 days. The deceased was born in Cass county, Ind., December 15, 1840, and lived there until the war broke out; enlisted in Co. E, 29th Reg. Ind. Vol. on the 12th day of September 1861; served as a non-commissioned officer for over three years; commissioned first lieutenant Apr 4, 1864 and was promoted to a captaincy on the 19th day of May, 1864; discharged from the service Dec. 2, 1865, at Marietta, Ga. Mr. Bennett in 1866 came to Winamac, where he, in company with his brothers, William and John, carried on an extensive business in wagonmaking, etc. The bereaved widow and three interesting little daughters, his sorrowing mother and other relations have the sincere sympathy of our people in the hour of their great affliction. Capt. Bennett was a member of Winamac Lodge, N. 262, F. & A. M., of the Winamac Post, G.A.R. and of the Winamac Coronet Band. After a short service at the house by Rev. A. Lewis, his remains were conveyed to the Winamac cemetery, escorted by the members of the Post, the Band, the Masons, and a large concourse of citizens, and buried with the grand honors of Masonry, his comrades in arms participating in the ceremonies. Peace to his Memory.
Pulaski County, Indiana Newspaper Excerpts 1883-1899 - May 12, 1883
Mrs. Bott's father (Nelson Bennett) was born in Cass county, Indiana, on his father's farm, and was but twenty years of age when he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-Ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served from September 12, 1861, to May II, 1864, when he was granted an honorable discharge, at Chattanooga, and the same day he re-enlisted, and remained stanchly at his post of duty, until he was finally discharged at Marietta, Georgia, several months after the close of the war, the date of his retirement from the army being December 2, 1865. He enlisted at first as a private soldier, and by gallantry and fidelity to duty rose to be corporal, then sergeant, then first lieutenant,
his commission being dated April 1, 1864; and from May 19, 1864, until the end of the following year, he held the rank of captain. Returning to Winamac, he conducted a wagon factory until his death, August 8, 1883, when in his forty-fifth year. He married, first, Mary J., daughter of Robert Stotts, and their eldest child, Melinda, died in infancy.
Dora Ellen, the third, married Frank Keller, of this town; and Jessie L., born February 16, 1873, resides with our subject and wife. The second wife, whose former name was Linda Lane, survives Mr. Bennett. He was one of the eleven children of Thornton and Mary Jane (Ward) Bennett, the others being William C. , Phoebe Ann, Samuel W., John W. , Sarah Jane, Amelia, Elizabeth, Loretta, Mary and Martecia. Thornton Bennett was born June 27, 1809, in Kentucky, and died on the fifty-second anniversary of his birth. He removed from Kentucky to Preble county, Ohio, thence to Cass county, Indiana, in 1836. He entered three hundred and twenty acres in Bethlehem township, and resided there until his death. He married Miss Ward in Preble county, Ohio, in 1833.
Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Co., IN 1899, Vol. 2 - William Bott Bio, pages 627-630
In Winamac, Ind., Tuesday morning, May 8, 1883, of internal abcess, Nelson B. Benett, aged 42 years, 4 months and 22 days. The deceased was born in Cass county, Ind., December 15, 1840, and lived there until the war broke out; enlisted in Co. E, 29th Reg. Ind. Vol. on the 12th day of September 1861; served as a non-commissioned officer for over three years; commissioned first lieutenant Apr 4, 1864 and was promoted to a captaincy on the 19th day of May, 1864; discharged from the service Dec. 2, 1865, at Marietta, Ga. Mr. Bennett in 1866 came to Winamac, where he, in company with his brothers, William and John, carried on an extensive business in wagonmaking, etc. The bereaved widow and three interesting little daughters, his sorrowing mother and other relations have the sincere sympathy of our people in the hour of their great affliction. Capt. Bennett was a member of Winamac Lodge, N. 262, F. & A. M., of the Winamac Post, G.A.R. and of the Winamac Coronet Band. After a short service at the house by Rev. A. Lewis, his remains were conveyed to the Winamac cemetery, escorted by the members of the Post, the Band, the Masons, and a large concourse of citizens, and buried with the grand honors of Masonry, his comrades in arms participating in the ceremonies. Peace to his Memory.
Pulaski County, Indiana Newspaper Excerpts 1883-1899 - May 12, 1883
Mrs. Bott's father (Nelson Bennett) was born in Cass county, Indiana, on his father's farm, and was but twenty years of age when he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-Ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served from September 12, 1861, to May II, 1864, when he was granted an honorable discharge, at Chattanooga, and the same day he re-enlisted, and remained stanchly at his post of duty, until he was finally discharged at Marietta, Georgia, several months after the close of the war, the date of his retirement from the army being December 2, 1865. He enlisted at first as a private soldier, and by gallantry and fidelity to duty rose to be corporal, then sergeant, then first lieutenant,
his commission being dated April 1, 1864; and from May 19, 1864, until the end of the following year, he held the rank of captain. Returning to Winamac, he conducted a wagon factory until his death, August 8, 1883, when in his forty-fifth year. He married, first, Mary J., daughter of Robert Stotts, and their eldest child, Melinda, died in infancy.
Dora Ellen, the third, married Frank Keller, of this town; and Jessie L., born February 16, 1873, resides with our subject and wife. The second wife, whose former name was Linda Lane, survives Mr. Bennett. He was one of the eleven children of Thornton and Mary Jane (Ward) Bennett, the others being William C. , Phoebe Ann, Samuel W., John W. , Sarah Jane, Amelia, Elizabeth, Loretta, Mary and Martecia. Thornton Bennett was born June 27, 1809, in Kentucky, and died on the fifty-second anniversary of his birth. He removed from Kentucky to Preble county, Ohio, thence to Cass county, Indiana, in 1836. He entered three hundred and twenty acres in Bethlehem township, and resided there until his death. He married Miss Ward in Preble county, Ohio, in 1833.
Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Co., IN 1899, Vol. 2 - William Bott Bio, pages 627-630
Civil War Veteran
In Winamac, Ind., Tuesday morning, May 8, 1883, of internal abcess, Nelson B. Benett, aged 42 years, 4 months and 22 days. The deceased was born in Cass county, Ind., December 15, 1840, and lived there until the war broke out; enlisted in Co. E, 29th Reg. Ind. Vol. on the 12th day of September 1861; served as a non-commissioned officer for over three years; commissioned first lieutenant Apr 4, 1864 and was promoted to a captaincy on the 19th day of May, 1864; discharged from the service Dec. 2, 1865, at Marietta, Ga. Mr. Bennett in 1866 came to Winamac, where he, in company with his brothers, William and John, carried on an extensive business in wagonmaking, etc. The bereaved widow and three interesting little daughters, his sorrowing mother and other relations have the sincere sympathy of our people in the hour of their great affliction. Capt. Bennett was a member of Winamac Lodge, N. 262, F. & A. M., of the Winamac Post, G.A.R. and of the Winamac Coronet Band. After a short service at the house by Rev. A. Lewis, his remains were conveyed to the Winamac cemetery, escorted by the members of the Post, the Band, the Masons, and a large concourse of citizens, and buried with the grand honors of Masonry, his comrades in arms participating in the ceremonies. Peace to his Memory.
Pulaski County, Indiana Newspaper Excerpts 1883-1899 - May 12, 1883
Mrs. Bott's father (Nelson Bennett) was born in Cass county, Indiana, on his father's farm, and was but twenty years of age when he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-Ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served from September 12, 1861, to May II, 1864, when he was granted an honorable discharge, at Chattanooga, and the same day he re-enlisted, and remained stanchly at his post of duty, until he was finally discharged at Marietta, Georgia, several months after the close of the war, the date of his retirement from the army being December 2, 1865. He enlisted at first as a private soldier, and by gallantry and fidelity to duty rose to be corporal, then sergeant, then first lieutenant,
his commission being dated April 1, 1864; and from May 19, 1864, until the end of the following year, he held the rank of captain. Returning to Winamac, he conducted a wagon factory until his death, August 8, 1883, when in his forty-fifth year. He married, first, Mary J., daughter of Robert Stotts, and their eldest child, Melinda, died in infancy.
Dora Ellen, the third, married Frank Keller, of this town; and Jessie L., born February 16, 1873, resides with our subject and wife. The second wife, whose former name was Linda Lane, survives Mr. Bennett. He was one of the eleven children of Thornton and Mary Jane (Ward) Bennett, the others being William C. , Phoebe Ann, Samuel W., John W. , Sarah Jane, Amelia, Elizabeth, Loretta, Mary and Martecia. Thornton Bennett was born June 27, 1809, in Kentucky, and died on the fifty-second anniversary of his birth. He removed from Kentucky to Preble county, Ohio, thence to Cass county, Indiana, in 1836. He entered three hundred and twenty acres in Bethlehem township, and resided there until his death. He married Miss Ward in Preble county, Ohio, in 1833.
Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Co., IN 1899, Vol. 2 - William Bott Bio, pages 627-630
In Winamac, Ind., Tuesday morning, May 8, 1883, of internal abcess, Nelson B. Benett, aged 42 years, 4 months and 22 days. The deceased was born in Cass county, Ind., December 15, 1840, and lived there until the war broke out; enlisted in Co. E, 29th Reg. Ind. Vol. on the 12th day of September 1861; served as a non-commissioned officer for over three years; commissioned first lieutenant Apr 4, 1864 and was promoted to a captaincy on the 19th day of May, 1864; discharged from the service Dec. 2, 1865, at Marietta, Ga. Mr. Bennett in 1866 came to Winamac, where he, in company with his brothers, William and John, carried on an extensive business in wagonmaking, etc. The bereaved widow and three interesting little daughters, his sorrowing mother and other relations have the sincere sympathy of our people in the hour of their great affliction. Capt. Bennett was a member of Winamac Lodge, N. 262, F. & A. M., of the Winamac Post, G.A.R. and of the Winamac Coronet Band. After a short service at the house by Rev. A. Lewis, his remains were conveyed to the Winamac cemetery, escorted by the members of the Post, the Band, the Masons, and a large concourse of citizens, and buried with the grand honors of Masonry, his comrades in arms participating in the ceremonies. Peace to his Memory.
Pulaski County, Indiana Newspaper Excerpts 1883-1899 - May 12, 1883
Mrs. Bott's father (Nelson Bennett) was born in Cass county, Indiana, on his father's farm, and was but twenty years of age when he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-Ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served from September 12, 1861, to May II, 1864, when he was granted an honorable discharge, at Chattanooga, and the same day he re-enlisted, and remained stanchly at his post of duty, until he was finally discharged at Marietta, Georgia, several months after the close of the war, the date of his retirement from the army being December 2, 1865. He enlisted at first as a private soldier, and by gallantry and fidelity to duty rose to be corporal, then sergeant, then first lieutenant,
his commission being dated April 1, 1864; and from May 19, 1864, until the end of the following year, he held the rank of captain. Returning to Winamac, he conducted a wagon factory until his death, August 8, 1883, when in his forty-fifth year. He married, first, Mary J., daughter of Robert Stotts, and their eldest child, Melinda, died in infancy.
Dora Ellen, the third, married Frank Keller, of this town; and Jessie L., born February 16, 1873, resides with our subject and wife. The second wife, whose former name was Linda Lane, survives Mr. Bennett. He was one of the eleven children of Thornton and Mary Jane (Ward) Bennett, the others being William C. , Phoebe Ann, Samuel W., John W. , Sarah Jane, Amelia, Elizabeth, Loretta, Mary and Martecia. Thornton Bennett was born June 27, 1809, in Kentucky, and died on the fifty-second anniversary of his birth. He removed from Kentucky to Preble county, Ohio, thence to Cass county, Indiana, in 1836. He entered three hundred and twenty acres in Bethlehem township, and resided there until his death. He married Miss Ward in Preble county, Ohio, in 1833.
Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Co., IN 1899, Vol. 2 - William Bott Bio, pages 627-630
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