Owen Thomas BennettAge: 66 years1867–1934
- Name
- Owen Thomas Bennett
- Given names
- Owen Thomas
- Surname
- Bennett
 Birth | October 24, 1867 22 22 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Elizabeth Bennett November 28, 1868 (Age 13 months) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a sister | Martha F Bennett March 1872 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles Oscar Bennett December 24, 1876 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | George Washington Bennett April 23, 1881 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rosena East October 29, 1891 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Elizabeth Bennett February 25, 1897 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 50 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Henrietta “Rita” Parham September 6, 1924 (Age 56 years) Cause: Heart |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | September 24, 1934 (Age 66 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Washington Bennett Birth: November 6, 1844 23 19 — Indian Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States Death: April 23, 1881 — Lawrence, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Rosena East Birth: December 26, 1844 — Lawrence, Indiana, United States Death: October 29, 1891 |
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Marriage: February 4, 1866 — Lawrence, Indiana, United States |
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21 months himself |
Owen Thomas Bennett Birth: October 24, 1867 22 22 — Iowa, United States Death: September 24, 1934 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, United States |
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13 months younger sister |
Mary Elizabeth Bennett Birth: November 28, 1868 24 23 — Lawrence, Indiana, United States Death: February 25, 1897 — Strawn, Livingston, Illinois, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Martha F Bennett Birth: March 1872 27 27 — Indiana, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
Charles Oscar Bennett Birth: December 24, 1876 32 31 — Indiana, United States Death: November 16, 1962 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, United States |