Wesley Bennett1858–
- Name
- Wesley Bennett
- Given names
- Wesley
- Surname
- Bennett
 Birth | about 1858 35 30 |
 Birth of a brother | Franklin Evan Bennett November 28, 1858 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Parham March 1, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | August 4, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a father | Owen Evans Bennett March 29, 1865 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 9 years)Note: 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 1867 (Age 9 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 11 years)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 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Allen B Parham March 17, 1871 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mariah Melvina Bennett March 16, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a brother | Calvin Howard Bennett September 23, 1911 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Riley Bennett April 6, 1913 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 brother | Thomas William Bennett September 22, 1919 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Walter Bennett April 12, 1928 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 of a brother | Kelly Dean Bennett January 1934 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a brother | Franklin Evan Bennett August 1, 1935 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 83 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 92 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 88 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Owen Evans Bennett Birth: October 8, 1822 — Stokes, North Carolina, United States Death: March 29, 1865 |
| mother |
Elizabeth Parham Birth: January 3, 1827 28 19 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 1, 1860 — Indian Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: March 10, 1844 — Indiana, United States |
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15 months elder brother |
James Riley Bennett Birth: May 26, 1845 22 18 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: April 6, 1913 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States |
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9 months elder sister |
Mariah Melvina Bennett Birth: February 26, 1846 23 19 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: March 16, 1900 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Thomas William Bennett Birth: February 18, 1849 26 22 — Greene, Indiana, United States Death: September 22, 1919 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Calvin Howard Bennett Birth: June 14, 1851 28 24 — Worthington, Greene, Indiana, United States Death: September 23, 1911 — Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
John Walter Bennett Birth: March 14, 1853 30 26 — Greene, Indiana, United States Death: April 12, 1928 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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6 years himself |
Wesley Bennett Birth: about 1858 35 30 — Monroe, Indiana, United States Death: |
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-21 months elder brother |
Kelly Dean Bennett Birth: April 6, 1856 33 29 — Indian Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States Death: January 1934 — El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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3 years brother |
Franklin Evan Bennett Birth: November 28, 1858 36 31 — Indian Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States Death: August 1, 1935 — Beach, Greene, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Owen Evans Bennett - Household
Monroe, Indiana, United States
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