Jul-28-2018
Husband: Stephen Earnest Bennett 1 Census name: Ernest Bennett
Born: Dec-23-1883 in Harrison Co, WV 2,3,4 Died: Oct-12-1933 in Harrison Co, WV 2,3 Buried: in Rose Hill (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 5 Resided: at Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV 2 Census: 1920, 1930 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Occupation: merchant 2 Father: Stephen E. Bennett (1839 - 1910) Mother: Mary E. Sommerville (1840 - )
Wife: Ella Gay Hinkle 6,7,1 Married: Oct-30-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Born: Nov-25-1888 8,9,3 Died: Nov-10-1967 in Harrison Co, WV 6,8,3 Buried: in Rose Hill (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 5 Resided: in Salem, WV 8 Resided: 1933 in Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV 6 Census: 1920, 1930 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Father: George Allen Hinkle (1867 - 1942) Mother: Marcoda Melinda McIntire (1867 - 1906)
F Child 1: Mabel Bennett Born: ca 1906 10 Died: bef Mar 2005 11 Census: 1920 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV
F Child 2: Mary H. Bennett Born: ca 1907 10 Died: bef Mar 2005 11 Census: 1920 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV
M Child 3: Lester H. "Booze" Bennett Born: Sep- 5-1908 in Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV 12,3 Died: Aug-11-1959 in Salem, WV 12,3 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 13 Census: 1920 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: car sales, Bennett Brothers Ford, Salem, WV 12 Wife: Sarah Louise West b. Feb-24-1911 d. Nov-18-1993 Married: Jun-15-1929 12
M Child 4: Kemble Bennett 11 Born: Sep-19-1910 14,8 Died: Aug- 5-1987 14,8 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 13 Resided: in Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV 8 Census: 1920, 1930 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Wife: Thelma Faye Post b. Sep- 9-1911 d. Feb-22-1999 Married: Oct-29-1932 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 15
M Child 5: Harold Theodore Bennett Born: Jun-27-1912 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV 15,16,3 Died: Oct-28-1969 in Salem, WV 16,3 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 13,16 Resided: in Salem, WV 16 Resided: 1931 at Big Buffalo, near Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV 15 Census: 1920, 1930 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: warehouseman for natural gas production 16 Wife: Winifred Jean West b. Oct-10-1913 d. Mar-13-2003 Also known as: Jean West 17 Married: Oct-11-1931 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 15
M Child 6: Claude Eugene Bennett Also known as: Claud Bennett 18,8 Born: Feb-19-1914 19 Died: Oct- -1991 19 Resided: in Salem, WV 20 Census: 1920, 1930 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Wife: Mary Fay Jerden b. ca 1910 Census name: Fay Jerden Married: May-18-1935 in Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV 21
M Child 7: Robert L. Bennett Born: Feb-26-1916 in Harrison Co, WV 22 (see note 1) Died: Mar-30-2005 in Enterprise, Harrison Co, WV 22 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 22 Resided: in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 22 Resided: formerly in Salem, WV 22 Census: 1920, 1930 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: teacher & basketball coach, Harrison County schools 22 Education: Salem College (Class of 1937), M.A. from West Virginia University 22 Wife: Marie Rogers b. Jul- 5-1916 d. Jan- 1-1986
F Child 8: Evelyn June Bennett Also known as: June Bennett 11,23 Born: Dec-30-1917 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 15,8 Died: Jun-11-1991 in New Port Richey, Pasco Co, FL 24,8 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 13 (see note 2) Resided: from abt 1977 in Holiday, Pasco Co, FL 22 Resided: formerly in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD 22,19 Resided: 1961 in Salem, WV 15 Census: 1920, 1930 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: bookkeeper for construction company 22 Husband: Francis Whalen Sanders b. Sep-11-1909 d. Aug-13-2003 Married: Mar-13-1961 in Salem, WV 25
M Child 9: James Stephen Bennett Born: Aug- 9-1919 at Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV 26,27 Resided: 2005 in Cape Coral, Lee Co, FL 11 Resided: 1991 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 20 Resided: 1943 in Salem, WV 27 Census: 1920, 1930 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Wife: Naomi Lee Lynch b. May- 8-1922 Married: Jan-23-1943 in Salem, WV 27
M Child 10: (Infant male) Bennett Died: in infancy 11
M Child 11: (Infant male) Bennett Died: in infancy 11
Sources: (1) Obituary of son. (2) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (5) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (6) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997, p. 431. (7) Marriage record of son. (8) Social Security Death Index. (9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (10) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (11) Obituary of brother. (12) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997, p. 435. (13) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (14) Headstone. (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (17) Death record of husband. (18) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). (19) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (20) Obituary of sister. (21) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (22) Obituary. (23) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (24) Obituary - Hospital. (25) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Francis Whalen Sanders, divorced, 51, b. Sep 11 1910 in Oakland, Garrett Co MD, res. PO Box 326 Salem WV, son of William Francis Sanders & Cora Nellie Conaway; and Evelyn June Bennett, divorced, 43, b. Dec 30 1917 in West Milford WV, res. Salem WV, dau of Stephen Ernest Bennett & Ella Gay Hinkle. Married Mar 13 1961 in Salem. (Note: Husband's birth date is shown as Sep 11 1909 in all other documents found for him.), MR p. 103. (26) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (27) Berkeley County Marriage Records, Martinsburg, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Big Buffalo Creek Note (2) Name on headstone: E. June Sanders.Name Index