Bennett family (Kansas)
Family History
Samuel Hargrove Bennett (1878-1954) was the son of Samuel T. and Mary Bennett and lived in Plymouth, Kansas. He married Helen True Jackson (1884-1967), daughter of Hugh and Anna or Annie Jackson who also lived in Plymouth, on December 29, 1916, in Kansas City, Kansas. Samuel had attended the Plymouth School, worked as a farmer on his family farm, and later worked as a "vulcanizer and storage battery" for Johnston Bennett Battery Co. Helen attended Hartford School and worked as a homemaker. The couple had at least two children, Cora Ann and Helen, and settled in Peabody. The couple is buried in the Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Peabody.
External sources:
U. S. Federal Censuses, 1880-1950
Kansas State Censuses, 1895-1925
"Miss Helen Jackton" [Jackson] in the U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/99726276:62116, accessed December 12, 2023.
"Mr. Samuel II Bennett" [Samuel H. Bennett] in the U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/37170749:62116, accessed December 12, 2023.
"Helen T. Jackson Bennett", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9105977/helen-t-bennett, accessed December 12, 2023.
"Samuel Hargrove Bennett" in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/27925995:6482, accessed December 12, 2023.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Cards and Illustrations Scrapbooks
The scrapbooks in this collection contain holiday cards, advertising and trade cards, and illustrations of people, animals, and flowers. One of the scrapbooks and some pages belonged to the Bennett family of Kansas. Some of the loose scrapbook pages were likely created by the Parmelee family of Connecticut. The owners and creators of the other scrapbooks and loose pages are unidentified.