Bennett, retired banker, was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y.

The evidence

• “BENNETT, retired banker, EvansviUe ; born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., in 1824 ; came to Wisconsin in 1845, and engaged in school-teaching in the town of Union, remaining until the spring of 1846, then removed to Oregon, Dane Co., where he engaged in mercantile business until his removal to Green Co., in 1857 ; engaged in mercantUe pursuits until 1861, when he removed and settled in EvansviUe, Rock Co., where he again went into mercantile business ; in 1870, he with Mr. PuUen and Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/30-bios-union.md, PDF p. 858 / book p. 862

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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