When Reuben Dice Bennett was born on 20 March 1854, in Pendleton, Virginia, United States, his father, Moses Bennett, was 35 and his mother, Susannah Bennett, was 33. He married Emma Florence Vint on 15 December 1878, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Circleville District, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Circleville, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 March 1926, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States.
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The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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