Elizabeth Eldora Bennett

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Eldora

When Elizabeth Eldora Bennett was born on 22 February 1876, in Coalville, Webster, Iowa, United States, her father, John Wesley Bennett Sr, was 46 and her mother, Jane Anderson, was 41. She married John August Chelleen on 10 February 1897, in Kalo, Webster, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Lehigh, Webster, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Otho, Webster, Iowa, United States in 1930. She died on 21 January 1940, in Coalville, Webster, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Otho Cemetery, Otho, Webster, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

John August Chelleen
1872–1948
Elizabeth Eldora Bennett
1876–1940
Marriage: 10 February 1897
Raymond Walter Chelleen
1898–1985
Annie Eldora Chelleen
1900–1986
Charles Chalman Chelleen
1902–1972
William Alton Chelleen
1904–1972
Mildred Fay Chelleen
1906–1987
Mayme Naomi Chelleen
1908–1998
Edward Chelleen
1911–1915
Wilbur Wesley Chelleen
1911–1946
Marjorie Lorraine Chelleen
1916–1999

Sources (39)

  • Lizzie E Bennett in household of John W Bennett, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Elizabeth E. Bennett, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
  • Elizabeth Chellen, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

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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Charles Chalman Chelleen, 69, Roland, died Sunday night at the Story City Hospital. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday from the Bergen Lutheran Church, Roland, with the Rev. Howard Lybeck o …

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