When William Henry Bennett was born on 25 May 1880, in New Washington, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Franklin Bennett, was 36 and his mother, Catherine Sophia Adams, was 33. He married Margaret B Mull on 26 January 1906, in Mahaffey, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ferguson Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Bell Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 20 August 1958, in Curwensville, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in New Washington, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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