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For many years he waa auditor of public accounts of Virginia; was a commissioner on behalf of West Virginia to adjust the state debt with Virginia; and was said to be the best auditor of the south. In 1876 he was judge at the centennial exposition. He died in 1818 in Weston, W.Va. Bennett, Joseph, lawyer, state senator, was born May 26, 1840, in Bridgton, Maine. Since 1866 he has practiced law in Boston, Mass. In 1880 he was a member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives; and in 1881-82 and 1891-92 was a member

Bennett, Risden T., soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 18, 1840, in Anson county, N.C. He entered the confederate army as a private in 1861 and rose through the several grades to the colonelcy of the fourteenth North Carolina troops. He was solicitor of Anson county in 1866-67; was a member of the state legislature of North Carolina in 1872; and a delegate to the constitutional convention of the state in 1875. He was judge of the superior court in 1880. In 1883-87 he was a representative from North

Carolina to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth

of -the state senate.

congresses.

Bennett, Joseph Bentley, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 31, 1859, in Greenup county, Ky. For a while he taught in the public schools of his native county and in 1878 was admitted to the bar. In 1894 he became county judge for Greenup county. In 1905-09 he was a representative

Bennett, Robert Ames, lawyer, public offiauthor, was born Feb. 3, 1870, in Denver, Col. In 1892-95 he practiced law in DenSince 1901 he has been surveyor for ver, Col. the board of public works of Denver, Col. He is the author of Thyra; and For the White

from Kentucky to the fifty-ninth and

Bennett, Samuel Fillmore, soldier, physicwas born in 1836. He served through the civil war in the fortieth regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry; and during his service compiled several popular pieces, which were sung with great enthusiasm by the boys in blue. He was the author of the popular song entitled In the Sweet By and By. He died in 1898 in Richmond, Wis. Bennett, Thomas, soldier, was born in New Jersey. In 1806 he graduated from the United States military academy; and in 1813 attained the rank of captain in the Unites States army. He died Sept. 6, 1818.

sixti-

eth congresses. Bennett, Mary E., litterateur, author, was born in 1841 in Connecticut. She is the author of Cyril Elvers; Six Boys; Asaph's Ten Thousand; Jefferson Wildrider; and other works. Bennett, Mile Ljnman, lawyer, jurist, author, was born in 1790 in Sharon, Conn. He practiced law in Burlington, Vt.; and was judge of the supreme court in 1839-59. He was author of Vermont Justice; and other legal text-books. He died in Vermont. Bennett, Nathaniel, lawyer, jurist. In 1849-51 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of California. He died April 20, 1886, in San Francisco, Cal. Bennett, Richard, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Dec. 4, 1851, in Ontario, Canada. For three years he was probate judge of Grand Forks county, N.D.; was alderman of Grand Forks for six years ; and a member of the constitutional convention of North Dakota. He now practices law in Neihart, Mont., where he is also engaged in several business enterprises.

Bennett, Richard, explorer, business man, public official, was born March 15, 1850, in Canada. He is a successful dealer in pine and farming lands; and is

well-known

throughout the state. He has been vice-president of the board of school directors of Bennett, Wis.; has filled the office

of

assessor;

and

for eight years he was postmaster of his city.

His

great-granduncle

was commissary-geneand under General Wolfe, and received a land grant of five hundred acres from the British government where the city of Sherbroke now stands. He was the founder of Bennett, Wis. and is now state trespass agral



ent.

cial,

Christ. ian, author,

Bennett, Thomas Warren, soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 16, 1831, in Union county, Ind. He was elected to the Indiana state senate in 1858. He entered the union army in 1861 as a captain; he served in the civil war; and became a brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He was re-elected to the Indiana senate in 1864, serving four years; and was mayor of Richmond in 1869-71. In 1871-75 he was governor of Idaho. In 187577 he was territorial delegate from Idaho to the forty-fourth congress. He died Feb. 2, 1893, in Idaho.

Bennett, William Earl, soldier, civil enginlawyer, was born July 22, 1872, in Beda, Ohio county, Ky. He was educated in the public schools of his native state. He stud-

eer,

ied

law and was ad-

mitted to the bar. He has served in the United States Army as a private, corporal, corporal-sergeant, first sergeant, major, second

lieutenant and first lieutenant in the sixth, thirteenth and ninete-

enth regiments of

in-

fantry. He is now first lieutenant of the twenty-fifth infantry. United States army, and stationed at New Orleans, La.