Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Bennett, George
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

George BENNETT, mason and building-mover, Plainfield; was born in Detroit, Mich., 
Sept. 1, 1818. He married Miss Ann SMITH; she was born in New York, and died Feb. 14, 
1860; his second wife was Miss Nancy H. LANGLEY; she was born in Kentucky, and died 
April 10, 1865; his present wife was Mrs. Pernelia E. TAYLOR WOODRUFF; she was born in 
Clear Point, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1827, and married Nov. 22, 1866; she had three children 
by former marriage, viz., Alonzo E., Melissa L. and Clara A. He lived in Michigan three 
years, when he went to Ohio with his parents; remained there six years; they then went 
to Monroe Co., N. Y.; then to Michigan; in 1855, he came to Will Co., IL, and settled 
in Plainfield, and has lived here since, engaged at his trade. He has been Constable 
four years, and is at present Police Constable.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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