He applied for a Civil War pension 12 Dec 1883 Ks. pp 501760 Cert 603179
From his wife’s obitiary. She and her husband spent the first five years of their married life in Iowa and Missouri and in 1871 migrated to Ks. About thirty years ago they took a homestead northeast of Lenora Ks where they lived untill about 4 years ago when they moved to a farm near Almena. In the early life they united with the Methodist Church.
He was a farmer.
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Boone Co. Ind. Judgement Docket V3 1866-73 Box 0105 “ Israel Bennett and Jared M. Bennett vs State of Indiana Indiana must pay 300 dollars dated Sept 1867. Paid off in 3 payments in April 1868. It could be for back pay for their service in the Civil War.???
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Norton Co. Ks Probate Court affid. of death, value of estate 300 dollars.
In military records he was described as 5’7 1/2 “ fair complexion, brown hair and Hazel eyes.
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His complete war record is with my Modlin notes
I have a copy of his delcaration of Recruit in the Civil War in the Bennett file. He was a volunteer in the 150 Regiment of Indiana
He was a farmer\He was a private in the Civil War CoB, 116 Ref’t Co 1 150 Reg’t Indian Infantry. Cause of death listed as general inaustionx ???
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I have a copy of his marriage license to Mary Ellen Meek
I have a copy of his application for a pension in my Bennett fles