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Hart-Riggs Cemetery ~ Silas D. Bennett ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Bennett, Silas D.
LAST NAME: Bennett FIRST NAME: Silas MIDDLE NAME: D. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 8 Sep 1859 DIED: 14 Feb 1928 BURIED:  (Hart-Riggs Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  House Carpenter
BIRTH PLACE:  Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1860 IL CENSUS -  Silas D. Bennett, age 11 mos, b. Illinois, is enumerated with father Nathan G., age 32, occupation plasterer, b. Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth, age 28, b. Pennsylvania, along with Samuel, age 7, b. Pennsylania,John W., age 5, b. Illinois, and Mary E., age 2, b. Illinois.
1880 DAKOTA CENSUS - Silas D. Bennett, age 20, occupation farm laborer, b. Illinois, is enumerated with father N. G., age 52, occupation farmer, b. Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth, age 48, b. Pennsylvania, along with Mary E., age 22, b. Illinois.  
1900 IA CENSUS - Silas D. Bennett, age 40, occupation house carpenter, b. Sep 1859 in Illinois, is enumerated with his wife of 15 years, Mary E., age 41, mother of 1, b. Dec 1858 in Illinois, along with Gladys E., age 12, b. Nov 1887 in South Dakota. 

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (1928 Polk County) #12
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
Silas D. Bennett
Sept 8, 1859
Feb. 14, 1928

[Inscription, documented by Sibley Survey in 1931 - surveys the marker as reading:
S. D. Bennett
Died Feb. 14, 1928
Aged 69 yrs, 3 mos, 5 da.]

For more marker photographs and pictures showcasing the restoration work at Hart-Riggs Cemetery, please see: http://polkcemeterysavers.org/Home_Page.php
SOURCES: 
PCHM Archives
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Sibley Survey of 1931
1860 IL CENSUS (Mercer Co., Twp 15N 3W, FA #2458)
1880 DAKOTA CENSUS (Brookings Co., TWP 111, pg 183C)
1900 IA CENSUS (Sioux Co., Buncombe, ED 129, sheet 5B)
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