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Eli Bennett Sr



Birth26 November 1831Bedford County, Tennessee, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Eli Bennett (1831-1906), memorial #25765877.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Eli Bennett Sr., ID: K2MQ-436.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Ely Bennet, folder "First 100, schedules, 1847 December-1848" (#60), image 7, line 31; and entry for Ely Bennet, folder "First 100, schedules, 1847 December-1848" (#60), image 8, line 11.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 84-85, FHL microfilm 1149514.

Death14 October 1906Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Eli Bennett (1831-1906), memorial #25765877.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch Eli Bennett, 14 October 1906; citing Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States, certificate 309, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Burial16 October 1906Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Eli Bennett (1831-1906), memorial #25765877.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch Eli Bennett, 14 October 1906; citing Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States, certificate 309, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.

FatherRichard Bennett
MotherMary Polly Bell

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   • Louisa May Zufelt
Married27 March 1851Harris Grove, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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    FamilySearch, Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), Database, FamilySearch, Eli Bennett and Louiza Zufell, 27 Mar 1851; citing Harris Grove, Pottawattamie, Iowa, reference 2:3LJJS3X; FHL microfilm 227,280..

    Iowa County Clerks, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (Iowa: County Courthouses), database, FamilySearch, entry for Eli Bennett and Louiza Zufelt (20 March 1851); citing County courthouses, Iowa.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 84-85, FHL microfilm 1149514.

          Children:
               Eli Bennett Jr
               Catherina Lavina Bennett
               Richard Henry Bennett
               William David Bennett
               Mary Ann Bennett
               Louisa Jane Bennett


   • Eliza Jane Losee
Married1 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Eli Bennett Sr. and Eliza Jane Losee, ID: K2MQ-436 and ID: KWN5-SGD.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 84-85, FHL microfilm 1149514.


   • Margaret Simmons
Married11 July 1868United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Eli Bennett Sr. and Margaret Simmons, ID: K2MQ-436 and ID: KWBB-N7T.

          Children:
               Margaret Elizabeth Bennett
               Ethel Wood


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• 1831Bedford County, Tennessee, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Cedar Fort, Cedar, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusShelby County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusFort Cedar, Cedar, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusCedar Fort, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusCedar Fort, Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusCedar Fort Precinct, Utah, UtahExtractImage

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• 1851 Iowa CensusPottawattamie County, IowaExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure13 Jul 1852
       Arrival12 Oct 1852


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