Wood & Torbert Families

William Harry Bennett

b. 17 May 1880, d. 1942

William Harry Bennett was born on 17 May 1880 in Kansas.
William Harry Bennett registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Sumner County, Kansas, while living with his wife Ona at 410 South Blaine in Wellington, and employed there by Glaman Bros as an ice man.
He married Jessie G. Harrison, daughter of John Gabriel Harrison and Lydia J. Campbell, circa 1919.
Lydia J. Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas, at 424 Lincoln enumerated not far from her son Eustace.. Other members of the household included William Harry Bennett, Jessie G. Harrison.
He was employed by an ice factory, according to the 1920 census.
William Harry Bennett and Jessie G. Harrison appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas, at 504 South H Street. Other members of the household included Lydia J. Campbell.
His wife Jessie G. Harrison became a widow at his death.
William Harry Bennett died in 1942.
He was interred at Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas.