Walter Augustus BENNETT

(b. 8 December 1858 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 December 1884 , Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA )
Age: 26
Cause of Death: drowned, fell through ice?

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Walter Augustus BENNETT was born 8 December 1858 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Walter Augustus BENNETT was the child of Asahel Crossman BENNETT and Caroline WILLARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas BENNETT and Tryphena CROSSMAN (maternal) Hosea WILLARD and Sarah HOLMAN

Walter Augustus BENNETT died 30 December 1884 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Birth
Name: Walter Augustus Bennett
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1858
Birth Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Asahel C Bennett
Mother: Caroline Willard
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1860 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Walter Bennett
Age: 2
Birth Year: abt 1858
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Home in 1860: Worcester Ward 8, Worcester, Massachusetts
Post Office: Worcester
Dwelling Number: 1830
Family Number: 2407
Household Members:
Name Age
Asael C Bennett 50
Caroline Bennett 34
Harison A Bennett 18
Caroline Bennett 16
Hannah Bennett 13
Andrew Bennett 9
William D Bennett 5
Walter Bennett 2
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Brimfield, Massachusetts
Name: Caroline Bennett
Age: 59
Birth Date: Abt 1821
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 64
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Occupation: Keeping House
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Household Members:
Name Age
Caroline Bennett 59
William D. Bennett 25
Walter A. Bennett 21
Hattie A. Bennett 17

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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

Death
Name: Watter A Bennett
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1860
Birth Place: Worcester
Death Date: 30 Dec 1884
Death Place: Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Asahel C Bennett
Mother: Caroline Willard Bennett
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