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Bennett, Ormsby Ellsworth (1841-1911)
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The History of Upshur County West Virginia
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by W. B. Cutright
Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907

Page 391

ORMSBY ELLSWORTH BENNETT, son of Elias Bennett and Elizabeth Marple,
grandson of Moses Bennett of German decent, who came from Pendleton
County, to Lewis County, now Upshur. Moses Bennett's mother was an
Ellsworth and his father was Levi Bennett a Revolutionary soldier.
Children of Elias Bennett were Silas W., Isaiah M., and O. E., the
subject of this sketch. He was raised on Hackers Creek on the farm
he now owns. In 1867, February 3, he married Mary E. A. Lorentz,
daughter of Jacob Lorentz, Jr., and their children are, Lafayette
Ireland, and Sarah Roxana.

Mr. Bennett owns a hundred and fifty acres of valuable grass and
coal land and is a live stockman.

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From Register of Marriages, Upshur County, WV
(Page 19, Line 8)
February 2, 1867
O. E. Bennett 
  (age 23, born in Lewis Co., Va.; son of Elias & Elizabeth Bennett)
Mariette A. Lorentz 
  (age 14, born in Upshur Co., W.Va.; dau of Jacob & Rebecca Lorentz)
were married February 2, 1867 by Jacob Waugh   

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(wife of E. O. Bennett)
From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #15344
FULL-NAME: Mary E. Bennett
BIRTH-DATE: September 27, 1852
BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co.
DEATH-DATE: November 14, 1939
DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, R.F.D.#1, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Married (E. O. Bennett, dec.)
OCCUPATION: Housewife
FATHER: Jacob Lorentz
MOTHER: Ireland
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Apoplexy, Hypertension / Chronic Myocarditis
INFORMANT: Miss Bennett (of Hackers Creek, R.F.D. #1)
BURIAL: Mt. Lebanon

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There's a double tombstone in Mount Lebanon Church Cemetery,
Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
   BENNETT
   O. E. Bennett (1841-1911)
   Mary E. A., his wife (1852-1938)
   
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