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Submitted by: Karen BENNETT
Email address: <CeeCee82@aol.com>
 

Husband: Allen Ross BENNETT
Birthdate: August 19, 1881
Birthplace: Kossuth, Des Moines, Iowa
Death date: August 9, 1961
Place of death: Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Where Buried: Holland Cemetery, Cherokee Co., Oklahoma
Father: Richard BENNETT
Mother: Anne FINLAYSON

Marriage date: February 4, 1906
Marriage place: Arkansas

Wife: Margaret Maude "Maggie" REEVES
Birthdate: December 7, 1885
Birthplace: Arkansas
Death date: January 15, 1958
Place of death: Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Where Buried: Holland Cemetery, Cherokee Co., Oklahoma
Father: John R. REEVES
Mother: Amelia "Millie" SELVEY

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Richard Forest BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 21, 1910
Birthplace: Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Death date:
Place of death: Marblemount, Washington
Marriage date: 1938
Marriage place:
Where Buried:
Spouse's name: Margaret DECKER

Child No. 2: Mary Lorene BENNETT
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 14, 1911
Birthplace: Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Death date: June 27, 1975
Place of death: Denver, Colorado
Marriage date: February 6, 1934
Marriage place: Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas
Where Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
Spouse's name: Jack HOUSTON

Child No. 3: James Kenneth BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: June 10, 1913
Birthplace: Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Death date: October 6, 1976
Place of death: Sacramento, California
Marriage date: May 29, 1938
Marriage place: Littleton, Colorado
Where Buried: Sunset Lawn, Sacramento, California
Spouse's name: Bertha M. SCHOONOVER

Child No. 4: Glen Wilson BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 7, 1916
Birthplace: Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Death date: November 18, 1987
Place of death: Sacramento, California
Marriage date: March 13, 1939
Marriage place: Englewood, Colorado
Where Buried: Sunsel Lawn, Sacramento, California
Spouse's name: Clara Louise SCHOONOVER

Child No. 5: John Allen BENNETT
Birthdate: August 22, 1920
Birthplace: Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Death date: December 9, 1988
Place of death: Muskogee, Oklahoma
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Where Buried: Holland Cemetery, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Spouse's name: Trudy

Child No. 6: George Lee BENNETT
Sex: M
Birthdate: January 24, 1927
Birthplace: Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Death date: February 4, 1980
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Where Buried: Washington
Spouse's name: Roxanne

Child No. 7: Ruth Marie BENNETT
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 24, 1927 - Twin to George Bennett
Birthplace: Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Death date: September, 2002
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Where Buried:
Spouse's name: Thomas POST

Child No. 8: Naomi Dee BENNETT
Sex: F
Birthdate: May 15, 1924
Birthplace: Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Death date: January 22, 2003
Place of death: Gardener, Kansas
Marriage date: February 15, 1946
Marriage place: Denver, Colorado
Where Buried:
Spouse's name: Cecil Irving TOMPKINS

Child No. 9: Nyal Hogan BENNETT
Sex: M
Death date: about 1944
Place of death: Killed in WW2 - 4th Marines - Philippines
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Where Buried: Philippine Islands
Spouse's name: unmarried
 

Documentation:
Marriage License Glen Bennett & Clara Schoonover -
Marriage announcement, Glen & Clara Bennett, Denver Newspaper.
Memorial cards from funerals of 8 children, and
letters from U.S. Government dated  1945,declaring youngest child, Nyal Hogan Bennett, changed from
      missing in action to dead.He served with the 4th marines.
Death certificates Allen R. Bennett and Maggie Reeves Bennett, obituary Allen Bennett -
Cemetery records Cherokee County, Oklahoma; obituary Richard Forest  Bennett.